Allen Hiram Curtiss
Bornc. 1845
Died1907
Burial placeHillside Memorial Cemetery and Park, Central Square, Oswego County, New York, USA
OccupationBotanist
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Allen Hiram Curtiss (c. 1845–1907) was an American botanist.[1][2] He may have been the first professional botanist to reside in Florida.[1] His work included the discovery of fern species at the Pineola Grotto.[3] He collected many specimens and was an author of botanical books. The Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (established in 1888 as a division of the Florida College of Agriculture at Lake City), employed Curtiss for a brief tenure and several collections at the University of Florida Herbarium are named for him.[4] Several species are named for him including Calamagrostis curtissii[5] and Polygala curtissii.[6]

His mother, Floretta Allen Curtiss was a keen phycologist, whose biographical sketch Allen H. Curtiss published in 1899.[7]

1877 list of plants collected and distributed by Curtiss (readable pdf)

References

  1. 1 2 Ward, Daniel B. (2005). "Rediscovery of Sisyrinchium corymbosum Bicknell (Iridaceae), Lost for One Hundred Years". Castanea. 70 (2): 155–157. JSTOR 4034283.
  2. ↑ "HUH - Databases - Botanist Search". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  3. ↑ Journal New York Botanical Gardens pages 35, 36
  4. ↑ "History of the University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)". flmnh.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  5. ↑ CRC Dictionary of Grasses page 423
  6. ↑ Porcher, R.D.; Rayner, D.A. (2001). A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press. p. 148. ISBN 9781570034381. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  7. ↑ "Allen Hierome Curtiss - North Carolina Botanical Garden". Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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