Hamilton Paul Traub Explained

Hamilton Paul Traub (June 18, 1890 – July 14, 1983) was an American botanist. He specialized in the study of Amaryllidaceae.^[1] He also did horticultural studies on beans.^[2] Dr Traub was one of the founding members of the American Amaryllis Society (now the International Bulb Society) in 1933, and for a long time the editor of its annual publication, variously called Year Book, American Amaryllis Society, Herbertia and Plant Life: Amaryllis Year Book.^[3]

Systematic treatment of Amaryllidaceae

Subfamilies (4)

1. Allioideae 4 tribes
2. Hemerocalloideae 1 tribe: Hemerocalleae
3. Ixiolirioideae 2 tribes
4. Amarylloideae (2 infrafamilies: Amarylloidinae 12 tribes, Pancratioidinae 4 tribes)

Selected publications

• Book: Traub, H.P. . 1958 . The Amaryllis Manual . New York . Macmillan . 2013-11-30 . 2015-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519004542/http://bulbnrose.x10.mx/Amaryllis/Traub/traub.htm . dead .
• Book: Hamilton Traub

. Traub. H.P.. Hamilton Traub. Genera of the Amaryllidaceae. 1963. American Plant Life Society. La Jolla, California.

• Traub. H. P.. Hamilton Traub. Review of the genus Nerine Herb.. Plant Life. 1967. 3. 3–32.
• Traub. Hamilton P. hamilton Traub. The subgenera, sections and subsections of Allium L.. Plant Life. 1968. 24. 147–163.
• An introduction to Herbert's Amaryllidaceae, etc. 1837: And related works. 1970. Ed. Cramer. 93 pp.
• Traub . H.P. . 1980 . The Subgenera of the Genus Amaryllis . Plant Life . 36 . 43–45 .
• Traub, H. P. (1982). Order Alliales. Pl. Life 38: 119–132.

Notes and References

1. http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=100837 Harvard Index of Botanists
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080510115144/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849400,00.html "Sick Beans and Healthy People"
3. Web site: International Bulb Society. Our History . 2015-05-16 . 2017-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170327214227/http://www.bulbsociety.org/aboutibs.html . dead .