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Index of Botanists

NamePlunkett, Orda Allen
Date of birth1897
Date of death1975
RemarksEducation history: Wabash College, Illinois, undergraduate 1920; University of Illinois: MS in 1922, PhD in 1924. Moved to California in 1925 to be a professor at the University of California (Southwood branch 1925-1929, Westwood 1929-1965). [collector note: California: BPI, CUP, DAOM, F, FH, ILLS, MICH, NY, PUR, RMS, UC, WSP, YU; Indiana: BPI, ILL, ILLS, WAB (currently at NY), Mexico (1932): BPI, CUP, DAOM, F, FH, LA, MICH, NY, PUR, UC]
ASA Botanist ID134784 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0208662d-90c3-4999-9187-08284cbb28a0
Variant nameOrda Allen Plunkett
Author namePlunkett
B & P Author Abbrev.Plunkett
Standard/Label NameO. A. Plunkett
Full NamePlunkett, Orda Allen
Geography CollectorMexico,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorFungiAndLichens
Specialty CollectorFungi
Specialty CollectorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorBryophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Citation as Collectorexample of Bryophytes specimen collected: Anthoceros carolinianus Michx. (YU)
Citation as Authorexample of name published: Excioconidium cibotii Plunkett
Citation as Collectorbioraphical detals from Online Archive of California accessed 2022-07-13: http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb1199n68c&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00076&toc.depth=1&toc.id=
Citation as Collectorexample of Spermatophytes specimen collected: Annona cherimola mill. (F)
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by O. A. Plunkett
Collections in1926 (5),  1927 (2),  1929 (3),  1930 (1),  1931 (1),  1932 (10),  1933 (3),  1936 (3),  1937 (1),  1938 (2)
Collector Teams:O. A. Plunkett, H. G. MacMillan & W. B. Welch  O. A. Plunkett & H. G. MacMillan 

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