Rupert Charles Barneby

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Rupert Charles Barneby

Rupert Charles Barneby (born October 6, 1911 in Monmouthshire , England , † December 5, 2000 ) was an American botanist and author .

biography

Barneby was born in Monmouthshire , England . He attended Cambridge University , where he received a BA in History and Modern Languages in 1932 . In 1937 he moved to the United States, where he lived until his death. Barneby became a US citizen. Barneby worked in the New York Botanical Garden from the 1950s until shortly before his death . His longtime partner was Harry Dwight Dillon Ripley (1908–1973).

Barneby published books throughout his professional life, describing over 1,100 new plant species. Over 25 plants are named after him, as well as the genera Barnebya , Barnebyella , Barnebydendron and Rupertia . His main area of ​​interest in botany was the Leguminosae plant family as well as the Menispermaceae plant family . Barneby received several awards in the field of botany .

Awards and honors

  • The New York Botanical Garden's Henry Allan Gleason Award (1980)
  • American Society of Plant Taxonomists' Asa Gray Award (1989)
  • International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Engler Silver Medal (1992)
  • International Botanical Congress's Millennium Botany Award (1999)

Works (selection)

  • Atlas of North American Astragalus
  • Daleae adults
  • Intermountain flora
  • Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring: A Generic System for the Synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas .

literature

  • Douglas Crase . 2001. Ruperti Imagines: A Portrait of Rupert Barneby . Brittonia 53 (1): 1-40.
  • Douglas Crase. 2004. Both: A Portrait in Two Parts .
  • Stanley Welsh . 2001. Rupert Charles Barneby (1911-2000) . Taxon 50 (1): 285-292.
  • Martin Wojciechowski and Aaron Liston. 2005. Rupert Charles Barneby and his legume legacy. Brittonia 57 (4): 299-300.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Botanical Electronic News: Article on Charles Barneby
  2. ↑ Anderson, WR, and B. Gates. 1981. Barnebya, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Brittonia 33: 275-284.
  3. ↑ Barnebya (Malpighiaceae) . Retrieved February 6, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Barneby, Rupert Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Monmouthshire , England
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2000