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Grady L. Webster

American botanist · 1927–2005

1,279 specimens, collected between 1943 and 1992 on 198 collecting days. Identified 353 specimens for others.

On the labels as Webster, G.L., Webster, L., Grady L. Webster, Webster, G..

Specimens
1,279
Type specimens
16
Years in the field
50
Islands
17
Species
810
Identifications
353
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Webster collected

Specimens by decade

1940s1990s

Earliest: Myrsine vaccinioides, 1943 (Maui). Latest: Glochidion pungens, 1992.

Named for Webster

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

Doodia kunthianaMacaranga involucrataAscarina rubricaulisAntidesma pulvinatumLomaphlebiaVaccinium calycinumDioscorea bulbiferaGoodeniaceaeTectaria gaudichaudiiCyrtandra indutaDichanthelium hillebrandianumCarex alligata

As a determiner

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