[Nhcoll-l] [HERBARIA] FW: Long Shelf Lives

[Callomon,Paul]

Just for perspective:

In 1902, a new species of snail was collected in the Ogasawara Islands, 1000 miles south of Tokyo. It went by steam ship to Kobe, then train to Kyoto; was re-packed and sent by train and steam ship to Philadelphia, where it was examined, figured and described in print by H. A. Pilsbry. From the day of collection to the appearance of the article in print took two months. 

Fontaine, Perrard & Bouchet (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sciencedirect.com_science_article_pii_S0960982212012481&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=A2KkAMeas-jDgWrCX5b4ur6R2ZxWJyKVfv3643L83wc&s=3Jt_UazfJ9rxyg6SdN6gLw6UX3A-Po9lL6jtvVvV5SA&e= ) have shown that nowadays, in the age of aircraft, the Internet and e-mail, the period between discovery and description is, on average - 21 years. 

PC

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170



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Calamagrostis muiriana (a grass) was known to need it's own name for over a century, but the first person to try to name it chose the wrong type specimen (because its leaves were rolled up and it was misidentified.  It was finally named successfully in 2002.  Wilson, Barbara L., and Sami Gray.  2002.  Resurrection of a century-old species concept in Calamagrostis (Poaceae).  Madroño 49: 169-177.

Carex serpenticola (a sedge) was first collected in 1931 and described in 1998.  Zika, Peter, Keli Kuykendall, and Barbara L. Wilson.  1998.  Carex serpenticola (Cyperaceae), a new species from the Klamath Mountains of California and Oregon.  Madroño 45: 261-270.

Not quite what you're looking for, but what I know.

-- Barbara Wilson
   Carex Working Group

> Pardon the cross posting. Please respond to Christopher Kemp 
> cjkemp at gmail.com<mailto:cjkemp at gmail.com> with examples.
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>
> Hello Friends,
> I know I've bothered you all several times before, but I thought I'd 
> ask for one final round-up. I expect to sign a contract next month 
> with a good academic publisher for my project. I'll share the details 
> when I do! So, I'm again seeking examples of species with long shelf 
> lives, hoping I shake a couple more from the trees this last time. 
> That is: specimens were collected in the field a long time ago, let's 
> say at least 50 years ago, but hopefully longer than that, even 100 
> years ago maybe, before they were finally described and named. the 
> description must be relatively recent too, like since 2000, but 
> hopefully even more recent than that. I want worms, tapeworms, 
> spiders, fish, sea anemones, bats, cats, birds, wasps, frogs, orchids, 
> lichens, molds, everything, you name it. The stranger the better!
> Thanks so much for your help in advance!
> --ck
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