Lena Tracy Hanks
Lena Tracy Hanks (1879-1944), sometimes credited as Lenda Tracy Hanks, was an American algologist and botanist who specialized in studying North American algae and flora. She is credited with the discovery of . She worked at the museum of the New York Botanical Garden with John Kunkel Small.[1][2][3] The standard author abbreviation Hanks is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
Works[]
- Hanks, Lenda Tracy; Small, John Kunkel (1907). "Geraniaceae". North American Flora. 25 (Part 1): 3–24. ISSN 0078-1312. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
References[]
- ^ "Students and Investigators at the New York Botanical Garden, 1897-1911". Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 12 (138): 130. June 1911.
- ^ Britton, N. L. (1903). "Report of the Director of the Laboratories". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 2 (8): 456. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Index of Botanists: Hanks, Lena Tracy". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ IPNI. Hanks.
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