JT
J.W. Thompson
collected 1898–1992
1,121 specimens, collected between 1898 and 1992 on 145 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 21 specimens for others.
On the labels as J.W. Thompson, Thompson, J.B., Thompson, J., W.P. Thompson, Thompson, J.W., J W Thompson, Thompson, J. W., Thompson, J.C. and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 1,121
- Type specimens
- 29
- Years in the field
- 95
- Islands
- 9
- Species
- 661
- Identifications
- 21
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 18
Where Thompson collected
Specimens by decade
1890s1990s
Earliest: Erythrocles scintillans, 1898 (Oʻahu). Latest: Asplenium nidus, 1992.
Named for Thompson
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Thompson. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Gymnosporia thompsonii Celastraceae63
- Macaranga thompsonii Euphorbiaceae22
- Pseudanthias thompsoni Serranidae22
- Syzygium thompsonii Myrtaceae19
- Acanthurus thompsoni Acanthuridae17
- Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Chaetodontidae12
- Kallymenia thompsonii Kallymeniaceae8
- Phreatia thompsonii Orchidaceae6
- Callophyllis thompsonii Kallymeniaceae4
- Perkinsiella thompsoni Delphacidae2
- Protomyctophum thompsoni Myctophidae2
- Buceronirmus thompsoni Philopteridae1
- Charopa thompsoni Charopidae1
- Franciscoloa thompsoni Menoponidae1
- Gnatholepis thompsoni Gobiidae1
- Kelerimenopon thompsoni Menoponidae1
- Muraenichthys thompsoni Ophichthidae1
- Streptocarpus thompsonii Gesneriaceae1
From the field
As a determiner
21 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: