Truman George Yuncker
Truman George Yuncker (born March 20, 1891 on a farm near Carson City , Michigan , † February 6, 1964 in Greencastle , Indiana ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Yunck. "; earlier the abbreviation " Yuncker " was also in use.
Life
Yuncker was from 1923 until his retirement in 1956 director of the Botanical and Bacteriological Institute ("Department of Botany and Bacteriology") at DePauw University . From 1919 until his death in 1964, he was the curator of the DePauw Herbarium, which was acquired by the New York Botanical Garden in 1987 .
Yuncker specialized primarily in the pepper family (Piperaceae). His early studies were on the genus Cuscuta , in which he described 67 new species. For the work North American Flora by Nathaniel Lord Britton he worked on this genre (Series 2, Volume 4, 1965). Yuncker described a total of 839 new plant species.
Honors
The plant genus Yunckeria Lundell from the primrose family (Primulaceae) has been named after him.
Works
- The Piperaceae of Brazil . (1972-1975).
- The genus Cuscuta . 1932
- Revision of the Hawaiian species of Peperomia ... 1933
- The flora of Niue Island ... 1943
- Plants of Tonga . 1971
- Together with W. Trelease: The Piperaceae of Northern South America . 1950
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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 .
literature
- Winona H. Welch: Truman George Yuncker . In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . tape 91 , no. 5 (September – October), 1964, pp. 406-412 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2088. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Truman George Yuncker at the IPNI
- CV at library.nybg.org (English)
- CV at sciweb.nybg.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yuncker, Truman George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farm near Carson City , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1964 |
| Place of death | Greencastle , Indiana |