Natalie Whitford Uhl
Natalie Whitford Uhl | |
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Born | Natalie B. Whitford 1919 Rhode Island State College, Cornell University[1] |
Spouse | Charles H. Uhl[3] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany Palms |
Institutions | L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium[1] |
Author abbrev. (botany) | N.W.Uhl |
Natalie Whitford Uhl (1919–2017) was an American botanist[2] who specialised in palms.[1]
The eldest of three sisters, she grew up on a farm in
Her work with palms began in 1963,
The Eocene fossil palm Uhlia allanbyensis was named in recognition of her work on palm taxonomy in 1994.[11] The palm species Aphandra natalia was named in her honor in 1987.[12]
Published names
As a taxonomist, Uhl
- J.Dransf.& N.W.Uhl (1984)
- Marojejya darianii J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl (1984)
- Ravenea moorei J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl (1986)
- Chamaedorea correae Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea guntheriana Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea palmeriana Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea pedunculata Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea robertii Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea sullivaniorum Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea undulatifolia Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea vistae Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
- Chamaedorea whitelockiana Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990)
Awards
In 1999, Uhl was awarded the Dent Smith Memorial Award by the International Palm Society for her many decades of research on palms and for her contributions to the Society as journal editor and director of the Board.[16] In 2002, she won the Asa Gray award,[4][17] awarded by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists "for outstanding accomplishments pertinent to the goals of the society".[17] She also received the Robert Allerton Award from the National Tropical Botanic Garden in 2003 in recognition of her lifetime achievements in botany.[18]
Selected works
- Moore, H.E.Jr. & Uhl, N.W. (1984). The indigenous palms of New Caledonia. Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii, Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden.
- Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., et al. (2008). Genera Palmarum: evolution and classification of palms. Second edition. Kew Publishing.
The standard author abbreviation N.W.Uhl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[19]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Natalie Whitford Uhl, L. H. Bailey Hortorium Professor Emerita and palm authority, dies at 98". Blogs:Cornall University. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b IPNI: Natalie Whitford Uhl The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b Cornell Chronicle: Natalie Uhl renowned palm expert dies, at 97. (Matt Hayes, Magdalen Lindeberg, April 3, 2017)
- ^ a b c d Luckow, M. (2003) "Natalie Whitford Uhl—Recipient of the 2002 Asa Gray Award," Systematic Botany 28(1)
- ^ Cheadle, V.I. & Whitford, N.B. (1940) Notes on the occurrence and general structure of sieve tubes in the Monocotyledoneae. American Journal of Botany: 27 (Supplement to 19), 2s
- ISSN 0002-9122.
- ^ Whitford, N.B. (1947) Studies in the floral morphology and anatomy of certain members of the Helobiae. Thesis QK82 1947 U31 (doctoral thesis) Cornell, Ithaca, N.Y.
- ^ a b c Kurth, D.J. (2000) Natalie Uhl: A Portrait of a Scientist. Palms, 44(1):34-36.
- ISSN 0002-9122.
- JSTOR 43781549.
- ^ Erwin, D.M.; Stockey, R.A. (1994). "Permineralized monocotyledons from the middle Eocene Princeton chert (Allenby Formation) of British Columbia: Arecaceae". Palaeontographica Abteilung B. 234: 19–40.
- JSTOR 2418885.
- ^ a b c d "Plants authored by N.W.Uhl". The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Hodel, D.R. & Uhl, N.W. (1990) New species of Chamaedorea from Costa Rica and Panama. Principes, 34, 120-133
- JSTOR 25070242.
- ^ Bergman, Phil (1999). "President's Message". Principes. 43: 108.
- ^ a b ASPT awards, American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Lawrence, D.H. (2004). "Natalie Uhl Awarded Robert Allerton Medal by the National Tropical Botanical Garden". Palms. 48: 152.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. N.W.Uhl.