Alwyn Howard Gentry
argentin; A.H.Gentry; Al Gentry; Alwyn H. Gentry; A. Gentry
* January 06, 1945 – August 03, 1993 †
curator, botanist
American botanist (1945-1993)
- 127,989 specimens collected from at least 50 countries
- 24,891 specimens identified from at least 72 countries
- 87,619 specimens used in 302 works
Progress
Collected From
- Peru 36,868
- Colombia 31,656
- Ecuador 12,529
- Panama 9,818
- Brazil 8,384
- Venezuela 4,786
- Bolivia 4,382
- Costa Rica 3,688
- Madagascar 2,195
- Mexico 1,600
- Belize 1,522
- Malaysia 1,080
- Gabon 969
- Jamaica 913
- Cameroon 797
- Paraguay 767
- Nigeria 676
- Papua New Guinea 547
- French Guiana 493
- United States 390
- Nicaragua 345
- Puerto Rico 306
- Thailand 294
- Argentina 262
- New Caledonia 260
- Taiwan 251
- India 249
- Dominican Republic 235
- Central African Republic 220
- Guatemala 206
- Australia 188
- Honduras 172
- Tanzania 162
- Chile 144
- South Africa 76
- Cuba 29
- Singapore 19
- Suriname 7
- Kenya 6
- El Salvador 4
- Japan 3
- Guyana 2
- Egypt 1
- Zimbabwe 1
- Indonesia 1
- Bahamas 1
- Angola 1
- Afghanistan 1
- Saint Barthélemy 1
- China 1
Identified From
- Brazil 8,675
- Colombia 3,666
- Peru 3,381
- Costa Rica 1,200
- Nicaragua 1,157
- Mexico 929
- Ecuador 893
- Panama 855
- Paraguay 712
- Venezuela 692
- Bolivia 544
- United States 338
- Guyana 294
- Madagascar 168
- French Guiana 153
- Belize 126
- Cameroon 99
- Guatemala 96
- Jamaica 87
- Puerto Rico 76
- Suriname 69
- Argentina 67
- Chile 62
- Honduras 49
- El Salvador 37
- Thailand 35
- Gabon 30
- Cuba 25
- Dominican Republic 21
- Haiti 19
- Trinidad and Tobago 18
- Central African Republic 17
- Nigeria 15
- Tanzania 10
- South Africa 9
- Zimbabwe 8
- Curaçao 8
- Malawi 7
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 6
- Virgin Islands, U.S. 6
- Australia 5
- Kenya 5
- Uruguay 4
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 4
- Uganda 4
- Malaysia 3
- Côte d'Ivoire 3
- Bahamas 3
- Indonesia 2
- Zambia 2
- Comoros 2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2
- Aruba 2
- Papua New Guinea 1
- India 1
- Taiwan 1
- New Caledonia 1
- Germany 1
- Congo 1
- Senegal 1
- Andorra 1
- Grenada 1
- Burundi 1
- Ethiopia 1
- Guam 1
- Angola 1
- Rwanda 1
- Sierra Leone 1
- Mozambique 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- Guinea 1
- France 1
Dates Collected
- 1840 – 1845 1
- 1870 – 1875 1
- 1875 – 1880 7
- 1880 – 1885 1
- 1890 – 1895 1
- 1895 – 1900 2
- 1915 – 1920 1
- 1920 – 1925 2
- 1925 – 1930 4
- 1930 – 1935 7
- 1935 – 1940 9
- 1940 – 1945 8
- 1945 – 1950 11
- 1950 – 1955 8
- 1955 – 1960 21
- 1960 – 1965 38
- 1965 – 1970 310
- 1970 – 1975 19,044
- 1975 – 1980 26,012
- 1980 – 1985 31,663
- 1985 – 1990 30,833
- 1990 – 1995 17,362
- 1995 – 2000 22
- 2000 – 2005 14
- 2005 – 2010 4
- 2010 – 2015 2
Dates Identified
- 1875 – 1880 1
- 1890 – 1895 1
- 1920 – 1925 2
- 1935 – 1940 1
- 1940 – 1945 1
- 1950 – 1955 1
- 1960 – 1965 12
- 1965 – 1970 13
- 1970 – 1975 1,100
- 1975 – 1980 1,775
- 1980 – 1985 3,212
- 1985 – 1990 4,493
- 1990 – 1995 1,930
- 1995 – 2000 24
- 2000 – 2005 11
- 2005 – 2010 22
- 2010 – 2015 8
- 2015 – 2020 130
- 2020 – 2022 86