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Andrew J. Henderson
BornSeptember 8, 1950 (1950-09-08) (age 73)[1]
CitizenshipUnited States[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Palm systematics
InstitutionsInstitute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden[1]
Author abbrev. (botany)A.J.Hend.

Andrew James Henderson (born September 8, 1950) is a palm-systematist and Curator of the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden.[1] He has authored taxonomic descriptions of 140 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family[2]

Education

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Henderson was educated in Wycliffe CollegeinGloucestershire and Birkbeck College, University of London.[1] In 1986, he received 'The George H.M. Lawrence Memorial Award', in the amount of $2,000, presented by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University and presented at the annual banquet of the Botanical Society of America.[3] He later received his Ph.D. from City University of New York in 1987.[1]

He joined the New York Botanic Garden in 1987.[1]

Works

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He has authored several books, including The Palms of the Amazon[4][5] and a field guide to the palms of the Americas.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Andrew J. Henderson Archived 23 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. International Plant Science Center, New York Botanical Garden.
  • ^ International Plant Names Index
  • ^ "Lawrence Memorial Award | Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation". www.huntbotanical.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  • ^ Henderson, Andrew J. (1995). The Palms of the Amazon. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508311-3.
  • ^ Chazdon, Robin L. (1996). "Review of The Palms of the Amazon by Andrew Henderson". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 71 (1): 125–126. doi:10.1086/419298. ISSN 0033-5770.
  • ^ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
  • ^ Chazdon, Robin L. (1996). "Review of Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas by Andrew Henderson , Gloria Galeano , & Rodrigo Bernal". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 71 (3): 409. doi:10.1086/419474. ISSN 0033-5770.
  • ^ International Plant Names Index.  A.J.Hend.
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