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Index of Botanists

NameThoreau, Henry David
Date of birth1817
Date of death1862
Remarks [collector note: Massachusetts, Maine; GH, NEBC (96 specimens, mostly Poaceae and Cyperaceae). Thoreau's original herbarium is in the library archives]
ASA Botanist ID122922 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/87674977-f342-42a0-8110-d24e057b77af
Standard/Label NameH. D. Thoreau
Full NameThoreau, Henry David
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as CollectorNEBC card file of collectors
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by H. D. Thoreau
Collections in[no date] (947),  1853 (16),  1854 (2),  1855 (24),  1856 (60),  1857 (83),  1858 (60),  1859 (84),  1860 (32),  1861 (2),  1956 (1)
Collector Teams:E. S. Hoar & H. D. Thoreau  H. D. Thoreau & E. E. Forbes 

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