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Index of Botanists

NameMearns, Edgar Alexander
Date of birth1856
Date of death1916
Remarks [collector note: Herbarium: US (main part of herbarium). Africa: BOL, BR (6 bryo.), GH, US (3094, orig., Smithsonian African Exped.). East Africa; A, F (col. 1909, 132). Tropical Africa: (T. Roosevelt Exped.): BM (r. 1916). Ethiopia (col. 1911-1912): C. Kenya (1909): MO, US. Mexico: A (Baja California). L (col. 1892), US. Philippines (1906-1907, with W. I. Hutchinson): B, GH, MO, NY (musci), PNH (orig.), US (586). United States (probably SW): A, DS, MO, NY, US (5276, from various states, col. ± 1892-1894). New York (col. 1896): C, US. Rhode Island: GH, US. Wyoming: MIN. Yellowstone National Park (1902): C, L, US. Collections also at K, P]
ASA Botanist ID127990 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2a017849-a5cb-490a-8bac-c44648cc967a
Standard/Label NameE. A. Mearns
Full NameMearns, Edgar Alexander
Geography CollectorEthiopia,  Kenya,  Mexico,  Philippines,  United States of America
Specialty CollectorBryophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors M
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by E. A. Mearns
Collections in[no date] (3),  1882 (1),  1888 (3),  1889 (1),  1890 (6),  1891 (28),  1892 (31),  1893 (31),  1894 (17),  1895 (17),  1896 (5),  1900 (14),  1901 (80),  1902 (78),  1904 (2),  1906 (1),  1907 (23),  1909 (31),  1910 (7),  1911 (1)
Collector Teams:E. A. Mearns & W. I. Hutchinson  E. A. Mearns & L. Schoenfeldt