Collector - 'R'

[oldnick]

36 ABS specimens are entered in H@H as collected by 'R' (Although the 1931 specimens don't match the other much earlier ones I refer to) - see: http://herbariaunited.org/specimensearch/?collector=R+R&colid=16329&search=search
I am still finding others, and and there are very many more anonymous ABS sheets uniform in style, dates, and locations.

Unfortunately these cannot be accessed from a specimen search, as entering R brings up countless collectors with R in the name.

My question is whether R could go on the menu in her/his own right?

I accept the possibility of R being some kind of curator's mark rather than a collector, however in at least 1 of the Ealing sheets, the name Rose is given - http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/271470/

[David Price]

The 1931 specimens clearly have nothing to to with the others and belong, most likely, to an otherwise anonymous Aber' undergraduate.

The 1926 specimen looks as if it has been added to the 1874 specimen by a curator.

We know one curator - Miss Hildred Bigwood who was a technician in
charge of the Herbarium until her retirement in 1992; she died in 1999.
She was a considerable collector herself with over 350 specimens so far on H@H.

[oldnick]

There are now 39 19th Century specimens known to be collected by R - and also very many more that are likely - eg those collected around Weymouth. I would hope R can be made to apear on the menu / search.