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V. Schiffner

Austrian bryologist · 1862–1944

199 specimens, collected between 1893 and 1989 on 95 collecting days. Identified 5 specimens for others.

On the labels as Schiffner, V., Schiffner.

Specimens
199
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
97
Islands
5
Species
186
Identifications
5
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Specimens by decade

1890s1980s

Earliest: Davallia, 1893 (Java). Latest: Eucladium verticillatum, 1989.

Named for Schiffner

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Schiffner. 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

Piper aduncumCroton hirtusMeiothecium intextumPhytolacca acinosaPrimula proliferaMacromitrium salakanumPersicaria barbataCyperus cyperinusMorella javanicaPalhinhaea cernuaSpermacoce latifoliaCentella asiatica

As a determiner

5 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: