Arthur John Cronquist

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Arthur John Cronquist

Arthur John Cronquist (born March 19, 1919 in San José , California , † March 22, 1992 in Provo , Utah ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Cronquist ".

Live and act

Cronquist worked at the New York Botanical Garden , the Bronx Botanical Garden in New York City . He is known for his systematics of the covering ones . His books on plant classification are considered to be his major works. Cronquist died of heart failure at the age of 73 on March 22, 1992 while doing research at the Brigham Young University Herbarium .

Honors

In 1986 Cronquist was awarded the Linné Medal by the Linnean Society of London . According to him, the plant genera Cronquistia R.M.King and Cronquistianthus R.M.King & H.Rob. from the family of the daisy family named (Asteraceae).

Works

  • An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. CUP, New York 1992, ISBN 0-231-03880-1 .
  • The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants. New Botanical Garden, New York 1997, ISBN 0-89327-332-5 .
  • with Henry A. Gleason: Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1991, ISBN 0-89327-365-1 .
  • with Henry A. Gleason: The Natural Geography of Plants. 1964.
  • with Charles L. Hitchcock: Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Wash.
    • Vascular cryptogams, gymnosperms and monocotyledons. 1969.
    • Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. 1964.
    • Saxifragaceae to Ericaceae. 1961.
    • Ericaceae to Campanulaceae. 1959.
    • Compositae. 1955.
  • with Charles L. Hitchcock: Flora of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Wash. 1974.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodore M. Barkley: In Memoriam: Arthur Cronquist: An Appreciation . In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Vol. 119, 4, October – December, 1992, pp. 458-463 , JSTOR : 2996734 .
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
personal data
SURNAME Cronquist, Arthur John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH San Jose (California)
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1992
Place of death Provo , Utah