Joseph Nelson Rose

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Joseph Nelson Rose

Joseph Nelson Rose (born January 11, 1862 in Liberty , Indiana , † May 4, 1928 ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Rose ".

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Joseph Nelson Rose was born on a farm in Union County , Indiana . His father, George W. Rose, served in the Civil War and died in the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 . Joseph Nelson was raised by his mother, Rebecca. He graduated from Liberty High School and attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville from 1880 .

In 1886 Joseph N. Rose continued his education as a post-graduate with John Merle Coulter (1851-1928), which he completed in 1889 with a Ph. D. in Biology from Wabash College. Between 1887 and 1900, Coulter and Rose published numerous papers on umbellifers , including the Revision of the North American Umbelliferae in 1888 and the Monograph of the Umbelliferae in 1900 .

Rose married Lou Beatrice Sims in 1888. Their marriage resulted in three sons and three daughters. In the same year he took a position as a botanist at the US Department of Agriculture in Washington. Under the influence of Edward Palmer (1831–1911) his interest in succulent plants grew ; he made his first research trips to Mexico and Central America.

In 1896, Joseph N. Rose joined the Smithsonian Institution as an assistant curator . Accompanied by Palmer, he undertook a first expedition to Mexico from June to September 1897, which was followed by eight more. The results of the first seven expeditions were published between 1897 and 1911 under the title Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants . Rose was vice president from 1903, later president of several botanical and scientific societies in Washington. During his time at the Smithsonian Institution, he made a total of nine research trips to study the thick-leaf and cactus plants in Mexico. Joseph Nelson Rose and Nathaniel Lord Britton were considered to be the world's best experts on thick-leaf plants; they published numerous joint works. In 1911 Rose wrote for Britton's North American Flora in Volume 25 Number 3 on the Burseraceae .

From 1912 on, Rose took leave of the Smithsonian Institution to collaborate with Britton and the Carnegie Institution on a monograph on cacti. He first traveled to Europe in 1912 to look through the herbarium in the Botanical Gardens. Expeditions to the Caribbean followed in 1913 , to Chile , Peru and Bolivia in 1915 , to Argentina and Brazil in 1916, and to Venezuela and Ecuador in 1918 . They were accompanied by up to a dozen other plant collectors. The result of this research appeared as The Cactaceae in four volumes between 1919 and 1923. The number of cactus genera , which Karl Moritz Schumann had still 21, increased to 124 for Britton and Rose. The genera were first set up after their flowers were built .

In addition to the cacti, Joseph Nelson Rose also worked on the thick-leaf and amaryllis plants as well as the umbellifers . Several genera were named after him, for example Rhodoscadium S. Watson from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae), Roseia Frič , Roseocereus Backeb. and Roseocactus A. Berger from the cactus family , Roseodendron Miranda from the trumpet tree family (Bignoniaceae) and Roseanthus Cogn. from the cucurbitaceae family . The genus Brittonrosea Speg. from the cactus family, Rose and Nathaniel honors Lord Britton .

He published about 200 books and botanical articles.

Fonts (selection)

With John Merle Coulter
  • Synopsis of North American pines, based upon leaf anatomy. I. In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 11, 1886, pp. 256-262, (online) .
  • Synopsis of North American pines, based upon leaf anatomy. II. In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 11, 1886, pp. 302-309, (online) .
  • Notes on Umbelliferae of E. United States . In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 12, 1887, pp. 12-16 , 60-63 , 73-76 , 102-104 , 134-138 , 157-160 , 261-264 , 291-295 .
  • Notes on Western Umbelliferae . In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 13, 1888, pp. 77-81 , 141-146 , 208-211 .
  • Revision of North American Umbelliferae . Herbarium Wabash College, Crawfordsville 1888, (online) .
  • Notes on North American Umbelliferae I. In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 14, 1889, 274-284.
  • A new genus of Umbelliferae . In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 15, 1890, pp. 15-16, (online) .
  • Notes on North American Umbelliferae II. In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 15, 1890, pp. 259-261, (online) .
  • Actinella (Hymenoxis) Texana, n. Sp. In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 16, 1891, pp. 27-28, (online) .
  • New Genus of Umbelliferae . In: Botanical Gazette . Volume 19, 1894, p. 466, (online) .
With Nathaniel Lord Britton
  • New or noteworthy North American Crassulaceae . In: Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden . Volume 3, Number 9, 1903, pp. 1-45, (online) .
  • Lenophyllum, a new genus of Crassulaceae . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Volume 47, 1904, pp. 159-162, (online) .
  • Crassulaceae . In: North American Flora . Volume 22, Part 1, 1905, pp. 7-74. (on-line)
  • Pereskiopsis, a new genus of Cactaceae . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Volume 50, 1907, pp. 331-333, (online) .
  • A preliminary treatment of the Opuntioideae of North America . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Volume 50, 20, 1908, pp. 503-539, (online) .
  • A new genus of Cactaceae . In: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden . Volume 9, 1908, pp. 185-188, (online) .
  • Thompsonella, a new genus of Crassulaceae from Mexico . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, pp. 391-392, (online) .
  • The Genus Cereus and its Allies in North America . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, pp. 413-437, 1909, (online) .
  • Undescribed species of Cuban cacti . In: Torreya . Volume 12, 1912, pp. 13-16, (online) .
  • Studies in Cactaceae I . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 16, 1913, pp. 239-242, (online) .
  • The genus Epiphyllum and its allies . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 16, 1913, pp. 255-262, (online) .
  • The Cactaceae. Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the Cactus family . Volume I, Carnegie Institution, Washington 1919, (online) .
  • The Cactaceae. Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the Cactus family . Volume II, Carnegie Institution, Washington 1920, (online) .
  • Neoabbottia, a new cactus genus from Hispaniola . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Volume 72, 1921, pp. 1-6, (online) .
  • Two new genera of Cactaceae . In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Volume 49, 1922, pp. 251-252. (online) .
  • The Cactaceae. Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the Cactus family . Volume III, Carnegie Institution, Washington 1922, (online) .
  • The Cactaceae. Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the Cactus family . Volume IV, Carnegie Institution, Washington 1923, (online) .
  • The tree-cactuses of the West Indies . In: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden . Volume 26, 1925, pp. 217-221.
  • Niopa peregrina. Cojobana . In: Addisonia . Volume 12, 1927, p. 37, plate 403, (online) .
  • Chamaefistula antillana. Hediondilla . In: Addisonia . Volume 12, 1927, p. 41, (online) .
  • Mimosaceae . In: North American Flora . Volume 23: 1-76. February 11, 1928, (online) .
  • Mimosaceae (continuatio) . In: North American Flora . Volume 23, 1928, pp. 77-136, (online) .
  • Mimosaceae (conclusio) . In: North American Flora . Volume 23, 1928 pp. 137-194, (online) .
  • Caesalpiniaceae . In: North American Flora . Volume 23, 1930, pp. 201-268, (online) .
  • Caesalpiniaceae (conclusio) . In: North American Flora . Volume 23, 1930, pp. 269-349, (online) .
To the flora of Mexico and Central America
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 5, Part 3, 1897, pp. 109-144, (online) .
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 2 . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 5, Part 4, 1899, pp. 145-200, (online) .
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 3 . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 8, Part 1, 1903, pp. 1-55, (online) .
  • Notes On Useful Plants of Mexico . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 8, Part 4, 1905, pp. 209-259, (online) .
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 4 . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 8, Part 4, 1905, pp. 281-340, (online) .
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 5. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 10, Part 3, 1906, pp. 79-132, (online) .
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 6. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, Part 7, 1909, pp. 259-302, (online) .
  • Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 7. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 13, Part 9, 1911, pp. 291-312, (online) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Zander : Zander hand 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 .
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
  3. ^ The New York Botanical Garden: Joseph Nelson Rose and "The Cactaceae" . Retrieved February 24, 2008
  4. ^ William Trelease : Biographical Memoir of John Merle Coulter . In: Biographical Memoirs . Volume 14, National Academy of Sciences, 1929, pp. 97-123, PDF
  5. ↑ Elmer Drew Merrill : Biographical Memoir of Nathaniel Lord Britton . In: Biographical Memoirs . Volume 19, National Academy of Sciences, 1938, pp. 145-202, PDF

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personal data
SURNAME Rose, Joseph Nelson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rose, Joseph N.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Union County (Indiana)
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1928