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R.L. Stemmermann

American botanist · 1952–1995

2,444 specimens, collected between 1919 and 1991 on 426 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 14 specimens for others.

On the labels as Stemmermann, R.L., Stemmermann, L., Stemmermann, L Stemmermann.

Specimens
2,444
Type specimens
18
Years in the field
73
Islands
38
Species
1,297
Identifications
14
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Stemmermann collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1990s

Earliest: Xylaria psidii, 1919 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Alphitonia carolinensis, 1991.

Named for Stemmermann

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Stemmermann. 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

Sporobolus elongatusCheirodendron trigynumCoccoloba uviferaMacromitriumPyrrhobryum spiniformeMetrosideros polymorphaGeniostoma waiolaniCenchrus purpureusTerminalia samoensisAgrostis sandwicensisGeranium cuneatumSadleria pallida

As a determiner

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