GS
G.J. Spence
Botanist and botanical collector · 1832–1917
949 specimens, collected between 1854 and 1993 on 175 collecting days. Identified 2 specimens for others.
On the labels as Spence, G., Spence, G. Spence, Spence, G.J..
- Specimens
- 949
- Type specimens
- 7
- Years in the field
- 140
- Islands
- 13
- Species
- 593
- Identifications
- 2
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Spence collected
Specimens by decade
1850s1990s
Earliest: Usnea, 1854 ([U.S.A.; Delaware). Latest: Sida fallax, 1993.
Named for Spence
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Spence. 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
2 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: