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L. Pyle

1871–1921

655 specimens, collected between 1938 and 2000 on 109 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 1,277 specimens for others.

On the labels as Pyle, L., L Pyle, Pyle, L.

Specimens
655
Type specimens
13
Years in the field
63
Islands
5
Species
236
Identifications
1,277
In the Library
0
Named after
6

Where Pyle collected

Specimens by decade

1930s2000s

Earliest: Clermontia arborescens, 1938 (Maui). Latest: Thysanolaena latifolia, 2000.

Named for Pyle

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Pyle. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Cyanea leptostegiaChenopodium oahuenseSapindus oahuensisKadua acuminataCyrtandra hawaiensisWikstroemia sandwicensisGesneriaceaePittosporum glabrumGesneriaceaeZanthoxylum kauaenseCyrtandra hawaiensisGesneriaceae

As a determiner

1,277 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: