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Wm. R. Taylor
Ecologist and botanical collector in New Zealand · 1931–2021
709 specimens, collected between 1922 and 1987 on 188 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 270 specimens for others.
On the labels as Taylor, W.R., Taylor, R.L., Taylor, R., Taylor, W., Taylor, Wm. R., Taylor, W.M., R. Taylor.
- Specimens
- 709
- Type specimens
- 5
- Years in the field
- 66
- Islands
- 38
- Species
- 361
- Identifications
- 270
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 20
Where Taylor collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1980s
Earliest: Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes, 1922 (Shingle Pond, Ganset). Latest: Valenciennea decora, 1987.
Named for Taylor
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Taylor. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Acrosymphyton taylorii Acrosymphytaceae37
- Codium taylorii Codiaceae22
- Trimma taylori Gobiidae18
- Gayliella taylorii Ceramiaceae16
- Tarletonbeania taylori Myctophidae4
- Fissidens taylorii Fissidentaceae3
- Heteroconger taylori Congridae3
- Plectranthias taylori Serranidae3
- Brachaluteres taylori Monacanthidae2
- Didymodon taylorii Pottiaceae2
- Kurzia tayloriana Lepidoziaceae2
- Lyngbya taylori Microcoleaceae2
- Mylia taylorii Myliaceae2
- Bolbitis taylorii Dryopteridaceae1
- Columbella taylorianus Columbellidae1
- Dactylanthus taylorii Mystropetalaceae1
- Ennea taylori Streptaxidae1
- Haliotis tayloriana Haliotidae1
- Parapsyllus taylori Rhopalopsyllidae1
- Rhynchotrochus taylorianus Camaenidae1
From the field
As a determiner
270 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: