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Index of Botanists

NameU. S. Exploring Expedition (to the Pacific Ocean)
Date of birth1838
Date of death1842
Remarks [collector note: Under command of Capt. Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) (to the Pacific Ocean). AMES, BPI, GH, FH (orig. diatoms J. W. Bailey), K, LE (176), MO, NY, P, PH?, US (very extensive collection), W (incl. Orch. and alg.). Plant collections made by the botanistsWilliam Dunlop Brackenridge, Charles Pickering and William Rich. "Probably some 50,000 specimens" (TL2)]
ASA Botanist ID124554 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/700fd60d-2bba-443d-8d37-37616e4575e8
Variant nameU. S. (S. Pacific) Exploring Expedition, 1838-42)
Standard/Label NameWilkes Expedition
Full NameU. S. Exploring Expedition (to the Pacific Ocean)
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty CollectorAlgae
Specialty CollectorBryophytes
Specialty CollectorFungi
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Specialty CollectorPteridophytes
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors T-Z
Citation as CollectorTL2
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by Wilkes Expedition
Collections in[no date] (99),  1838 (880),  1839 (9),  1840 (18)

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