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C.E. Ridsdale
British botanist · 1944–2017
436 specimens, collected between 1965 and 1988 on 148 collecting days. Identified 39 specimens for others.
On the labels as Ridsdale, C.E., Ridsdale, C., Ridsdale.
- Specimens
- 436
- Type specimens
- 4
- Years in the field
- 24
- Islands
- 9
- Species
- 335
- Identifications
- 39
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Ridsdale collected
Specimens by decade
1960s1980s
Earliest: Gardenia hansemannii, 1965 (New Guinea). Latest: Canthium, 1988.
Named for Ridsdale
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Ridsdale. 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
As a determiner
39 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: