Albert Spear Hitchcock

A frailejones en Équateur a été photographiée par Hitchcock, c. 1923-1924.

Albert Spear Hitchcock est un botaniste et un agronome systématicien américain spécialisé dans les herbacées, né le 4 septembre 1865 et mort le 16 décembre 1935.

Né à Owosso dans le Michigan, il a grandi en Alaska. Il est devenu directeur du Département de l'Agriculture des États-Unis de 1928 jusqu'à sa mort. Il a publié plus de 250 travaux au cours de sa vie.

Bibliographie[modifier]

(en) A. S. Hitchcock, Manual of the Grasses of the United States Volume 1, 1950
(en) A. S. Hitchcock et Agnes Chase, Manual of the Grasses of the United States, 1950
(en) A. S. Hitchcock, « Manual of the Grasses of the West Indies », United States national herbarium, vol. 18, 1917
(en) A. S. Hitchcock, North American species of Leptochloa, United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin, 1903
(en) A. S. Hitchcock, Contributions from the Untied States National Herbarium Volume 21: Flora of the District of Columbia nd Vicinity, 1919
(en) A. S. Hitchcock, Grasses of British Guiana, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium
(en) A. S. Hitchcock, A manual of farm grasses, 1921
(en) A. S. Hitchcock, The North American species of Stipa: Synopsis of the South American species of Stipa, Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 1925
Chase, M. A. 1922. First Book of Grasses: The Structure of Grasses Explained for Beginners. New York: Macmillan. Later edition in the Hunt Botanical Library collection.
Chase, M. A. 1929. The North American Species of Paspalum. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28 (1).]
Chase, M. A., and C. D. Niles, comps. 1962. Index to Grass Species. 3 vols. Boston: G. K. Hall.

In Hunt Botanical Library collection.

Hitchcock, A. S. 1905. North American Species of Agrostis. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 68.]
Hitchcock, A. S. 1914. A Text-Book of Grasses with Special Reference to the Economic Species of the United States. New York: Macmillan.
Hitchcock, A. S. 1920. The Genera of Grasses of the United States: With Special Reference to the Economic Species. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture. [U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915–23) 772.]
Hitchcock, A. S. 1925. Methods of Descriptive Systematic Botany. New York: Wiley. In Hunt Botanical Library collection.
Hitchcock, A. S. 1935. Manual of the Grasses of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government *Printing Office. [U.S.D.A. Misc. Publ. 200.]In Hunt Botanical Library collection.
Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Manual of the Grasses of the West Indies. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [U.S.D.A. Misc. Publ. 243.] In Hunt Botanical Library collection.
Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the Grasses of the United States, 2nd ed. (Revised by A. Chase.) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [U.S.D.A. Misc. Publ. 200.] In Hunt Botanical Library collection.
Hitchcock, A. S., and A. Chase. 1910. The North American Species of Panicum. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 15.]

(en) Art Collections, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (Université Carnegie-Mellon) (biographie)

Hitchc. est l’abréviation botanique officielle de Albert Spear Hitchcock.
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