MS
M.J.S. Sands
British landscape engraver · 1792–1855
610 specimens, collected between 1951 and 1998 on 165 collecting days. Identified 20 specimens for others.
On the labels as Sands, M.J.S., Sands, M., Sands, M.J., Sands, M.J.S. Sands, Sands, M.M..
- Specimens
- 610
- Type specimens
- 2
- Years in the field
- 48
- Islands
- 13
- Species
- 434
- Identifications
- 20
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Sands collected
Specimens by decade
1950s1990s
Earliest: Cenchrus clandestinus, 1951 (Luzon; Baguno). Latest: Papuacalia sandsii, 1998.
Named for Sands
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Sands. 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
20 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: