AS
Alvin Seale
American zoologist · 1871–1958
3,146 specimens, collected between 1899 and 1908 on 124 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 16 specimens for others.
On the labels as A. Seale, A Seale, Seale, A., Seale, Alvin Seale, [A} Seale, A Seale*.
- Specimens
- 3,146
- Type specimens
- 79
- Years in the field
- 10
- Islands
- 38
- Species
- 973
- Identifications
- 16
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 2
Where Seale collected
Specimens by decade
1890s1900s
Earliest: Alauda arvensis, 1899 (Oʻahu). Latest: Rubiaceae, 1908.
Named for Seale
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Seale. 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
16 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: