| Reed Clark Rollins | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1911-12-07)December 7, 1911 |
| Died | April 28, 1998(1998-04-28) (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wyoming Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Botanist, Professor |
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 and the Organization for Tropical Studies. He was also the second president of each of them.
The standard author abbreviation Rollins is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.References
- ^ Cowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and early history of IAPT" Taxon 31(3): pp. 415–420
- 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
- "Organization for Tropical Studies - The Rogues Gallery of Presidents", accessed 6 April 2009
- International Plant Names Index. Rollins.
Bibliography
- Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (1999). "Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998)". Taxon. 48 (2): 225–256. JSTOR 1224430.
- Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (2000). "Chapter 13: Reed Clark Rollins". In National Academy of Sciences (ed.). Biographic Memoirs. Vol. 78. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi:10.17226/9977. ISBN 978-0-309-07035-5.
- Campbell, Christopher S.; Greene, Craig W. (1988). "A Tribute to Reed Clark Rollins, Recipient of the 1987 Asa Gray Award". Systematic Botany. 13 (1): 170–171.
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