Hunter, Abel Aken (-1935)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Abel Aken
Last name
Hunter
Initials
A.A.
Life Dates
- 1935
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
MO (main), AMES, BM, F, G, GH, NY, P, US
Countries
Central American Continent: Panama
Associate(s)
Allen, Paul Hamilton (1911-1963) (co-collector)
Dodge, Carroll William (1895-1988) (co-collector)
Steyermark, Julian Alfred (1909-1988) (co-collector)
Biography
American plant collector who worked chiefly for Missouri Botanical Garden and the University of Nebraska from the 1890s until his death. Following the demise of orchid expert Charles Powell in 1927, Hunter took over the management of Missouri's Tropical Station at Balboa, Panama. Hunter also developed an expertise in orchids and served as dean of the Canal Postal Service for 29 years. He died in hospital at Ancon, in the Canal Zone.

Sources:
Anon., 1899, Botanical Gazette, 28(4): 285
Anon., 1935, Bulletin of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 23: 75-76.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 293;
Hunter, Abel Aken (-1935)
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