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Croat, Thomas Bernard (1938-)
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)
Thomas Bernard
Last name
Croat
Initials
T.B.
Life Dates
1938 -
Collecting Dates
1961 - 2007
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MO (main), AAU, AD, ADW (currently AD), B, BM, BR, BRH, CAS, CHOCO, CM, COL, CR, CUVC, DAV, DUKE, EA, F, G, GH, HUA, HUJ, IBE, INB, INPA, K, KRA, L, LL (currently TEX), LMA, LPB, M, MEXU, NY, OS, P, PMA, PRE, Q, QCA, QCNE, R, RB, RSA, S, SCZ, SEL, SP, TAN, TRIN, UB, UC, US, USF, USM, VEN, WAG
Countries
Australasia: Australia, Papua New GuineaCentral American Continent: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, PanamaTropical South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, VenezuelaBrazilian region: BrazilChinese region: China, SingaporeNorth Africa: EgyptIndian region: India, PakistanMalesian region: Indonesia, Malaysia, PhilippinesTropical Africa: Kenya, NigeriaMadagascan region: MadagascarNorth Asia: Russian FederationIndo-China: Thailand, VietnamNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Acebey, Amparo R. (1973-) (co-collector)
Alba, M. (fl. 1994) (co-collector)
Baker, Richard A. (Dick) (fl. 1975-1984) (co-author)
Bay, Dorothy C. (fl. 1993-2004) (co-collector)
Bunting, George Sydney (1927-) (co-collector)
Busey, Philip (co-collector)
Consiglio, T.K. (fl. 1999-2005) (co-author)
D'Arcy, William Gerald (1931-1999) (co-collector)
Ferry, G. (fl. 2000-2004) (co-collector)
Folsom, James P. (1950-) (co-collector)
Foster, Robin Bradford (1945-) (co-collector)
Galdames, Carmen (fl. 1990-2000) (co-collector)
Gracie, Carol (fl. 1993-2006) (co-collector)
Grayum, Michael Howard (1949-) (co-collector)
Hammel, Barry E. (1946-) (co-collector)
Hannon, Dylan P. (fl. 1987-2000) (co-collector)
Hannon, Lynn Peters (1948-) (co-collector)
Kinsinger, E. (fl. 2000) (co-collector)
Krömer, Thorsten (1969-) (co-collector)
Lingán, J. (fl. 2000-2006) (co-author)
Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria (1939-) (co-collector)
Maas-van de Kamer, Hillegonda (Hiltje) (1941-) (co-collector)
Mora, M.M. (1977-) (co-author)
Mori, Scott A. (1941-) (co-collector)
Nelson, Bruce W. (1953-) (co-collector)
Nguyen, V.D. (fl. 1995) (co-collector)
Oberle, B. (fl. 2004) (co-author)
Pennington, Terence Dale (1938-) (co-collector)
Pérez de Gómez, A. (fl. 2005) (co-author)
Porter, Duncan MacNair (1937-) (co-collector)
Reed, D. (fl. 1993) (co-collector)
Rodriguez de Salvador, Jimena (fl. 1986-1995) (co-collector)
Schmidt, Petra E. (fl. 2001-2004) (co-collector)
Watt, Miss (co-collector)
Zhu, Guang-Hua (1964-2005) (co-collector)
Dwyer, John Duncan (1915-2005) (co-collector)
Alba, M. (fl. 1994) (co-collector)
Baker, Richard A. (Dick) (fl. 1975-1984) (co-author)
Bay, Dorothy C. (fl. 1993-2004) (co-collector)
Bunting, George Sydney (1927-) (co-collector)
Busey, Philip (co-collector)
Consiglio, T.K. (fl. 1999-2005) (co-author)
D'Arcy, William Gerald (1931-1999) (co-collector)
Ferry, G. (fl. 2000-2004) (co-collector)
Folsom, James P. (1950-) (co-collector)
Foster, Robin Bradford (1945-) (co-collector)
Galdames, Carmen (fl. 1990-2000) (co-collector)
Gracie, Carol (fl. 1993-2006) (co-collector)
Grayum, Michael Howard (1949-) (co-collector)
Hammel, Barry E. (1946-) (co-collector)
Hannon, Dylan P. (fl. 1987-2000) (co-collector)
Hannon, Lynn Peters (1948-) (co-collector)
Kinsinger, E. (fl. 2000) (co-collector)
Krömer, Thorsten (1969-) (co-collector)
Lingán, J. (fl. 2000-2006) (co-author)
Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria (1939-) (co-collector)
Maas-van de Kamer, Hillegonda (Hiltje) (1941-) (co-collector)
Mora, M.M. (1977-) (co-author)
Mori, Scott A. (1941-) (co-collector)
Nelson, Bruce W. (1953-) (co-collector)
Nguyen, V.D. (fl. 1995) (co-collector)
Oberle, B. (fl. 2004) (co-author)
Pennington, Terence Dale (1938-) (co-collector)
Pérez de Gómez, A. (fl. 2005) (co-author)
Porter, Duncan MacNair (1937-) (co-collector)
Reed, D. (fl. 1993) (co-collector)
Rodriguez de Salvador, Jimena (fl. 1986-1995) (co-collector)
Schmidt, Petra E. (fl. 2001-2004) (co-collector)
Watt, Miss (co-collector)
Zhu, Guang-Hua (1964-2005) (co-collector)
Dwyer, John Duncan (1915-2005) (co-collector)
Biography
American botanist based at Missouri Botanical Garden. One of the most prolific plant collectors in history, Croat has amassed more than 100,000 specimens. He is an authority on Araceae and phenological variations of Neotropical floras and has put together the most comprehensive living collection of aroids in the world at Missouri (numbering 6,500 plants). Born in Iowa, Thomas Croat grew up on a farm and studied at undergraduate level at Simpson College in his home state, then at the University of Kansas where he gained his PhD in 1967. In the same year he set off to study the flora of Panama for the Missouri Botanical Garden and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the trip inspiring in him a passion for aroids that would last a lifetime. Croat is on the faculties of Washington University, St Louis, St Louis University and the University of Missouri at St Louis. At Missouri Botanical Gardens he occupies the role of P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany. His general interests are the systematics and ecology of Neotropical Araceae, floristics of Araceae and their horticulture. Among ongoing projects are dealing with Araceae for the floras of Mesoamerica, Ecuador, Guianas, Bolivia and areas of Colombia and monographs on Dieffenbachia, Rhodospatha, Homalomena and Chlorospatha. Croat collected his 100,000th specimen, the new species Anthurium centimillesimum, in 2007 in the cloud forest of Ecuador's Pichincha province. He has described 800 new species.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 134; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 102; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 19; Renner, S. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 82 (1993): 13;
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)
Thomas Bernard
Last name
Croat
Initials
T.B.
Life Dates
1938 -
Collecting Dates
1961 - 2007
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MO (main), AAU, AD, ADW (currently AD), B, BM, BR, BRH, CAS, CHOCO, CM, COL, CR, CUVC, DAV, DUKE, EA, F, G, GH, HUA, HUJ, IBE, INB, INPA, K, KRA, L, LL (currently TEX), LMA, LPB, M, MEXU, NY, OS, P, PMA, PRE, Q, QCA, QCNE, R, RB, RSA, S, SCZ, SEL, SP, TAN, TRIN, UB, UC, US, USF, USM, VEN, WAG
Countries
Australasia: Australia, Papua New GuineaCentral American Continent: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, PanamaTropical South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, VenezuelaBrazilian region: BrazilChinese region: China, SingaporeNorth Africa: EgyptIndian region: India, PakistanMalesian region: Indonesia, Malaysia, PhilippinesTropical Africa: Kenya, NigeriaMadagascan region: MadagascarNorth Asia: Russian FederationIndo-China: Thailand, VietnamNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Acebey, Amparo R. (1973-) (co-collector)
Alba, M. (fl. 1994) (co-collector)
Baker, Richard A. (Dick) (fl. 1975-1984) (co-author)
Bay, Dorothy C. (fl. 1993-2004) (co-collector)
Bunting, George Sydney (1927-) (co-collector)
Busey, Philip (co-collector)
Consiglio, T.K. (fl. 1999-2005) (co-author)
D'Arcy, William Gerald (1931-1999) (co-collector)
Ferry, G. (fl. 2000-2004) (co-collector)
Folsom, James P. (1950-) (co-collector)
Foster, Robin Bradford (1945-) (co-collector)
Galdames, Carmen (fl. 1990-2000) (co-collector)
Gracie, Carol (fl. 1993-2006) (co-collector)
Grayum, Michael Howard (1949-) (co-collector)
Hammel, Barry E. (1946-) (co-collector)
Hannon, Dylan P. (fl. 1987-2000) (co-collector)
Hannon, Lynn Peters (1948-) (co-collector)
Kinsinger, E. (fl. 2000) (co-collector)
Krömer, Thorsten (1969-) (co-collector)
Lingán, J. (fl. 2000-2006) (co-author)
Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria (1939-) (co-collector)
Maas-van de Kamer, Hillegonda (Hiltje) (1941-) (co-collector)
Mora, M.M. (1977-) (co-author)
Mori, Scott A. (1941-) (co-collector)
Nelson, Bruce W. (1953-) (co-collector)
Nguyen, V.D. (fl. 1995) (co-collector)
Oberle, B. (fl. 2004) (co-author)
Pennington, Terence Dale (1938-) (co-collector)
Pérez de Gómez, A. (fl. 2005) (co-author)
Porter, Duncan MacNair (1937-) (co-collector)
Reed, D. (fl. 1993) (co-collector)
Rodriguez de Salvador, Jimena (fl. 1986-1995) (co-collector)
Schmidt, Petra E. (fl. 2001-2004) (co-collector)
Watt, Miss (co-collector)
Zhu, Guang-Hua (1964-2005) (co-collector)
Dwyer, John Duncan (1915-2005) (co-collector)
Alba, M. (fl. 1994) (co-collector)
Baker, Richard A. (Dick) (fl. 1975-1984) (co-author)
Bay, Dorothy C. (fl. 1993-2004) (co-collector)
Bunting, George Sydney (1927-) (co-collector)
Busey, Philip (co-collector)
Consiglio, T.K. (fl. 1999-2005) (co-author)
D'Arcy, William Gerald (1931-1999) (co-collector)
Ferry, G. (fl. 2000-2004) (co-collector)
Folsom, James P. (1950-) (co-collector)
Foster, Robin Bradford (1945-) (co-collector)
Galdames, Carmen (fl. 1990-2000) (co-collector)
Gracie, Carol (fl. 1993-2006) (co-collector)
Grayum, Michael Howard (1949-) (co-collector)
Hammel, Barry E. (1946-) (co-collector)
Hannon, Dylan P. (fl. 1987-2000) (co-collector)
Hannon, Lynn Peters (1948-) (co-collector)
Kinsinger, E. (fl. 2000) (co-collector)
Krömer, Thorsten (1969-) (co-collector)
Lingán, J. (fl. 2000-2006) (co-author)
Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria (1939-) (co-collector)
Maas-van de Kamer, Hillegonda (Hiltje) (1941-) (co-collector)
Mora, M.M. (1977-) (co-author)
Mori, Scott A. (1941-) (co-collector)
Nelson, Bruce W. (1953-) (co-collector)
Nguyen, V.D. (fl. 1995) (co-collector)
Oberle, B. (fl. 2004) (co-author)
Pennington, Terence Dale (1938-) (co-collector)
Pérez de Gómez, A. (fl. 2005) (co-author)
Porter, Duncan MacNair (1937-) (co-collector)
Reed, D. (fl. 1993) (co-collector)
Rodriguez de Salvador, Jimena (fl. 1986-1995) (co-collector)
Schmidt, Petra E. (fl. 2001-2004) (co-collector)
Watt, Miss (co-collector)
Zhu, Guang-Hua (1964-2005) (co-collector)
Dwyer, John Duncan (1915-2005) (co-collector)
Biography
American botanist based at Missouri Botanical Garden. One of the most prolific plant collectors in history, Croat has amassed more than 100,000 specimens. He is an authority on Araceae and phenological variations of Neotropical floras and has put together the most comprehensive living collection of aroids in the world at Missouri (numbering 6,500 plants). Born in Iowa, Thomas Croat grew up on a farm and studied at undergraduate level at Simpson College in his home state, then at the University of Kansas where he gained his PhD in 1967. In the same year he set off to study the flora of Panama for the Missouri Botanical Garden and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the trip inspiring in him a passion for aroids that would last a lifetime. Croat is on the faculties of Washington University, St Louis, St Louis University and the University of Missouri at St Louis. At Missouri Botanical Gardens he occupies the role of P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany. His general interests are the systematics and ecology of Neotropical Araceae, floristics of Araceae and their horticulture. Among ongoing projects are dealing with Araceae for the floras of Mesoamerica, Ecuador, Guianas, Bolivia and areas of Colombia and monographs on Dieffenbachia, Rhodospatha, Homalomena and Chlorospatha. Croat collected his 100,000th specimen, the new species Anthurium centimillesimum, in 2007 in the cloud forest of Ecuador's Pichincha province. He has described 800 new species.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 134; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 102; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 19; Renner, S. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 82 (1993): 13;
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