David Richard Hunt ( eng. David Richard Hunt , September 25, 1938 , London ) - English botanist , specialist in cacti .
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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 “ DRHunt ” . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
He studied at Cambridge University ( 1959 - 1963 ). In 1963 received a Ph.D. from the University of Reading . From 1968 to 1982 he worked as the editor of the botanical magazine Curtis's Botanical Magazine . From 1964 to 2005 he was a member of the Nomenclature Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society .
In 1999, compiled a Cactus Checklist for CITES . Works at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew , Richmond .
Some publications
- Hunt, D 2006 . "The New Cactus Lexicon Text & Atlas"
Book Chapters
- He participated in the writing of the head of the Commeline Mesoamerican Flora, 1997 . Davidse, G; M Sousa S; AO Chater. 6: i-xvi, 1-543
- " Flora Nicaragua "
- David Hunt. "Cactaceae." En: J. Hutchinson (ed.) The Genera of Flowering Plants. Oxford Univ. Press, 1967
- Wilhelm Barthlott, David Hunt. "Cactaceae." En: K. Kubitzki (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Springer Verlag, 1993, pp. 161-196.
- David Hunt. "CITES Cactaceae Checklist." Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew 1999 (315 pp.)
- Wilhelm Barthlott, David Hunt. "Seed-diversity in the Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae. " En: Succulent Plant Res. 5, 2000.
- David Hunt. “That's Opuntia, that was!” En: Succulent Plant Res. 6, 2002, pp. 245-249.
- Nigel Taylor, Graham Charles (ed.) “The New Cactus Lexicon. Descriptions and Illustrations of the Cactus Family. " 2006 (p. 2400).
Rewards
In his honor the species was named:
- Utricularia huntii P. Taylor (1986)
Links
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 136592198 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
Sources
- Robert Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Hrsg .: Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold. 13. Auflage. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- Hunt, David R. , Kurzprofil bei kew.org.