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Portrait of Cranwell Smith

Collectors

Cranwell Smith

New Zealand botanist · 1907–2000

858 specimens, collected between 1791 and 2026 on 243 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 2,223 specimens for others.

On the labels as Smith, C.W., Smith, C.M., Smith, C., C. Smith, Smith, C. W., Smith, C, C.L. Smith, C B Smith and 9 more.

Specimens
858
Type specimens
13
Years in the field
236
Islands
22
Species
473
Identifications
2,223
In the Library
3
Named after
0

Where Smith collected

Specimens by decade

1790s2020s

Earliest: Taeniophyllum fasciola, 1791 (Tahiti). Latest: Teloschistes flavicans, 2026.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

  1. 2004

    A revised checklist of Hawaiian mosses

    Staples, G. W., C.T. Imada, W.J. Hoe, & C.W. Smith · Tropical Bryology 25: 35-69..

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  2. 2004

    Development of benthic sampling methods for the Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) in Hawai‘i

    Brown, E., Cox, E., Jokiel, P., Rodgers, K., Smith, W., Tissot, B., Coles, S.L. & Hultquist, J. · Pacific Science 58: 145-158.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  3. 2001

    Guidebook to the Introduced Marine Species in Hawaiian Waters

    Eldredge, L.G. and C. Smith (eds.) · Bishop Museum Technical Report 21. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. A1-A54; B1-B60 p.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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From the field

Talipariti hastatumVesicularia perviridisParmotrema cetratumDerbesia tenuissimaLeptogium austroamericanumHypnea spinellaPterocladiella caloglossoidesFissidens bryoidesCladonia skottsbergiiHypogymnia physodesPseudotrachypus wallichiiDendro-hypnum subspininervium

As a determiner

2,223 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: