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Bush, Benjamin Franklin (1858-1937)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Benjamin Franklin
Last name
Bush
Initials
B.F.
Life Dates
1858 - 1937
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, B, BM, BUT, CGE, DAO, DELS (currently DOV), E, F, GB, GH, K, KSC, L, LE, MANCH, MIN, MO, ND, NMC, NY, OKLA, P, PENN, PH, POM, TEX, US
Countries
Central American Continent: MexicoNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Palmer, Ernest Jesse (1875-1962) (co-collector)
Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927) (co-collector)
Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927) (co-collector)
Biography
American plant collector in Missouri. For 40 years Benjamin Bush managed a general store and worked as postmaster in a little village named Courtney just outside Kansas City. In his spare time he collected plant specimens and during his life published several works in the fields of botany and ornithology.
Born in Columbus, Indiana, he moved to Missouri in 1858 where his mother married the first florist in the city of Independence. Interested in natural history as a child, Bush was initially a keen ornithologist and became a local authority on the bird life of Jackson County. Later turning his attention to the study of botany he published a list of plant species for Jackson County in 1882. Without the help of a herbarium or extensive literature, Bush developed a correspondence with major botanists of the time such as Asa Gray and George Engelmann and discovered and described many species new to science.
In 1891-1892 he was tasked with the collection of wood specimens for the Missouri Forestry Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later collected in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum. With a particular interest in the pteridophytes he knew the best localities for their collection and published papers on the ferns of Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as producing the first fern list for the state of Texas. Bush also published some taxonomic revisions and his extensive herbarium was distributed to institutions around the world. Several species epithets have been named in his honour.
Sources:
E.J. Palmer, 1937, "American Fern Society", American Fern Journal, 27: 69-71
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
Born in Columbus, Indiana, he moved to Missouri in 1858 where his mother married the first florist in the city of Independence. Interested in natural history as a child, Bush was initially a keen ornithologist and became a local authority on the bird life of Jackson County. Later turning his attention to the study of botany he published a list of plant species for Jackson County in 1882. Without the help of a herbarium or extensive literature, Bush developed a correspondence with major botanists of the time such as Asa Gray and George Engelmann and discovered and described many species new to science.
In 1891-1892 he was tasked with the collection of wood specimens for the Missouri Forestry Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later collected in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum. With a particular interest in the pteridophytes he knew the best localities for their collection and published papers on the ferns of Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as producing the first fern list for the state of Texas. Bush also published some taxonomic revisions and his extensive herbarium was distributed to institutions around the world. Several species epithets have been named in his honour.
Sources:
E.J. Palmer, 1937, "American Fern Society", American Fern Journal, 27: 69-71
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 96; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 12; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 109; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 639;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Benjamin Franklin
Last name
Bush
Initials
B.F.
Life Dates
1858 - 1937
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, B, BM, BUT, CGE, DAO, DELS (currently DOV), E, F, GB, GH, K, KSC, L, LE, MANCH, MIN, MO, ND, NMC, NY, OKLA, P, PENN, PH, POM, TEX, US
Countries
Central American Continent: MexicoNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Palmer, Ernest Jesse (1875-1962) (co-collector)
Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927) (co-collector)
Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927) (co-collector)
Biography
American plant collector in Missouri. For 40 years Benjamin Bush managed a general store and worked as postmaster in a little village named Courtney just outside Kansas City. In his spare time he collected plant specimens and during his life published several works in the fields of botany and ornithology.
Born in Columbus, Indiana, he moved to Missouri in 1858 where his mother married the first florist in the city of Independence. Interested in natural history as a child, Bush was initially a keen ornithologist and became a local authority on the bird life of Jackson County. Later turning his attention to the study of botany he published a list of plant species for Jackson County in 1882. Without the help of a herbarium or extensive literature, Bush developed a correspondence with major botanists of the time such as Asa Gray and George Engelmann and discovered and described many species new to science.
In 1891-1892 he was tasked with the collection of wood specimens for the Missouri Forestry Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later collected in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum. With a particular interest in the pteridophytes he knew the best localities for their collection and published papers on the ferns of Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as producing the first fern list for the state of Texas. Bush also published some taxonomic revisions and his extensive herbarium was distributed to institutions around the world. Several species epithets have been named in his honour.
Sources:
E.J. Palmer, 1937, "American Fern Society", American Fern Journal, 27: 69-71
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
Born in Columbus, Indiana, he moved to Missouri in 1858 where his mother married the first florist in the city of Independence. Interested in natural history as a child, Bush was initially a keen ornithologist and became a local authority on the bird life of Jackson County. Later turning his attention to the study of botany he published a list of plant species for Jackson County in 1882. Without the help of a herbarium or extensive literature, Bush developed a correspondence with major botanists of the time such as Asa Gray and George Engelmann and discovered and described many species new to science.
In 1891-1892 he was tasked with the collection of wood specimens for the Missouri Forestry Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later collected in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum. With a particular interest in the pteridophytes he knew the best localities for their collection and published papers on the ferns of Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as producing the first fern list for the state of Texas. Bush also published some taxonomic revisions and his extensive herbarium was distributed to institutions around the world. Several species epithets have been named in his honour.
Sources:
E.J. Palmer, 1937, "American Fern Society", American Fern Journal, 27: 69-71
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 96; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 12; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 109; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 639;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Benjamin Franklin
Last name
Bush
Initials
B.F.
Life Dates
1858 - 1937
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, B, BM, BUT, CGE, DAO, DELS (currently DOV), E, F, GB, GH, K, KSC, L, LE, MANCH, MIN, MO, ND, NMC, NY, OKLA, P, PENN, PH, POM, TEX, US
Countries
Central American Continent: MexicoNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Palmer, Ernest Jesse (1875-1962) (co-collector)
Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927) (co-collector)
Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927) (co-collector)
Biography
American plant collector in Missouri. For 40 years Benjamin Bush managed a general store and worked as postmaster in a little village named Courtney just outside Kansas City. In his spare time he collected plant specimens and during his life published several works in the fields of botany and ornithology.
Born in Columbus, Indiana, he moved to Missouri in 1858 where his mother married the first florist in the city of Independence. Interested in natural history as a child, Bush was initially a keen ornithologist and became a local authority on the bird life of Jackson County. Later turning his attention to the study of botany he published a list of plant species for Jackson County in 1882. Without the help of a herbarium or extensive literature, Bush developed a correspondence with major botanists of the time such as Asa Gray and George Engelmann and discovered and described many species new to science.
In 1891-1892 he was tasked with the collection of wood specimens for the Missouri Forestry Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later collected in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum. With a particular interest in the pteridophytes he knew the best localities for their collection and published papers on the ferns of Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as producing the first fern list for the state of Texas. Bush also published some taxonomic revisions and his extensive herbarium was distributed to institutions around the world. Several species epithets have been named in his honour.
Sources:
E.J. Palmer, 1937, "American Fern Society", American Fern Journal, 27: 69-71
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
Born in Columbus, Indiana, he moved to Missouri in 1858 where his mother married the first florist in the city of Independence. Interested in natural history as a child, Bush was initially a keen ornithologist and became a local authority on the bird life of Jackson County. Later turning his attention to the study of botany he published a list of plant species for Jackson County in 1882. Without the help of a herbarium or extensive literature, Bush developed a correspondence with major botanists of the time such as Asa Gray and George Engelmann and discovered and described many species new to science.
In 1891-1892 he was tasked with the collection of wood specimens for the Missouri Forestry Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and later collected in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas for both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum. With a particular interest in the pteridophytes he knew the best localities for their collection and published papers on the ferns of Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as producing the first fern list for the state of Texas. Bush also published some taxonomic revisions and his extensive herbarium was distributed to institutions around the world. Several species epithets have been named in his honour.
Sources:
E.J. Palmer, 1937, "American Fern Society", American Fern Journal, 27: 69-71
F.A. Stafleu and R.S. Cowan, 1976-1998, Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 96; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 12; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 109; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 639;
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