David Eric Symon
Symon
October 13, 1920 – December 18, 2011
botanist
botanist (1920-2011)
- 19,246 specimens collected from at least 26 countries
- 35,726 specimens identified from at least 63 countries
- 12,181 specimens used in 187 works
Progress
Collected From
Identified From
- Australia 34,877
- Papua New Guinea 132
- Indonesia 93
- French Polynesia 61
- Vietnam 50
- Madagascar 42
- United States 37
- Fiji 35
- Vanuatu 28
- China 28
- Philippines 27
- India 27
- New Caledonia 23
- Réunion 22
- Spain 15
- Japan 12
- Malaysia 12
- Mauritius 11
- Wallis and Futuna 10
- Guam 8
- Laos 7
- Solomon Islands 7
- Taiwan 7
- Cambodia 7
- New Zealand 7
- Mexico 6
- Greece 5
- United Kingdom 5
- Mayotte 5
- Algeria 5
- Thailand 4
- Niger 4
- Congo 4
- Timor-Leste 4
- Tonga 4
- Côte d'Ivoire 4
- Iran 4
- Cook Islands 3
- Samoa 3
- Cameroon 3
- South Korea 3
- Norfolk Island 2
- Italy 2
- Türkiye 2
- Poland 2
- Lebanon 2
- Nepal 2
- Saudi Arabia 2
- Sri Lanka 2
- Denmark 1
- Guinea 1
- Angola 1
- Peru 1
- Mauritania 1
- Nigeria 1
- Netherlands 1
- France 1
- Finland 1
- Singapore 1
- Ethiopia 1
- Senegal 1
- Israel 1
- Niue 1
Dates Collected
- 1845 – 1850 1
- 1860 – 1865 1
- 1875 – 1880 3
- 1880 – 1885 4
- 1885 – 1890 4
- 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 11
- 1935 – 1940 17
- 1940 – 1945 13
- 1945 – 1950 30
- 1950 – 1955 438
- 1955 – 1960 532
- 1960 – 1965 2,157
- 1965 – 1970 3,396
- 1970 – 1975 2,290
- 1975 – 1980 1,992
- 1980 – 1985 2,035
- 1985 – 1990 1,436
- 1990 – 1995 707
- 1995 – 2000 2,250
- 2000 – 2005 908
- 2005 – 2010 337
- 2010 – 2015 346
Dates Identified
- 1900 – 1905 1
- 1920 – 1925 1
- 1950 – 1955 8
- 1955 – 1960 57
- 1960 – 1965 352
- 1965 – 1970 500
- 1970 – 1975 274
- 1975 – 1980 672
- 1980 – 1985 400
- 1985 – 1990 1,052
- 1990 – 1995 2,294
- 1995 – 2000 5,275
- 2000 – 2005 4,630
- 2005 – 2010 4,016
- 2010 – 2015 1,621
- 2015 – 2020 18
- 2020 – 2025 27