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Index of Botanists

NameMagrath, Lawrence K.
Date of birth1943
Date of death2007
RemarksExample of Name Published: Aster oblongifolius f. albaligulatus Magrath, Rhodora 73(794): 30. 1971. "born 28 March 1943 in Garnett, Kansas, and attended high school at Westphalia Rural High School in Coffey County, KS, where he was salutatorian. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University). He received an undergraduate fellowship to Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Larry was awarded his Ph.D. in botany in 1973 at the University of Kansas; his dissertation was entitled “The Native Orchids of the Prairies and Plains Region of North America.” Orchids remained the primary focus of Larry’s research throughout his career. He developed the OCLA Herbarium to its current size (ca. 20,000 specimens) with noteworthy collections from southeastern Oklahoma and the Orchidaceae of the central and southeastern USA." (vide Amer. Soc. Pl. Tax. Newsl. 21(1): 4. Aug 2007; ). [author note: OCLA; North American Orchidaceae] [collector note: OCLA]
URLhttp://www.usao.edu/lmagrath/
ASA Botanist ID140516 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fd711b1b-7f67-469b-ab7c-bce2f9e85e0b
Variant nameLawrence K. "Larry" Magrath
Variant nameLawrence K. Magrath
Author nameMagrath
B & P Author Abbrev.Magrath
Standard/Label NameL. K. Magrath
Full NameMagrath, Lawrence K.
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Index Herbariorum. Part 1: The Herbaria of the World. Eighth Edition. Bronx, NY
Citation as AuthorJ. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, 1(1): 781-784. 2007 (incl. portr & bibliogr.)
Citation as AuthorEmail message on the web references from Linda Rader (NEB)
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum, ed. 8
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by L. K. Magrath
Collections in[no date] (1),  1968 (2),  1969 (55),  1970 (22),  1971 (3),  1972 (7),  1973 (1),  1974 (5),  1975 (6)
Collector Teams:L. K. Magrath & J. L. Norman  L. K. Magrath, A. Lavallee et al.  L. K. Magrath & A. Lavallee  L. K. Magrath, J. C. Hays, James E. Taylor & B. L. Taylor  L. K. Magrath, R. R. Weedon, C. Weedon & Mary Wiegand  L. K. Magrath et al.  L. K. Magrath, C. Kravig & M. Kravig  L. K. Magrath & Roy Johnston  L. K. Magrath, T. Graham & Walt Wilson  L. K. Magrath & T. Graham  K. L. Johnson & L. K. Magrath  L. K. Magrath & C. A. Mennell  L. K. Magrath, M. Dwyer & N. Ford  L. K. Magrath, K. L. Johnson & H. Sweet  L. K. Magrath, J. E. Taylor & B. L. Taylor  L. K. Magrath & A. W. Owen  L. K. Magrath & R. R. Weedon  L. K. Magrath, R. R. Weedon & C. Weedon  R. R. Weedon, L. K. Magrath & C. Weedon  L. K. Magrath, K. Gray, J. A. Snider & A. Lavallee  L. K. Magrath, R. Hakim & F. Hakim  L. K. Magrath & J. C. Hays  L. K. Magrath, J. E. Taylor, B. L. Taylor & J. C. Hays  L. K. Magrath, R. R. Weedon & K. L. Johnson  L. K. Magrath & K. L. Johnson 

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