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D.L. Topping

American botanist · 1861–1939

955 specimens, collected between 1902 and 1980 on 321 collecting days.

On the labels as Topping, D.L., Topping, D., Topping, D. Topping, Topping, D.H., Topping, D.R., D. L. Topping.

Specimens
955
Type specimens
24
Years in the field
79
Islands
8
Species
425
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
3

Where Topping collected

Specimens by decade

1900s1980s

Earliest: Pteris vittata, 1902 (Luzon). Latest: Hymenophyllum recurvum, 1980.

Named for Topping

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

Phlegmariurus phyllanthusDoryopteris concolorVaccinium dentatumPhlegmariurus phyllanthusRivina humilisVitex rotundifoliaScaevola glabraHaplopteris elongataMicrolepia speluncaeMelicope rotundifoliaPolypodium pellucidumOreogrammitis hookeri