[Taxacom] highest number of new species described in one paper

[Anders Silfvergrip]

I downloaded the 2008 version of Catalog of Life, from http://www.catalogueoflife.org <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/>  , installed it, and opened the adjoining databases in MySQL, ran the following snippet:

 

Select count(author), author

>From scientific_names

Group by author

Order by count(*) Desc

 

Here are all records with more than 1000 species per reference (author and year);

 

8927 - Monné & Giesbert, 1994

5705 - Blackwelder, 1946

5635 - Schltr.

4715 - L.

3980 - Benth.

3686 - Chemsak,  Linsley & Noguera, 1992

3140 - Rchb.f.

3096 - Aurivillius, 1912

3071 - Müll.Arg.

3062 - Lindl.

3043 - Monné, 1993

3014 - Monné, 1994

2876 - Baker

2763 - Monné, 1995

2193 - J.J.Sm.

2122 - Ridl.

2097 - (Linnaeus, 1758)

2052 - Gemminger & Harold, 1872

1996 - Wood & Bright, 1992

1972 - Aurivillius, 1923

1968 - Gilmour, 1965

1906 - ICTV

1832 - Kunth

1676 - Standl.

1674 - DC.

1658 - Sudre

1574 - Gray

1550 - Hook.f.

1496 - Greene

1493 - Kraenzl.

1438 - Linnaeus, 1758

1438 - Walker 1865

1426 - Miq.

1384 - Noguera & Chemsak, 1996

1376 - Walker, 1849

1361 - Gemminger & Harold, 1873

1334 - Merr.

1311 - Boiss.

1298 - Engl.

1294 - Kützing

1241 - Breuning, 1961

1226 - De Wild.

1222 - Baill.

1207 - Blume

1192 - Rydb.

1188 - Harms

1183 - Boeck.

1176 - Steud.

1122 - Luer

1120 - Lacordaire, 1869

1116 - Rolfe

1112 - K.Schum.

1099 - Kük.

1098 - Thomson, 1878

1079 - L.B.Sm.

1061 - C.B.Clarke

1047 - Walker 1864

1042 - Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

1035 - Becc.

1029 - Willd.

1008 - Wiedemann, 1830

 

 

 

 

 

Anders Silfvergrip

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Anders Silfvergrip, Curator 

Department of Vertebrate Zoology, FishBase 

Swedish Museum of Natural History 

POB 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden 

phone +46 8 51954114, fax +46 8 51954212 

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