Johannes Musæus Norman https://bionomia.net/Q1786150 collected the holotype DIDYMELLACEAE: Merismatium coccisporum in Norway https://gbif.org/occurrence/2332502406 #TypeSpecimenToday
September 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Johannes Musæus Norman https://bionomia.net/Q1786150 collected the holotype DIDYMELLACEAE: Merismatium coccisporum in Norway https://gbif.org/occurrence/2332502406 #TypeSpecimenToday
Auguste François Marie Glaziou https://bionomia.net/Q440696 collected the holotype PASSIFLORACEAE: Turnera crulsii Urb. in Brazil https://gbif.org/occurrence/1211546772 #TypeSpecimenToday
September 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Auguste François Marie Glaziou https://bionomia.net/Q440696 collected the holotype PASSIFLORACEAE: Turnera crulsii Urb. in Brazil https://gbif.org/occurrence/1211546772 #TypeSpecimenToday
Henri François Pittier https://bionomia.net/Q116003 collected the holotype SAPOTACEAE: Lucuma sambuensis in Panama https://gbif.org/occurrence/1317807587 #TypeSpecimenToday
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Henri François Pittier https://bionomia.net/Q116003 collected the holotype SAPOTACEAE: Lucuma sambuensis in Panama https://gbif.org/occurrence/1317807587 #TypeSpecimenToday
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius https://bionomia.net/Q77131 collected the holotype RUBIACEAE: Posoqueria longiflora Aubl. in Brazil https://gbif.org/occurrence/1848912287 #TypeSpecimenToday
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius https://bionomia.net/Q77131 collected the holotype RUBIACEAE: Posoqueria longiflora Aubl. in Brazil https://gbif.org/occurrence/1848912287 #TypeSpecimenToday
George Bliss Culver https://bionomia.net/Q19976428 collected the holotype PRISTIDAE: Pristis zephyreus in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/3426412930 #TypeSpecimenToday
December 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
George Bliss Culver https://bionomia.net/Q19976428 collected the holotype PRISTIDAE: Pristis zephyreus in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/3426412930 #TypeSpecimenToday
Paul Carpenter Standley https://bionomia.net/Q1333160 collected the holotype ARISTOLOCHIACEAE: Aristolochia sylvicola in Panama https://gbif.org/occurrence/1321525784 #TypeSpecimenToday
December 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Paul Carpenter Standley https://bionomia.net/Q1333160 collected the holotype ARISTOLOCHIACEAE: Aristolochia sylvicola in Panama https://gbif.org/occurrence/1321525784 #TypeSpecimenToday
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Charles Mohr https://bionomia.net/Q5081015 collected the holotype NYMPHAEACEAE: Nymphaea chartacea in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1321303240 #TypeSpecimenToday
June 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Charles Mohr https://bionomia.net/Q5081015 collected the holotype NYMPHAEACEAE: Nymphaea chartacea in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1321303240 #TypeSpecimenToday
Jean Feltgen https://bionomia.net/Q20558351 collected the holotype PLEOSPORACEAE: Pleospora cerastii https://gbif.org/occurrence/2417926926 #TypeSpecimenToday
May 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Jean Feltgen https://bionomia.net/Q20558351 collected the holotype PLEOSPORACEAE: Pleospora cerastii https://gbif.org/occurrence/2417926926 #TypeSpecimenToday
Paul Carpenter Standley https://bionomia.net/Q1333160 and Elmer Ottis Wooton https://bionomia.net/Q1332980 collected the holotype SCROPHULARIACEAE: Scrophularia laevis in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1319024258 #TypeSpecimenToday
September 23, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Paul Carpenter Standley https://bionomia.net/Q1333160 and Elmer Ottis Wooton https://bionomia.net/Q1332980 collected the holotype SCROPHULARIACEAE: Scrophularia laevis in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1319024258 #TypeSpecimenToday
Henri François Pittier https://bionomia.net/Q116003 collected the holotype SOLANACEAE: Solanum hirsutissimum in Panama https://gbif.org/occurrence/1322035034 #TypeSpecimenToday
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Henri François Pittier https://bionomia.net/Q116003 collected the holotype SOLANACEAE: Solanum hirsutissimum in Panama https://gbif.org/occurrence/1322035034 #TypeSpecimenToday
Samuel Washington Woodhouse https://bionomia.net/Q2632163 collected the holotype POLYGONACEAE: Eriogonum effusum var. leptophyllum Torr. in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1929010103 #TypeSpecimenToday
September 24, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Samuel Washington Woodhouse https://bionomia.net/Q2632163 collected the holotype POLYGONACEAE: Eriogonum effusum var. leptophyllum Torr. in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1929010103 #TypeSpecimenToday
Alice Eastwood https://bionomia.net/Q460241 collected the holotype SAXIFRAGACEAE: Lithophragma trifidum Eastw. in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1426067983 #TypeSpecimenToday
March 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Alice Eastwood https://bionomia.net/Q460241 collected the holotype SAXIFRAGACEAE: Lithophragma trifidum Eastw. in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1426067983 #TypeSpecimenToday
Adolpho Ducke https://bionomia.net/Q2601698 collected the holotype CHRYSOBALANACEAE: Licania bracteata in Brazil https://gbif.org/occurrence/912197019 #TypeSpecimenToday
November 23, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Adolpho Ducke https://bionomia.net/Q2601698 collected the holotype CHRYSOBALANACEAE: Licania bracteata in Brazil https://gbif.org/occurrence/912197019 #TypeSpecimenToday
Townshend Stith Brandegee https://bionomia.net/Q1002345 collected the holotype ASPARAGACEAE: Agave aurea Brandegee in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1258720581 #TypeSpecimenToday
September 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Townshend Stith Brandegee https://bionomia.net/Q1002345 collected the holotype ASPARAGACEAE: Agave aurea Brandegee in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1258720581 #TypeSpecimenToday
John Adolph Shafer https://bionomia.net/Q615605 collected the holotype CELASTRACEAE: Salacia nipensis Britton in Cuba https://gbif.org/occurrence/1928502114 #TypeSpecimenToday
December 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
John Adolph Shafer https://bionomia.net/Q615605 collected the holotype CELASTRACEAE: Salacia nipensis Britton in Cuba https://gbif.org/occurrence/1928502114 #TypeSpecimenToday
Max Julius Dinklage https://bionomia.net/Q21510433 collected the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Polystachya tessellata Lindl. in Liberia https://gbif.org/occurrence/864906733 #TypeSpecimenToday
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September 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Max Julius Dinklage https://bionomia.net/Q21510433 collected the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Polystachya tessellata Lindl. in Liberia https://gbif.org/occurrence/864906733 #TypeSpecimenToday
John Francis Armstrong https://bionomia.net/Q21505334 collected the holotype RUBIACEAE: Asperula fragrantissima J.B.Armstr. in New Zealand https://gbif.org/occurrence/1091296482 #TypeSpecimenToday
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
John Francis Armstrong https://bionomia.net/Q21505334 collected the holotype RUBIACEAE: Asperula fragrantissima J.B.Armstr. in New Zealand https://gbif.org/occurrence/1091296482 #TypeSpecimenToday
Benjamin Balansa https://bionomia.net/Q536946 collected the holotype VERBENACEAE: Verbena approximata Briq. in Paraguay https://gbif.org/occurrence/437995591 #TypeSpecimenToday
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Benjamin Balansa https://bionomia.net/Q536946 collected the holotype VERBENACEAE: Verbena approximata Briq. in Paraguay https://gbif.org/occurrence/437995591 #TypeSpecimenToday
Finally on this app! The API looks reasonable and will eventually resume welcome posts for profiles of natural history collectors made public, plus #TypeSpecimenToday
September 12, 2023 at 2:38 AM
Finally on this app! The API looks reasonable and will eventually resume welcome posts for profiles of natural history collectors made public, plus #TypeSpecimenToday
Martin W. Callmander https://bionomia.net/0000-0003-3641-112X collected the holotype ANNONACEAE: Xylopia galokothamna D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray in Madagascar https://gbif.org/occurrence/438464536 #TypeSpecimenToday
November 24, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Martin W. Callmander https://bionomia.net/0000-0003-3641-112X collected the holotype ANNONACEAE: Xylopia galokothamna D.M.Johnson & N.A.Murray in Madagascar https://gbif.org/occurrence/438464536 #TypeSpecimenToday
Cyrus Pringle https://bionomia.net/Q3009492 collected the holotype CRASSULACEAE: Echeveria montana in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1318487409 #TypeSpecimenToday
June 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Cyrus Pringle https://bionomia.net/Q3009492 collected the holotype CRASSULACEAE: Echeveria montana in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1318487409 #TypeSpecimenToday
Auguste Chevalier https://bionomia.net/Q766644 collected the holotype APIACEAE: Bupleurum chevalieri Cherm. in Vietnam https://gbif.org/occurrence/437831953 #TypeSpecimenToday
February 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Auguste Chevalier https://bionomia.net/Q766644 collected the holotype APIACEAE: Bupleurum chevalieri Cherm. in Vietnam https://gbif.org/occurrence/437831953 #TypeSpecimenToday
Auguste François Marie Glaziou https://bionomia.net/Q440696 collected the holotype LOGANIACEAE: Strychnos glaziovii Gilg https://gbif.org/occurrence/1228320264 #TypeSpecimenToday
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Auguste François Marie Glaziou https://bionomia.net/Q440696 collected the holotype LOGANIACEAE: Strychnos glaziovii Gilg https://gbif.org/occurrence/1228320264 #TypeSpecimenToday
Francis Xavier Williams https://bionomia.net/Q3081744 collected the holotype CARABIDAE: Feronia duncani Van Dyke in Ecuador https://gbif.org/occurrence/2238769049 #TypeSpecimenToday
January 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Francis Xavier Williams https://bionomia.net/Q3081744 collected the holotype CARABIDAE: Feronia duncani Van Dyke in Ecuador https://gbif.org/occurrence/2238769049 #TypeSpecimenToday