David Eric Symon
Symon
* October 13, 1920 – December 18, 2011 †
botanist
botanist (1920-2011)
- 12,129 specimens collected from at least 22 countries
- 34,083 specimens identified from at least 63 countries
- 10,871 specimens used in 157 works
Progress
Collected From
- Australia 11,685
- Papua New Guinea 249
- Nepal 5
- China 4
- United States 2
- Fiji 2
- Israel 2
- United Kingdom 2
- Djibouti 2
- Italy 2
- Greece 2
- Panama 1
- Mexico 1
- France 1
- Netherlands 1
- Chile 1
- Afghanistan 1
- Morocco 1
- Zimbabwe 1
- Austria 1
- Türkiye 1
- Denmark 1
Identified From
- Australia 33,249
- Papua New Guinea 129
- Indonesia 93
- French Polynesia 61
- Vietnam 50
- Madagascar 42
- United States 37
- Fiji 35
- China 28
- Vanuatu 28
- India 27
- Philippines 25
- New Caledonia 23
- Réunion 22
- Spain 15
- Malaysia 12
- Japan 12
- Mauritius 11
- Wallis and Futuna 10
- Guam 8
- New Zealand 7
- Taiwan 7
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 7
- Solomon Islands 7
- Cambodia 7
- Algeria 5
- Mayotte 5
- Mexico 5
- Thailand 4
- Timor-Leste 4
- Côte d'Ivoire 4
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 4
- Tonga 4
- Congo 4
- Niger 4
- Samoa 3
- Cook Islands 3
- Cameroon 3
- South Korea 3
- Greece 3
- Nepal 2
- Saudi Arabia 2
- Sri Lanka 2
- Lebanon 2
- United Kingdom 2
- Norfolk Island 2
- Italy 2
- Poland 2
- Israel 1
- Nigeria 1
- Niue 1
- Senegal 1
- Ethiopia 1
- Singapore 1
- Finland 1
- France 1
- Netherlands 1
- Mauritania 1
- Peru 1
- Angola 1
- Guinea 1
- Türkiye 1
- Denmark 1
Dates Collected
- 1845 – 1850 1
- 1860 – 1865 1
- 1875 – 1880 3
- 1880 – 1885 4
- 1885 – 1890 3
- 1890 – 1895 3
- 1895 – 1900 3
- 1900 – 1905 7
- 1905 – 1910 10
- 1910 – 1915 11
- 1915 – 1920 10
- 1920 – 1925 16
- 1925 – 1930 13
- 1930 – 1935 10
- 1935 – 1940 17
- 1940 – 1945 13
- 1945 – 1950 28
- 1950 – 1955 358
- 1955 – 1960 336
- 1960 – 1965 1,007
- 1965 – 1970 1,792
- 1970 – 1975 1,319
- 1975 – 1980 1,166
- 1980 – 1985 1,119
- 1985 – 1990 1,178
- 1990 – 1995 610
- 1995 – 2000 1,825
- 2000 – 2005 569
- 2005 – 2010 281
- 2010 – 2015 191
Dates Identified
- 1900 – 1905 1
- 1920 – 1925 1
- 1950 – 1955 5
- 1955 – 1960 45
- 1960 – 1965 340
- 1965 – 1970 446
- 1970 – 1975 248
- 1975 – 1980 658
- 1980 – 1985 349
- 1985 – 1990 1,042
- 1990 – 1995 2,257
- 1995 – 2000 5,169
- 2000 – 2005 4,403
- 2005 – 2010 4,000
- 2010 – 2015 1,582
- 2015 – 2020 14
- 2020 – 2023 22