Charles Leo Hitchcock

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Nationality American Name Charles Hitchcock		Died February 3, 1986 Fields Botany
Books Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest

Charles Leo Hitchcock (April 23, 1902 – February 3, 1986) was an American botanist. He discovered 20 species of plants and his works have been cited thousands of times.

Selected works

A Monographic Study of the Genus Lycium of the Western Hemisphere (1932)

A Key to the Grasses of Montana Based upon Vegetative Characters (1936)

The Tofieldia Glutinosa Complex of Western North America (1944)

A Revision of the North American Species of Lathyrus (1952)

A Checklist of Vascular Plants of West-Central Washington (1969)

Key to the Grasses of the Pacific Northwest Based upon Vegetative Characters (1969)

Flora of the Pacific Northwest with Arthur Cronquist (1973)

References

Charles Leo Hitchcock Wikipedia

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