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Index of Botanists

NameHoward, Richard Alden
Date of birth1917
Date of death2003
RemarksObituary, Biogr., & Photogr. in: J. A. Warnement & C. E. Wood, Harvard Pap. Bot. 9(1): 239-253. 2004; Rhodora 106: 178-184. 2004. [author note: A, NY; flora of the West Indies; Icacinaceae, Polygonaceae (Coccoloba)] [collector note: Lesser Antilles. A (orig.), NY]
ASA Botanist ID102117 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/74da7683-8d71-4556-859e-add3151a42e2
Variant nameRichard Alden Howard
Author nameR. A. Howard
B & P Author Abbrev.R. A. Howard
Standard/Label NameR. A. Howard
Full NameHoward, Richard Alden
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorBahamas,  Cuba,  Dominican Republic,  Jamaica,  Trinidad and Tobago,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors E-H
Member of teams/groups
Author in Fl. Lesser Antilles
Author in Charles Wright Cuba
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by R. A. Howard
Collections in[no date] (5),  1940 (9),  1941 (175),  1943 (3),  1945 (13),  1946 (15),  1950 (336),  1952 (12),  1954 (6),  1958 (1),  1959 (1),  1960 (1),  1961 (5),  1962 (1),  1963 (1),  1964 (1),  1966 (13),  1967 (198),  1968 (6),  1969 (41),  1970 (1),  1971 (2),  1973 (14),  1977 (92),  1978 (49),  1979 (5),  1980 (3),  1981 (1),  1982 (1),  1984 (1),  1985 (9),  1986 (66),  1991 (6)
Collector Teams:R. A. Howard, G. R. Proctor & B. L. Wagenknecht  R. A. Howard & B. R. Howard  R. A. Howard & L. I. Nevling  R. A. Howard & E. A. Kellogg  R. A. Howard, W. R. Briggs, P. Kamb, I. Lane & R. Ritland  R. A. Howard, G. R. Proctor & W. T. Stearn  R. A. Howard & G. Taylor  R. A. Howard & G. R. Proctor  R. A. Howard & E. S. Howard  R. A. Howard & W. R. Briggs  R. A. Howard & Proctor  R. A. Howard & E. A. Kellogg  R. A. Howard, E. A. Kellogg, V. Slane, P. F. Stevens & L. L. Jean-Pierre  T. Zanoni, R.A. Howard, E.S. Howard  R. A. Howard & R. E. Weaver  W. H. Hodge, R. A. Howard & R. K. Godfrey  R. A. Howard, G. R. Cooley & R. E. Weaver  R. A. Howard & Henry Draper  R. C. Rollins & R. A. Howard  R. A. Howard & B. J. Howard  R. A. Howard, E. S. Howard & P. G. Howard  R. A. Howard, E. A. Kellogg & L. Jean-Pierre  R. C. Collins & R. A. Howard  R. A. Howard & B. L. Wagenknecht  R. A. Howard & L. I. Nevling  R. A. Howard, B. J. Howard & B. R. Howard  R. K. Wadsworth & R. A. Howard  R. A. Howard, E. Barrett, H. Cohen, E. S. Howard, H. N. Putnam, D. Seligson, D. Turner, A. Wardle & C. F. Weber  T. A. Zanoni, R. A. Howard & E. S. Howard  W. T. Stearn, R. A. Howard & G. R. Proctor  Bro. J. J. S. León, Bro. Clemente, & R. A. Howard  R. A. Howard, E. A. Kellogg, V. Slane & L. Jean-Pierre 
Author Teams:R. A. Howard & W. R. Briggs  R. A. Howard & Proctor  R. A. Howard & E. A. Kellogg