Lincoln Constance

Lincoln Constance (February 16, 1909 – June 11, 2001) was an American botanist and administrator at the University of California, Berkeley. An expert on the parsley family, he was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the California Academy of Sciences, and served as president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the California Botanical Society and the Botanical Society of America.[1][2]

The standard author abbreviation Constance is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang (23 June 2001). "Lincoln Constance, 92, Expert Who Classified Farm Products". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Lincoln Constance; UC Berkeley Botanist and Key Administrator". Los Angeles Times. 18 June 2001.
  3. ↑ IPNI.  Constance.

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