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Wiens, Delbert (Del) (1932-)
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)
Delbert (Del)
Last name
Wiens
Initials
D.(D.)
Life Dates
1932 -
Collecting Dates
1963 - 1989
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
EA (main), UT (main), BR, COLO, ENCB, F, FPF, GUAY, INIF, K, LEA, LISC, MEXU, MO, NY, PRE, RSA, SRGH, TAN, US
Countries
Southern Africa: South Africa, NamibiaIndian region: Sri Lanka, India, NepalNorth American region: United StatesAustralasia: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New GuineaTropical Africa: Cameroon, KenyaTemperate South America: ChileTropical South America: EcuadorCentral American Continent: Guatemala, Honduras, MexicoMadagascan region: Madagascar
Associate(s)
Bailey, Dana Kavanaugh (1916-1999)(co-collector)Barlow, Bryan Alwyn (1933-)(co-author)Calvin, C.L. (fl. 1985-1988)(co-collector)Cházaro Basáñez, Miguel de Jesús (fl. 1986-2006)(co-collector)Hawksworth, Frank Goode (1926-1993)(co-author, co-collector)Hermann (fl. 1975)(co-collector)Kirkup, Donald William (1958-)(co-collector)Mathiasen, Robert L. (fl. 1975-2008)(co-collector)Molina Rositto, Antonio (1926-)(co-collector)Oliva, Hector (fl. 1989)(co-collector)Player, Glade R. (fl. 1975)(co-collector)Polhill, Roger Marcus (1937-)(co-author, co-collector)Robertson, S.A. (fl. 1971-1994)(co-collector)Shaw, Charles Gardner (fl. 1976-1994)(co-collector)
Biography
American botanist from Munich, North Dakota who trained at Pomona College, Claremont, California (BA 1955), University of Utah, Salt lake City (MS 1957) and Claremont Graduate School, California (PhD 1961). A specialist in Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, including systematics, biogeography and evolution of the families. He was appointed Instructor (1960-1962) in the Biology Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder and later Assistant Professor (1962-1964). He was Fulbright Fellow at the University of Guayaquil, Ecuador (1964) before returning to the United States as Associate Professor (1964-1974) of the Biology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and subsequently Professor from 1974 until his retirement. He collected in South Africa (1972, 1973) and was based at the Botanical Research Institute (PRE) from March to September 1976. Delbert Wiens published Mistletoes of Africa (1998) with Roger Polhill, including many new species and combinations of African plants. Mimulus wiensii R.K. Vickery, Phoradendron wiensii Kuijt, Psittacanthus wiensii Kuijt and Taxillus wiensii Polhill are named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 704; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 502; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 376; Renner, S. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 82 (1993): 30; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1153;
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)
Delbert (Del)
Last name
Wiens
Initials
D.(D.)
Life Dates
1932 -
Collecting Dates
1963 - 1989
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
EA (main), UT (main), BR, COLO, ENCB, F, FPF, GUAY, INIF, K, LEA, LISC, MEXU, MO, NY, PRE, RSA, SRGH, TAN, US
Countries
Southern Africa: South Africa, NamibiaIndian region: Sri Lanka, India, NepalNorth American region: United StatesAustralasia: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New GuineaTropical Africa: Cameroon, KenyaTemperate South America: ChileTropical South America: EcuadorCentral American Continent: Guatemala, Honduras, MexicoMadagascan region: Madagascar
Associate(s)
Bailey, Dana Kavanaugh (1916-1999)(co-collector)Barlow, Bryan Alwyn (1933-)(co-author)Calvin, C.L. (fl. 1985-1988)(co-collector)Cházaro Basáñez, Miguel de Jesús (fl. 1986-2006)(co-collector)Hawksworth, Frank Goode (1926-1993)(co-author, co-collector)Hermann (fl. 1975)(co-collector)Kirkup, Donald William (1958-)(co-collector)Mathiasen, Robert L. (fl. 1975-2008)(co-collector)Molina Rositto, Antonio (1926-)(co-collector)Oliva, Hector (fl. 1989)(co-collector)Player, Glade R. (fl. 1975)(co-collector)Polhill, Roger Marcus (1937-)(co-author, co-collector)Robertson, S.A. (fl. 1971-1994)(co-collector)Shaw, Charles Gardner (fl. 1976-1994)(co-collector)
Biography
American botanist from Munich, North Dakota who trained at Pomona College, Claremont, California (BA 1955), University of Utah, Salt lake City (MS 1957) and Claremont Graduate School, California (PhD 1961). A specialist in Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, including systematics, biogeography and evolution of the families. He was appointed Instructor (1960-1962) in the Biology Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder and later Assistant Professor (1962-1964). He was Fulbright Fellow at the University of Guayaquil, Ecuador (1964) before returning to the United States as Associate Professor (1964-1974) of the Biology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and subsequently Professor from 1974 until his retirement. He collected in South Africa (1972, 1973) and was based at the Botanical Research Institute (PRE) from March to September 1976. Delbert Wiens published Mistletoes of Africa (1998) with Roger Polhill, including many new species and combinations of African plants. Mimulus wiensii R.K. Vickery, Phoradendron wiensii Kuijt, Psittacanthus wiensii Kuijt and Taxillus wiensii Polhill are named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 704; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 502; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 376; Renner, S. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 82 (1993): 30; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1153;
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)
Delbert (Del)
Last name
Wiens
Initials
D.(D.)
Life Dates
1932 -
Collecting Dates
1963 - 1989
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
EA (main), UT (main), BR, COLO, ENCB, F, FPF, GUAY, INIF, K, LEA, LISC, MEXU, MO, NY, PRE, RSA, SRGH, TAN, US
Countries
Southern Africa: South Africa, NamibiaIndian region: Sri Lanka, India, NepalNorth American region: United StatesAustralasia: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New GuineaTropical Africa: Cameroon, KenyaTemperate South America: ChileTropical South America: EcuadorCentral American Continent: Guatemala, Honduras, MexicoMadagascan region: Madagascar
Associate(s)
Bailey, Dana Kavanaugh (1916-1999)(co-collector)Barlow, Bryan Alwyn (1933-)(co-author)Calvin, C.L. (fl. 1985-1988)(co-collector)Cházaro Basáñez, Miguel de Jesús (fl. 1986-2006)(co-collector)Hawksworth, Frank Goode (1926-1993)(co-author, co-collector)Hermann (fl. 1975)(co-collector)Kirkup, Donald William (1958-)(co-collector)Mathiasen, Robert L. (fl. 1975-2008)(co-collector)Molina Rositto, Antonio (1926-)(co-collector)Oliva, Hector (fl. 1989)(co-collector)Player, Glade R. (fl. 1975)(co-collector)Polhill, Roger Marcus (1937-)(co-author, co-collector)Robertson, S.A. (fl. 1971-1994)(co-collector)Shaw, Charles Gardner (fl. 1976-1994)(co-collector)
Biography
American botanist from Munich, North Dakota who trained at Pomona College, Claremont, California (BA 1955), University of Utah, Salt lake City (MS 1957) and Claremont Graduate School, California (PhD 1961). A specialist in Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, including systematics, biogeography and evolution of the families. He was appointed Instructor (1960-1962) in the Biology Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder and later Assistant Professor (1962-1964). He was Fulbright Fellow at the University of Guayaquil, Ecuador (1964) before returning to the United States as Associate Professor (1964-1974) of the Biology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and subsequently Professor from 1974 until his retirement. He collected in South Africa (1972, 1973) and was based at the Botanical Research Institute (PRE) from March to September 1976. Delbert Wiens published Mistletoes of Africa (1998) with Roger Polhill, including many new species and combinations of African plants. Mimulus wiensii R.K. Vickery, Phoradendron wiensii Kuijt, Psittacanthus wiensii Kuijt and Taxillus wiensii Polhill are named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 704; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 502; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 376; Renner, S. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 82 (1993): 30; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1153;
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