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Andrew Henderson (botanist)

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Citizenship
  
United States

Fields
  
Palm systematics


Name
  
Andrew Henderson

Role
  
Author

Institutions
  
Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden

Books
  
Field guide to the palms of t, Palms of southern Asia, Evolution and Ecology o, The palms of the Amazon, Bactris (Palmae)

Andrew James Henderson (born September 8, 1950) is a palm-systematist and Curator of the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden. He has authored taxonomic descriptions of 140 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family

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Education

Henderson was educated in Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire and Birkbeck College, University of London, and received his Ph.D. from City University of New York in 1987. He joined the New York Botanic Garden in 1987.

Works

He has authored several books, including The Palms of the Amazon and a field guide to the palms of the Americas.

References

Andrew Henderson (botanist) Wikipedia