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L.D. Whitney
Botanist · 1908–1937
410 specimens, collected between 1900 and 2022 on 112 collecting days, now held in 4 departments.
On the labels as Whitney, L.D., Whitney, L. A., L A Whitney, L.A. Whitney, Whitney, L.A..
- Specimens
- 410
- Type specimens
- 4
- Years in the field
- 123
- Islands
- 25
- Species
- 121
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Whitney collected
Specimens by decade
1900s2020s
Earliest: Botryoglossum, 1900 ([Pacific; Australia). Latest: Eragrostis atropioides, 2022.
Named for Whitney
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Whitney. 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
