George Clayton Kennedy (1919–1980) was a professor of geochemistry at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

and a botanist with an interest in

orchids Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. In Memoriam. University of Californi

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Names published

(incomplete list) * '' Coryanthes bergoldii'' G.C. Kenn. ex Dodson * '' Lycaste mathiasiae'' G.C.Kenn. Orchid Digest 42(2): 60. 1978 * ''

Myrmecophila brysiana ''Myrmecophila brysiana'' is an orchid in the genus ''Myrmecophila''. A common name for the species is Brys's schomburgkia. It was first described by Charles Antoine Lemaire in 1851. It is found growing along rivers and seashores in dense mangro ...

'' (Lem.) G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 43(6): 210. 1979 * ''

Myrmecophila exaltata ''Myrmecophila'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and Venezuela. Species in this genus are either epiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. Their s ...

'' (Kraenzl.) G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 43(6): 211. 1979 * '' Myrmecophila wendlandii'' (Rchb.f.) G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 43(6): 211. 1979 * '' Odontoglossum splendens'' (Rchb.f.) G.C.Kenn. & Garay – Orchid Digest 40(3): 98. 1976 * ''

Rossioglossum ''Rossioglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 9 currently recognized species (as of May 2014), all native to Mexico, Central America, and northern and western South America. #'' Rossioglossum amplia ...

'' (Schltr.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 139. 1976 * ''

Rossioglossum grande ''Rossioglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 9 currently recognized species (as of May 2014), all native to Mexico, Central America, and northern and western South America. #'' Rossioglossum amplia ...

'' (Lindl.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 142. 1976 * ''

'' (Lindl.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. var. ''aureum'' (Stein) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40: 142. 1976 * '' Rossioglossum insleayi'' (Baker ex Lindl.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 142. 1976 * '' Rossioglossum insleayi'' (Lindl.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. var. ''leopardinum'' (Regel) Garay & G.C.Kenn. * '' Rossioglossum powellii'' (Schltr.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 142. 1976 * '' Rossioglossum schlieperianum'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 143. 1976 * '' Rossioglossum schlieperianum'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. var. ''flavidum'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 143. 1976 (IK) * '' Rossioglossum splendens'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40: 142. 1976 (GCI) * '' Rossioglossum splendens'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. var. ''imschootianum'' (Rolfe) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 143. 1976 (IK) * '' Rossioglossum splendens'' var. ''imschootianum'' (Rolfe) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40: 143. 1976 (GCI) * '' Rossioglossum splendens'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. var. ''leopardinum'' (Regel) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40(4): 143. 1976 (IK) * '' Rossioglossum splendens'' var. ''pantherinum'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40: 143. 1976 (GCI) * '' Rossioglossum williamsianum'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & G.C.Kenn. – Orchid Digest 40: 143. 1976 (GCI) (These are not all accepted names.)

Publications

(taken from Orchid Digest Index,Orchid Digest index: Sorted by Author Volume 30-1 through Volume 79-4, pp 72–74
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"DispelaPulpul Him He Nothing – Something", 1977, '' Orchid Digest'' 41 (2)
"The Butterfly orchids: Section Glanduligera of the genus ''Oncidium''", 1977, '' Orchid Digest'' 41 (4)
"''Encyclia adenocaula'' and ''Encyclia kennedyi''", 1981, '' Orchid Digest'' 45 (2)
"Further notes on the genus ''Anguloa'': confused species of the ''Anguloa rucheri'' section", 1978, '' Orchid Digest'' 42 (4)
"The genera ''Schomburgkia'' and ''Myrmecophila''", 1979, '' Orchid Digest'' 43 (6)
"The genus ''Anguloa''", 1976, '' Orchid Digest'' 40 (4)
"The genus ''Clowesia''", 1978, '' Orchid Digest'' 42 (3)
"The genus ''Comparettia''", 1978, '' Orchid Digest'' 42 (5)
"The genus ''Dracula''", 1979, '' Orchid Digest'' 43 (1)
"The genus ''Pabasatia''", 1978, '' Orchid Digest'' 42 (4)
"The Laelias of Mexico", 1978, '' Orchid Digest'' 42 (1)
"Some members of the genus ''Coryanthes''", 1978, '' Orchid Digest'' 42 (1)

References

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