R. C. Rollins
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Name
Reed C. Rollins
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Dates
7 Dec 1911 - 28 Apr 1998
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Specialities
Spermatophytes, Brassicaceae
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Roles
Author, Determiner, Collector
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Movement Details
Mexico, United States of America, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Nevada, Idaho, Texas
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Notes
Author Notes: Brassicaceae; GH
Collector Notes: Home Institution: GH Colorado (1937): NY Utah (1937): NY
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From Wikipedia (26 Feb 2014):
Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998) was an American botanist, professor at Harvard University and one of the founders of both the International Association for Plant Taxonomy[1] and the Organization for Tropical Studies.[2] He was also the second president of each of them.[1][3]
The standard author abbreviation Rollins is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
Notes[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Cowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and early history of IAPT" Taxon 31(3): pp. 415–420
Jump up ^ Stone, Donald E. (1988) "The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS): A Success Story in Graduate Training and Research" in Almeda, Frank and Pringle, Catherine M. (1988) Tropical Rainforests: Diversity and Conservation California Academy of Sciences and Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, California, pp. 143–187, p. 152, ISBN 0-940228-19-X, accessed 6 April 2009
Jump up ^ "Organization for Tropical Studies - The Rogues Gallery of Presidents", accessed 6 April 2009
Jump up ^ "Author Query for 'Rollins'". International Plant Names Index.
Sources[edit]
Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. "Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998)" Taxon 48(2): pp. 225–56
Campbell, Christopher S. and Greene, Craig W. (1988) "A Tribute to Reed Clark Rollins, Recipient of the 1987 Asa Gray Award" Systematic Botany 13(1): pp. 170–171
External links[edit]
Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (1999) "Reed Clark Rollins", Biographical Memoir at National Academy Press -
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