Thomas Archibald Sprague Explained

Thomas Archibald Sprague (7 October 1877, Edinburgh – 22 October 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) was a Scottish botanist.[1] In 1938 he married botanist Mary Letitia Green, and together they authored several supplements to the Index Kewensis.[2] [3]

In 1954, botanist Balle (Simone Balle) published Spragueanella, which is a genus of flowering plants from Tropical Africa belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Sprague, Thomas Archibald (1877-1958) . Global Plants . JSTOR . 17 September 2018 . en .
  2. Web site: Index Kewensis chronology . International Plant Names Index . 17 September 2018.
  3. Book: Ogilvie . Marilyn Bailey . Harvey . Joy Dorothy . Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie . Joy Harvey . The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z . 2000 . Taylor & Francis . 9780415920407 . 1221 . 17 September 2018 . en.
  4. Web site: Spragueanella Balle Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 March 2021 . en.

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