Jesse More Greenman
Jesse More Greenman (born December 27, 1867 in North East , Pennsylvania , † January 20, 1951 in St. Louis , Missouri) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Greenm. ".
Life
Greenman studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard . In 1901 he received his doctorate in Berlin . He then worked as assistant curator of the botany department at the Natural History Museum in Chicago and as assistant professor of botany at the University of Chicago . In 1913 he became curator of the herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Gardens and was appointed professor of botany at Washington University . He held both positions until 1948.
Honors
The genera of the sunflower family (Asteraceae) Greenmania Hieron are named after him . , Greenmaniella W.M. Sharp and Jessea H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
swell
- Robert H. Mohlenbrock: Illinois Solanaceae in the Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium and Biographical Sketches of Some Collectors. In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , Volume 69, 1982. pp. 382-392.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 1941. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
- ↑ 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 described plant names for Jesse More Greenman at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greenman, Jesse More |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North East (Pennsylvania) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1951 |
| Place of death | St. Louis , Missouri |