Truman G. Yuncker papers 1919-1989.

Trelease, William, 1857-1945

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First director at Missouri Botanical Garden, 1889-1912; professor of botany at Wisconsin, Washington, and Illinois universities, 1883-1912. From the description of William Trelease records and papers, 1857-1912. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772665 Professor of Botany at Wisconsin, Washington, and Illinois Universities, 1883-1912; and director, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1889-1912. From the description of William Trelease papers, [ca. 1862-1...

Yuncker, Ethel Burnett Claflin.

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Yuncker, T.G. (Truman George), 1891-1964

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T.G. (Truman George) Yuncker (1891-1964) was a taxonomist specializing in Piperaceae especially the Peperomia and Piper genera. He described 839 new species, He wrote the treatment of that family in almost every regional flora published during his lifetime. His earlier studies were on the genus Cuscuta in which he described 67 new species. He did field work in Hawaii, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Jamaica and Brazil. Yuncker was Professor of Botany at DePauw University, Greencastle IN from 1919 until 1956...

Degener, Otto, 1899-1988

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Otto Degener (1899-1988) was a systematic botanist and conservationist, recognized as the authority on the flora of the Hawaiian Islands. He was Collaborator in Hawaiian Botany at the New York Botanical Garden from 1935-1988. He was named the first Naturalist for the Hawaii National Park in 1929. In 1942 he discovered Degeneria vitiensis, in Fiji--the missing link between the angiosperms and gymnosperms. He began publishing Flora Hawaiiensis in 1937 and in 1986 it reached its 7th part. With his ...