Atwood, John T. (1946-)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
John T.
Last name
Atwood
Initials
J.T.
Life Dates
1946 -
Collecting Dates
1974 - 1999
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
SEL (main), AMES, BM, BRY, CR, F, HNMN, K, MO, MSC, NY, PMA, UC, US, USJ, VT
Countries
Central American Continent: Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, MexicoMalesian region: Philippines, MalaysiaNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Barbosa, Gabriel (fl. 1995) (co-collector)
Barboza V., G. (fl. 1995-2001) (co-collector)
Campbell, G. (fl. 1995) (co-collector)
Campbell, G. (fl. 1939) (co-collector)
Dalström, Stig (fl. 1989-2000) (co-author)
Dressler, Kerry (fl. 1980-1999) (co-collector)
Dressler, Robert Louis (1927-) (co-collector)
Haber, William A. (Bill) (1946-) (co-collector)
Luer, Carlyle August (1922-) (co-collector)
Luer, Jane Pfeiffenberger (1922-) (co-collector)
Marshall, D.L. (fl. 1983) (co-collector)
Mora-Monge de Retana, Dora Emilia (1940-2001) (co-author, co-collector)
Morris, W. (fl. 1996) (co-collector)
Neill, David A. (1953-) (co-collector)
Rhodehamel, William Ames (fl. 1995-2002) (co-collector)
Seymour, Frank Conkling (1895-1985) (co-collector)
Zuchowski, Willow (fl. 1989-1992) (co-author)
Biography
American botanist at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. John Atwood has worked as Orchid Curator and Director of the Orchid Identification Center at this institution and conducts floristic and taxonomic work into the Orchidaceae family in Central America. His publications include systematic works on epiphytic orchids and the slipper orchids (subfamily Cypripedioideae), the Orchidaceae monograph for the Flora of La Selva, Costa Rica (1986) and Orchids of Costa Rica Parts 1-3 (1989-1993). Atwood is responsible for the description of over 60 species, primarily in the family Maxillaria Ruiz and Pav.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 37; Holmgren, P., Holmgren, N.H. & Barnett, L.C., Index Herb., ed. 8 (1990): 448; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 4, 68;
Atwood, John T. (1946-)
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