Lincoln Constance Explained

Lincoln Constance (February 16, 1909 – June 11, 2001) was an American botanist and administrator at the University of California, Berkeley. Constance worked with Marion S. Cave for over twenty years to identify how many chromosomes different members of Hydrophyllaceae had.[1] [2] [3] 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.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Kaplan . Donald R. . Constance . Lincoln . Ornduff . Robert . 1997 . Marion Stilwell Cave (1904-1995) . Madroño . 44 . 2 . 211–213 . 41426270 . 0024-9637.
  2. Web site: University of California: In Memoriam, 1996 . 2022-11-22 . texts.cdlib.org.
  3. Book: Cave . Marion Stilwell . Chromosome Numbers in the Hydrophyllaceae . Constance . Lincoln . 1950 . University of California Press . en.
  4. Web site: Lincoln Constance, 92, Expert Who Classified Farm Products. Wolfgang. Saxon. 23 June 2001. The New York Times.
  5. Web site: Lincoln Constance; UC Berkeley Botanist and Key Administrator. Los Angeles Times. 18 June 2001.

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