Floyd Alonzo McClure
Floyd Alonzo McClure (born August 14, 1897 in Sidney , Ohio , † April 15, 1970 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American botanist . He served at the US National Herbarium in Washington, DC . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " McClure ".
Life
McClure was born the son of a teacher in the state of Ohio . He grew up in the country and graduated with a BS in Agriculture in 1919. Interested in foreign languages, McClure learned Chinese and toured China in 1920 for botanical studies. He was particularly interested in bamboo ; one of its major merits is the determination, research, cultivation and introduction of many species of bamboo to the west. In the garden of Lingnan University grew over 600 types of bamboo, which he introduced to the USA. In Savannah , Georgia , he grew bamboos, which from there were distributed around the world. After the Second World War, McClure extended his studies to South America , India , Pakistan and the islands of Java and Luzon . He was supported throughout his life by his wife Ruth McClure, whom he met in 1915, and from 1920 to 1926 by his Chinese assistant Kang Peng. FA McClure died in 1970 while working in his bamboo grove.
Works
- Plants of Lantau Island, Kwangtung . In: Lingnan Univ. Science Bull. Volume 3 , 1931.
Single references
- ^ David Farrelly: The Book of Bamboo . Ed .: Robin Rockey. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco 1984, ISBN 978-0-87156-825-0 .
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- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Floyd Alonzo McClure at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McClure, Floyd Alonzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sidney (Ohio) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1970 |
| Place of death | Bethesda, Maryland |