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Index of Botanists

NameGrey, Robert Melrose
Date of birth1861
Date of death1948
Remarks [collector note: col. at: A, AMES; a noted horticulturist employed by Prof. Ames; focused on the hybridization of sugarcane & orchids as well as organizing the planting of trees and plants (imported from tropical areas) at the Harvard University; the first superintendent of the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum in Cuba] Book publication: "List of plants growing in the botanical garden of the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum at Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba" (by Robert M. Grey and F. Tracy Hubbard, 1933) Example of Name Published: Phaius × gravesii R.M. Grey in Gard. & Forest 6: 169 (1893).
ASA Botanist ID149972 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/29a7d239-719a-4549-a5b7-acd7855100a3
Variant nameRobert Melrose Grey
Author nameR. M. Grey
B & P Author Abbrev.R.M.Grey
Standard/Label NameR. M. Grey
Full NameGrey, Robert Melrose
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorCuba
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors E-H
Citation as AuthorIPNI ; Lifespan dates in: Harvard University Library Catalog, Hollis
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by R. M. Grey
Collections in[no date] (14),  1899 (2),  1900 (1),  1901 (12),  1902 (18),  1903 (9),  1904 (23),  1905 (1),  1908 (2),  1933 (2)

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