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W.S. Sullivant

collected 1843–1864

22 specimens, collected between 1843 and 1864 on 3 collecting days. Identified 1 specimens for others.

On the labels as Sullivant, W.S., Sullivant.

Specimens
22
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
22
Islands
0
Species
22
Identifications
1
In the Library
0
Named after
4

Specimens by decade

1840s1860s

Earliest: Fissidens fontanus, 1843 (Spring 8 miles north of Greenville, Tennessee). Latest: Imbribryum alpinum, 1864.

Named for Sullivant

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

Bryum atrovirensBryumAntitrichia curtipendulaPohlia wahlenbergiiTortula obtusifoliaFissidens fontanusBrachythecium rivulareAloina aloidesBlindia acutaOrthodicranum montanumSciuro-hypnum reflexumCynodontium bruntonii

As a determiner

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