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Index of Botanists

NameHitchcock, Albert Spear
Date of birth1865
Date of death1935
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: US (grass herb.), older collection partly at MO and NY; duplicates in many herbaria. Exsiccatae 'American Grasses' at BM, C, K, L, P, US, W] [collector note: BM, C, F, GH, IAN, K, L, MO, NY, P, US (grass herb.), W. Older collections partly at MO, NY; collected fungi with B. D. Halsted in 1887: Iowa: FH]
ASA Botanist ID100744 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/83c6d552-a738-4221-a071-f6bcce80ef15
Variant nameAlbert Spear Hitchcock; né Jennings
Author nameHitchcock
B & P Author Abbrev.Hitchc.
Standard/Label NameA. S. Hitchcock
Full NameHitchcock, Albert Spear
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorEcuador,  Guatemala,  Guyana,  Nicaragua,  Panama,  Peru,  Trinidad and Tobago,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Specialty CollectorFungi
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors E-H
Member of teams/groups
Author in Meth. Syst. Bot.
Author in Man. Grasses U.S.
Author in Man. Grasses U.S. (ed. 2)
Author in Key Spring Fl. Manhattan
Author in Man. Grasses W. Ind.
Author in Grasses C. Amer.
Author in Gen. Grasses U.S.
Author in Text-book Grasses
Author in Key Manhattan Pl.
Author in Cat. Antoph. Ames
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by A. S. Hitchcock
Collections in[no date] (10),  1876 (1),  1888 (2),  1889 (7),  1890 (2),  1891 (1),  1892 (1),  1893 (1),  1894 (1),  1895 (166),  1896 (137),  1897 (78),  1898 (1),  1900 (96),  1901 (5),  1902 (3),  1903 (3),  1904 (1),  1905 (12),  1906 (4),  1908 (3),  1910 (12),  1911 (1),  1912 (5),  1913 (27),  1914 (5),  1915 (35),  1916 (4),  1917 (50),  1919 (64),  1920 (52),  1922 (1),  1923 (174),  1924 (1),  1976 (1),  1982 (1),  2015 (1)
Collector Teams:A. S. Hitchcock & A. Chase  R. S. Kellogg & A. S. Hitchcock  A. Chase & A. S. Hitchcock  A. S. Hitchcock & M. A. Chase  Hitchcock & Ekman  B. D. Halsted & A. S. Hitchcock 
Author Teams:Hitchcock & Chase  Hitchcock & Ekman  Hitchc. & Maguire