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Johannes Cornelius Theodorus Uphof

Johannes Cornelius Theodorus Uphof

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Cornelius Johannes Theodoor Uphof (1886–1969 ) was a botanist, phycologist, and teacher. Born in the Netherlands, he worked extensively in the University of Arizona, at Tucson.[1]

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He was known for initiating the controversy over the taxonomy of Hippeastrum.[2][3]

Publications

  • 1959. Dictionary of economic plants. Ed. H. R. Engelmann (J. Cramer); Hafner. 400 pp. 2nd. ed. 1968, 591 pp.
The standard author abbreviation Uphof is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Index of Botanists Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Uphoff, J. C. T. 1938. The history of nomenclature – Amaryllis belladonna( Linn.) Herb., and Hippeastrum (Herb.). Herbertia 5: 100-111. accessed November 29, 2013
  3. [3]
    Uphof, J. C. T. 1939. Critical review of Sealy's "Amaryllis and Hippeastrum". Herbertia 6: 163–166.
  4. [4]
    International Plant Names Index.  Uphof.
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