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Index of Botanists

NameNelson, Aven
Date of birth1859
Date of death1952
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: RM, duplicates widely distributed] [collector note: Most originals: RM; Alaska: GH]
ASA Botanist ID100447 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fd0d6fa7-7991-477d-a5de-c5051fc8f7ff
Variant nameAven Nelson
Variant nameNelson, A.
Author nameA. Nelson
B & P Author Abbrev.A. Nelson
Standard/Label NameA. Nelson
Full NameNelson, Aven
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Member of teams/groups
Author in New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt.
Author in Spring Fl. Interm. States
Author in Anal. Key Pl. Rocky Mt.
Author in Pl. Rocky Mountain Herb. [Exsicc.]
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by A. Nelson
Collections in[no date] (17),  1889 (3),  1891 (5),  1892 (9),  1893 (9),  1894 (548),  1895 (210),  1896 (166),  1897 (160),  1898 (86),  1899 (40),  1900 (565),  1901 (65),  1902 (71),  1903 (34),  1904 (2),  1905 (16),  1906 (3),  1907 (47),  1908 (28),  1909 (27),  1910 (118),  1911 (35),  1912 (18),  1913 (1),  1914 (1),  1916 (3),  1917 (10),  1918 (1),  1919 (1),  1920 (7),  1921 (1),  1922 (1),  1923 (9),  1924 (21),  1925 (127),  1926 (19),  1928 (1),  1929 (16),  1930 (79),  1931 (87),  1932 (1),  1934 (1),  1935 (1),  1939 (6),  1940 (1),  1942 (1),  1984 (1)
Collector Teams:A. Nelson & R. E. Nelson  A. Nelson & E. E. Nelson  L. N. Goodding & A. Nelson  A. Nelson & R. A. Nelson  A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride  A. Nelson, R. A. Nelson & G. J. Goodman  P. P. B. Kennedy, A. Nelson, C. L. Shear & D. Griffiths  A. Nelson & P. B. Kennedy  A. Nelson & P. B. Kennedy  A. Nelson & T. D. A. Cockerell  Aven Nelson & Ruth A. Nelson  M. Hopkins, A. Nelson & R. E. Ashton  M. Hopkins, A. Nelson & R. Nelson  R. A. Nelson & A. Nelson 
Author Teams:A. Nelson & P. B. Kennedy  A. Nelson & P. B. Kennedy  A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride  A. Nelson & Cockerell 

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