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Kim Starr

American phycologist · 1924–1998

903 specimens, collected between 1915 and 2024 on 240 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 9 specimens for others.

On the labels as Starr, K., Kim Starr, K. Starr, Starr K..

Specimens
903
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
110
Islands
8
Species
491
Identifications
9
In the Library
8
Named after
0

Where Starr collected

Specimens by decade

1910s2020s

Earliest: Sagina japonica, 1915 (Midway Atoll). Latest: Mollugo verticillata, 2024.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

  1. 2025

    Notes, nuances, and novelties in the Hawaiian flora from Herbarium Pacificum

    Faccenda, K., Arthur, K., Thomas, M.K., Oppenheimer, H., Ross, M.C., Starr, F., Starr, K., Tribble, C.M. & Starmer, J. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2025. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 163: 149-228.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  2. 2018

    New plant records from Midway Atoll, Kaho‘olawe Island, and Maui

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., Ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2017. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 123: 3-6.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  3. 2017

    New plant records from Kaho‘olawe Island and Midway Atoll

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., Ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2016. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 119: 3-8.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  4. 2016

    New plant records from Maui,, Hawai`i, and Kure Atoll

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L, ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2015. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 118: 13-16.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  5. 2015

    New plant records from Maui, Kaho`olawe, and Kaua`i

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2014. Part I: Articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 116: 23-25.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  6. 2013

    New Plant Records from Maui and Hawaiʻi

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 33-36.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  7. 2013

    In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 69.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  8. 2012

    New arthropod records from Maui, Moloka`i, and Lana`i

    Starr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part I - Animals. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 112: 39-42.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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From the field

Tridax procumbensLycium sandwicenseBougainvillea buttianaLycium sandwicenseSigmoidotropis speciosaPanicum faurieiSida fallaxHeliotropium velutinumIpomoea pes-capraePassifloraceaeCissus verticillataReichardia picroides

As a determiner

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