Clarifying elusive, obscure, or misleading historical Namibian biodiversity collecting localities

Authors

  • John Irish Independent Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66365/jnss.2024.05

Keywords:

Namibia, biodiversity, historical collecting localities

Abstract

Some previously ungeocoded or poorly geocoded historical biodiversity collecting localities of Namibian relevance are clarified, including those that have usually been treated as Namibian but are actually in neighbouring countries, or vice versa. Collectors treated are: J.F. Drège, J.A. Wahlberg, K.J. Andersson, A.W. Eriksson, H. Schinz, A. Lüderitz, L. Schultze, the South African Museum expeditions, the Swedish South Africa Expedition, G. Hobohm, and F. Gaerdes.

Author Biography

  • John Irish, Independent

    John Irish is a Namibian bioscientist and specialist entomologist who grew up in Windhoek. He has worked for the National Museum of Namibia, National Biodiversity Programme, National Botanical Research Institute, and Gobabeb Namib Research Institute, when not surviving as a self-unemployed consultant. He holds a PhD in Entomology and maintains the on-line Namibia Biodiversity Database.

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Published

2026-05-12

How to Cite

Clarifying elusive, obscure, or misleading historical Namibian biodiversity collecting localities. (2026). Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society, 71, 26. https://doi.org/10.66365/jnss.2024.05

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