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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
Horticulturist · 1863–1935
2,557 specimens, collected between 1905 and 1989 on 544 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 164 specimens for others.
On the labels as Wilder, G.P., G.P. Wilder, G. P. Wilder, Wilder, Gerrit Parmile, Gerrit P. Wilder, G P Wilder, Wilder, G. P., Wilder, Gerrit P. and 8 more.
- Specimens
- 2,557
- Type specimens
- 57
- Years in the field
- 85
- Islands
- 57
- Species
- 1,212
- Identifications
- 164
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 13
Where Wilder collected
Specimens by decade
1900s1980s
Earliest: Garcinia mangostana, 1905 (unknown). Latest: Melicope bracteata, 1989.
Named for Wilder
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Wilder. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Hibiscadelphus wilderianus Malvaceae13
- Achatinella fuscobasis wilderi Achatinellidae11
- Acalypha wilderi Euphorbiaceae6
- Orobophana uberta wilderi Helicinidae5
- Cryptocarya wilderiana Lauraceae4
- Dryotribus wilderi Curculionidae4
- Freycinetia wilderi Pandanaceae4
- Glochidion wilderi Phyllanthaceae4
- Myoporum wilderi Scrophulariaceae3
- Balanophora wilderi Balanophoraceae1
- Deretiosus wilderi Curculionidae1
- Opisthacantha wilderi Scelionidae1
- Paurocephala wilderi Liviidae1
From the field
As a determiner
164 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: