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in 1927. He also brought back, to the United States, over 10,000 specimens from the Philippines in 1929, and over 120 boxes of specimens from Niuafo'ou in 1930. Among the 120 boxes included four boxes of samples of a plant that grew in lava, bearing wood that sank in water.
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in 1920, and by 1931 he was Lieutenant Commander. He was on the Retired List of Officers of the Navy in 1938, but then he was called back to
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Eclipse Expeditions between the years of 1925 and 1930. These expeditions included trips to
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Kellers participated in a number of expeditions during his Navy career, representing the
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Lieutenant Commander who served on numerous scientific expeditions on behalf of the
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Kellers was credited for the 1930 discovery of a new genus of
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in 1939. He retired again in 1945. In 1954, he died of
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