Alvan Wentworth Chapman

Alvan Wentworth Chapman , also Alvin Wentworth Chapman (born September 28, 1809 in Southampton, Massachusetts , † April 6, 1899 in Apalachicola, Florida ) was an American doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Chapm. "

Alvan Wentworth Chapman, circa 1855

Life

Chapman graduated from Amherst College , Massachusetts in 1830 as a BA. In 1833 he started studying medicine. In 1835 he moved to Florida , where he moved to Apalachicola in 1847 after stints in Quincy and Marianna . He began to devote himself to botany. Chapman came into contact with Asa Gray and John Torrey , to whom he sent, among other things, plants that he had collected for identification.

In 1866, Chapman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Honors

The genus Chapmannia Torr. et A. Gray from the legume family (Fabaceae) is named after him. In Apalachicola, the Chapman Elementary School and the Chapman Botanical Gardens are named in his honor.

Works

Flora of the southern United States . 1860 (2nd edition 1883, 3rd edition 1897).

literature

Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Short biography entry at flheritage.com ( Memento from October 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Short entry at floyd-flora.info with picture (English)
Short entry at sc.edu (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

Web links

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Alvan Wentworth Chapman at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Chapman, Alvan Wentworth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chapman, Alvin Wentworth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American physician and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Southampton, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1899
Place of death	Apalachicola (Florida)

[Burkhardt2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]