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Henry Wiebke

American botanist, botanical collector of native Hawaiian descent · 1903–1989

551 specimens, collected between 1917 and 1984 on 166 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.

On the labels as Wiebke, H., H. Wiebke, Henry Wiebke, Wiebke.

Specimens
551
Type specimens
25
Years in the field
68
Islands
5
Species
192
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Wiebke collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1980s

Earliest: Lycopodium venustulum, 1917 (Maui). Latest: Dryopteris fuscoatra, 1984.

Named for Wiebke

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

Peperomia ligustrinaBidens molokaiensisAthyrium microphyllumGunnera petaloideaAsplenium musifoliumPeperomia membranaceaAsplenium adiantum-nigrumBidens hillebrandianaBidens micranthaPeperomia cookianaCuscuta sandwichianaTamarindus indica