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Henry Hurd Rusby

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Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940) was an American botanist, pharmacist and explorer. He discovered several new species of plants. In 1921, he led the Mulford Expedition to the Amazon.

Selected works

  • "Report of Work on the Mulford Biological Exploration of 1921–22". Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 23(272): 101–111, August 1922.
  • "New Species of Trees of Medicinal Interest from Bolivia". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 49: 259–264, sept 1922; & Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, October 1922.
  • "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Plants Collected on the Mulford Biologial Exploration of the Amazon Valley, 1921–1922,". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 7: 205–387, March 1927.
  • Autobiography, Jungle Memories. 1933.


References

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Rusby.

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