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Index of Botanists

NameHu, Shiu Ying
Start Date1910
End Date2012
RemarksEducation: Ph.D. (1949; Radcliffe College, Harvard University; Thesis: The genus Ilex in China. (first Chinese woman to receive Ph.D. degree from Harvard University). According to Shiu Ying Hu's employment record at the Harvard University, her birth year is 1910. However, according Acta Phytotax. Sin. (vol. 43(5): 390-391. 2005), which celebrated S. Y. Hu's "97th birth day", she was born in 1908. [author note: A, CUHK: Flora of Hong Kong, Aquifoliaceae, food plants of China] [collector note: A, GH, NAS, PE; ca. 5,000 collections from W Sichuan, near Mouping (1939)]
ASA Botanist ID101898 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d0c5b7a7-64e2-4813-ba20-88f6d54c4b14
Variant nameShiu Ying Hu
Variant nameShiu-Ying Hsu
Variant nameShiu-Ying Hu
Author nameS. Y. Hu
B & P Author Abbrev.S.Y.Hu
Standard/Label NameS. Y. Hu
Full NameHu, Shiu Ying
Geography AuthorChina,  Hong Kong,  United States of America
Geography CollectorChina,  Hong Kong,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Index Herbariorum. Part 1: The Herbaria of the World. Eighth Edition. Bronx, NY
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum, ed. 8
Member of teams/groups
Author in Fl. China, Fam. 153, Malvaceae
Author in Wild Fl. Hong Kong
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by S. Y. Hu
Collections in[no date] (10),  1869 (1),  1929 (1),  1936 (1),  1937 (1),  1939 (642),  1941 (100),  1942 (279),  1945 (1),  1957 (3),  1964 (2),  1965 (7),  1968 (74),  1969 (135),  1970 (188),  1971 (33),  1972 (122),  1973 (67),  1974 (16),  1975 (42),  1976 (1),  1977 (2),  1979 (8),  1980 (1),  1981 (1),  1982 (8),  1983 (5),  1984 (86),  1985 (1),  1986 (3),  1987 (11),  1988 (14),  1989 (1),  1990 (4),  1992 (2),  1993 (4),  1994 (2),  1995 (5),  1998 (3),  1999 (19),  2000 (1),  2001 (1),  2002 (1)
Collector Teams:S. Y. Hu & Y. C. Kong  S. Y. Hu & Barretto  W. C. Cheng & S. Y. Hu  S. Y. Hu & P. But  S. Y. Hu & K. H. Yung  S. Y. Hu & S. Liu  Paul But & S. Y. Hu  S.Y. Hu & Barretto  B. A. Sorrie & S. Y. Hu  P. But & S. Y. Hu  S. Y. Hu & N. H. Li 
Author Teams:S. Y. Hu & Barretto  W. C. Cheng & S. Y. Hu