Ownbey, Francis Marion (1910-1974)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Francis Marion
Last name
Ownbey
Initials
F.M.
Life Dates
1910 - 1974
Collecting Dates
1935 - 1944
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
NA (main), US (main), WS (main), BM, C, DPU (currently NY), DS, GH, IDS, MICH, MIN, MO, MONTU, NY, ORE, OSC, PC, POM, RM, TEX, UC, UTC, WTU
Countries
Tropical South America: EcuadorNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Aase, Hannah Caroline (1883-) (co-collector)
Beaman, John Homer (1929-) (student)
Meyer, Frederick Gustav (1917-) (co-collector)
Mingrone (fl. 1969) (co-collector)
Ownbey, Gerald Bruce (1916-) (brother, co-collector)
Ownbey, Ruth Peck (fl. 1938-1940) (co-collector, wife)
Preece, Sherman Joy (1923-1993) (co-collector)
Rogers, H.T. (fl. 1940-1942) (co-collector)
Steere, William Campbell (1907-1989) (co-collector)
Biography
American botanist from Kirksville, Missouri who studied at St Louis. In 1939 Marion Ownbey moved to Washington State University (WS), eventually becoming Director, and the herbarium was subsequently renamed the Marion Ownbey Herbarium. Vegter also gives the erroneous entry 'Owenby, Marion & Ruth', which refers to F.M. Ownbey and his wife R.P. Ownbey.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 473; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 532; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 632, 633;
Ownbey, Francis Marion (1910-1974)
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