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Johannes Cornelius Theodorus Uphof

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Died
  
1969 (aged 82–83)

Fields
  
Botany

Name
  
Johannes Theodorus

Author abbrev. (botany)
  
Uphof

Nationality
  
Dutch, American


Known for
  
Contributions to the taxonomy of the Amaryllidaceae, Algae, Spermatophytes

Cornelius Johannes Theodoor Uphof (1886–1969 ) was a botanist, Phycologist, and teacher. Born in the Netherlands, he worked extensively in the University of Arizona, at Tucson.

He was known for initiating the controversy over the taxonomy of Hippeastrum.

Publications

  • 1959. Dictionary of economic plants. Ed. H. R. Engelmann (J. Cramer); Hafner. 400 pp. 2nd. ed. 1968, 591 pp.

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