Bruce Sorrie
Bruce Alexander Sorrie (born July 11, 1944 in Andover (Massachusetts) ) is an American zoologist and botanist living in Southern Pines , North Carolina . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Sorrie ".
Sorrie graduated from Cornell University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Zoology with a major in vertebrates. After his military service he worked temporarily as an ornithologist before turning to botany.
From 1979, Sorrie was a botanist for twelve years as part of the Natural Heritage Program in Boston , Massachusetts , where his work resulted, among other things, in the co-authorship of the first complete catalog of the flora of Massachusetts. In 1991 he moved to North Carolina , where he worked for the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. There he inventoried the flora of the Fort Bragg army base and in 2002, together with the lily expert Mark W. Skinner, described the lily species Lilium pyrophilum discovered there .
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- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Bruce Sorrie at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sorrie, Bruce |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sorrie, Bruce A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Andover, Massachusetts |