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O.R. Wilkes
American merchant · 1821–1904
217 specimens, collected in 1966 on 5 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.
On the labels as O R Wilkes, Wilkes, O.R., O. R. Wilkes, O.R. Wilkes, O A Wilkes, O W Wilkes.
- Specimens
- 217
- Type specimens
- 16
- Years in the field
- —
- Islands
- 1
- Species
- 85
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 8
Where Wilkes collected
Named for Wilkes
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Wilkes. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.