Paul Carpenter Standley

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Paul Carpenter Standley (born March 21, 1884 in Avalon (Missouri) , † June 2, 1963 in Tegucigalpa ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Standl. "

Life

He attended Drury University in Springfield, Massachusetts and New Mexico State University (NMSU). He obtained a bachelor's degree from the former in 1907 and a master’s degree from NMSU a year later. At the NMSU he worked as a research assistant until 1909. From there he went to the Smithsonian , where he worked until 1928. In the spring of 1928 he was appointed to the Field Museum of Natural History , where he worked and researched until 1950.

After retiring in 1950, he went to the Escuela Agricola Panamericana , a private university in Honduras , where he worked in the herbarium and library there until 1956 , as well as doing field studies , before moving to Tegucigalpa, where he moved to June 2, 1963 passed away.

One of his main areas of research included the acanthus family . Together with Louis Otho Williams and Julian Alfred Steyermark , he wrote the work Flora of Guatemala (from 1946).

Taxa named after Standley

Three plant species were named after Standley: Standleya Brade from the family of the redness plants (Rubiaceae), Standleyacanthus Leonard from the family of Acanthus (Acanthaceae) and Standleyanthus R.M.King & H.Rob. from the sunflower family (Asteraceae); his name also appears in numerous species names. The plant genus Stanmarkia Almeda from the black- mouthed family (Melastomataceae) honors Paul Carpenter Standley and Julian Alfred Steyermark .

Works (selection)

  • Paul Carpenter Standley: Flora of the Glacier National Park, Montana . 1921.
  • Paul Carpenter Standley: Trees and shrubs of Mexico . 1920-1926.
  • Paul Carpenter Standley: Flora of the Panama Canal Zone . 1928.
  • Paul Carpenter Standley: Flora of Costa Rica, Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series, Volume XVIII, Part 1, Chicago, USA, 1937–1939.
  • Paul Carpenter Standley, Samuel Jones Record: The forests and flora of British Honduras ... . In: Publ. Field Museum, Botany, Volume 12, Pages 1-432, 1936.
  • Paul Carpenter Standley, Julian A. Steyermark and LO Williams: Flora of Guatemala . Fieldiana: Botany, 1946-1977.

literature

  • Williams, Louis O. "Paul Carpenter Standley". Taxon, Vol. XII, No. 7, Aug. – Sept. 1963.
  • Brummitt, RK; CE Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2056. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
  2. ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 .

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personal data
SURNAME Standley, Paul Carpenter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Avalon
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1963
Place of death Tegucigalpa