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

[Anders Silfvergrip]

Thanks for identifying my blind faith in productive authors! :)

Here is reworked list, now made with

select count(author), author
from scientific_names
where is_accepted_name = 1
group by author
order by count(*) Desc

3043 - L.
2921 - Schltr.
2115 - Benth.
1996 - Wood & Bright, 1992
1906 - ICTV
1624 - Sudre
1496 - (Linnaeus, 1758)
1435 - Walker 1865
1402 - J.J.Sm.
1272 - Lindl.
1188 - Rchb.f.
1035 - Walker 1864
1029 - Baker
968 - Walker 1863
964 - Dejean, 1821
956 - Walker 1862
942 - Müll.Arg.
931 - Gray
906 - Guenée 1852
902 - Hampson 1910
900 - Ridl.
894 - Casey, T.L., 1922
867 - Walker 1859
842 - Luer
823 - Standl.
815 - L.B.Sm.
792 - Hampson 1926
775 - Guenée 1858
769 - Warren 1897
765 - Fruhstorfer 1910
764 - Grunow
728 - Linnaeus, 1758
712 - Walker 1858
704 - Felder 1874
680 - Dyar 1914
677 - Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
673 - Merr.
667 - Sturm, 1826
656 - Walker 1856
652 - Harms
651 - Hustedt
650 - Walker 1855
643 - Strand 1917
639 - Meyrick 1921
632 - Boiss.
629 - Hook.f.
627 - Casey
627 - DC.
622 - Warren 1896
620 - Walker, 1849
614 - Walker 1866
608 - Warren 1904
607 - Breuning, 1938
600 - Greene
598 - LINNAEUS 1758
596 - Boheman, 1843
592 - Meyrick 1913
590 - Fabricius, 1801
590 - Playfair
589 - Meyrick 1914
588 - Meyrick 1922
588 - Sarg.
581 - Kützing
578 - Meyrick 1915
571 - Bremek.
570 - Gand.
567 - Kunth
563 - Warren 1913
556 - Meyrick 1931
555 - Fruhstorfer 1912
550 - Warren 1907
543 - Warren 1906
543 - Breuning, 1939
541 - Schaus 1901
531 - Hustache, A., 1938
530 - Steyerm.
530 - Hampson 1912
528 - Hampson 1918
517 - Wiedemann, 1830
510 - Germar, 1824
505 - Prout 1938
504 - Fruhstorfer 1911

Linnaeus is on top among authors with more than 500 species per publication. There a pdf-version of his Systema Naturae 1758 volume here http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/img/?IDDOC=265100 for those willing to check the numbers.

Hope it worked better this time.




_____________________________________
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 
anders.silfvergrip at nrm.se, http://www.nrm.se 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Karl Magnacca
Sent: den 30 maj 2008 14:36
To: TAXACOM at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] highest number of new species described in one paper

On Fri, May 30, 2008 1:03 pm, Anders Silfvergrip wrote:
> 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:

Those include literature references in catalogs, not just descriptions. 
Monné & Giesbert 1994, listed with 8927, is a checklist and probably
doesn't have any descriptions at all.

Karl
=====================
Karl Magnacca
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Zoology
Trinity College, Dublin 2
Ireland


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