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Portrait of George W. Staples III

Collectors

George W. Staples III

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar · 1898–1963

1,202 specimens, collected between 1921 and 2014 on 347 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 9,147 specimens for others.

On the labels as Staples, G.W., Staples III, G.W., G Staples, George W. Staples, George Staples, Staples, G., Staples III, G.S., Staples, G.W.S. and 1 more.

Specimens
1,202
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
94
Islands
7
Species
768
Identifications
9,147
In the Library
10
Named after
0

Where Staples collected

Specimens by decade

1920s2010s

Earliest: Vigna marina, 1921 (Rurutu). Latest: Camonea umbellata, 2014.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

  1. 2006

    Checklist of Hawaiian Anthocerotes and Hepatics

    Staples, G.W. & C.T. Imada · Tropical Bryology28: 15-47.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  2. 2006

    New Hawaiian plant records for 2004

    Staples, G.W. Herbst, D.R. & Imada, C.T. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 88: 6-12.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  3. 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

  4. 2004

    New Hawaiian plant records for 2002-2003

    Herbst, D.R., G.W. Staples & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 78: 3-12.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  5. 2004

    A tropical garden flora. Cultivated plants in the Hawaiian Islands and other tropical areas

    Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. · Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  6. 2001

    Hawaii's invasive species: a guide to the invasive alien animals and plants of the Hawaiian Islands

    Staples, G.W. & R.H. Cowie, editors · Mutual Publishing and Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 118 p.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  7. 2000

    New Hawaiian plant records for 1999

    Imada, C.T., G.W. Staples & D.R. Herbst · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 63: 9-16.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  8. 2000

    Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘i

    Staples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 65: 35 p.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  9. 1996

    Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants, I. Baileya 24: 169-83

    Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  10. 1994

    Moringa drouhardii, a rare Madagascan endemic in the Honolulu Botanic Gardens, Hawaii

    Staples, G.W. & Medbury, S. · Cactus and Succulent Journal 66(3): 122-23.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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From the field

Distimake aegyptiusMarantochloa purpureaTabernaemontana pandacaquiHydrocharis spongiaSantalum freycinetianumUtricularia gibbaClerodendrum floribundumSolanum seaforthianumDracaena dracoGrevillea robustaBambusa balcooaPhlox subulata

As a determiner

9,147 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: