Alvin Howard Gentry ( English Alwyn Howard Gentry [1] or English Alwyn Gentry [2] , January 6, 1945 - August 3, 1993 ) is an American botanist , plant collector and writer [2] .
| Alvin Gentry | |
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| English Alwyn gentry | |
| Date of Birth | January 6, 1945 |
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| Date of death | August 3, 1993 (48 years old) |
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| Scientific field | botany |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " AHGentry " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Biography
Born in Kansas [2] on January 6, 1945 .
In 1969, he received a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison , defending a dissertation on the Tabebuille genus of the Bignonian family of Central America, a subject that he continued to study at the University of Washington in St. Louis , Missouri, in which he received his doctorate in 1972 with Ph.D. thesis entitled An Eco-evolutionary Study of the Bignoniaceae of South Central America [1] .
Gentry was a prolific botanist, prolific writer, energetic teacher and leader in the struggle to preserve the remaining tropical forests of the world, especially in South America [2] . Alvin Howard has devoted much of his energy to promoting and helping students from the United States, South America, and other countries. [2] Gentry was a good correspondent. [2] He collected more than 70,000 plant samples [2] . Gentry made a significant contribution to botany by describing many plant species [3] .
He died on August 3, 1993 in a plane crash in Ecuador at the age of 48 years [2] . His death was a serious blow to tropical botany and nature conservation [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Miller, James S; Theodore M Barkley, Hugh H Iltis, Walter H. Lewis, Enrique Forero, Mark Plotkin, Oliver Phillips, Ricardo Rueda and Peter H Raven. Alwyn Howard Gentry, 1945-1993: A Tribute (Eng.) // Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden : journal. - Missouri Botanical Garden Press , 1996. - Vol. 83 , no. 4 . - P. 433-460 . Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Independent: Obituary: Alwyn Gentry
- ↑ See the link in the card “Systematic wildlife”.
Literature
- James S. Miller, Peter H. Raven et al .: Alwyn Howard Gentry: A Tribute . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , Volume 83, Number 4, 1996 . pp. 433-460.
- Miller, James S; Theodore M Barkley, Hugh H Iltis, Walter H. Lewis, Enrique Forero, Mark Plotkin, Oliver Phillips, Ricardo Rueda and Peter H Raven. Alwyn Howard Gentry, 1945-1993: A Tribute (Eng.) // Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden : journal. - Missouri Botanical Garden Press , 1996 . - Vol. 83 , no. 4 . - P. 433-460 . Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold: Der große ZANDER . 2: Arten und Sorten, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2008 , ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 .
Links
- The Independent: Obituary: Alwyn Gentry
- Virtual International Authority File: Alwyn Howard Gentry
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden : Alwyn Howard Gentry: A Tribute