Lois Brako (born July 25, 1957) is an American
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
,
mycologist
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and explorer. She has conducted
botanical expeditions
Botanical expeditions (sometimes called "Plant hunting") are scientific voyages designed to explore the flora of a particular region, either as a specific design or part of a larger expedition. A naturalist or botanist would be responsible for id ...
in Peru.
Publications
Articles
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AW Meerow; L. Brako. 1993. New combinations in Hippeastrum, Ismene, and Leptochiton (Amaryllidaceae) for the flora of Peru. Novon 3: 28–30
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Inga
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(
),
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...
,
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...
,
Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee.
The Sapindaceae occur in tempera ...
. In: L. Brako & J. L. Zarucchi (eds.), Catalogue of the Flowering Plants & Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 481–486, 923–925, 1003–1010, 1059–1068. 1993
Books
* 1981. ''The lichens of Wabasha and Winona counties, Minnesota''. Ed. University of Minnesota. 278 pp.
* 1987. ''The lichen genus Phyllopsora (Bacidiaceae) in the neotropics''. Ed. City University of New York. 532 pp.
* 1991. ''
Phyllopsora (
Bacidiaceae)''. Number 55 ''Flora neotropica''. Ed. Organization for Flora Neotropica by the
New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...
. 66 pp.
* 1993. ''Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru: Catálogo de las angiospermas y gimnospermas del Perú''. Number 45 Monographs in systematic botany from the
Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw. Its herbarium, with more than 6.6 million spe ...
. 1.286 pp.
* -----------, Amy Y. Rossman, David F. Farr. 1995. ''Scientific and common names of 7,000 vascular plants in the United States''. U.S. National Fungus Collections. Number 7 Contributions from the U.S. National Fungus Collections. 295 pp.
References
Sources
Harvard Botanist Index: Lois Brako
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21st-century American botanists
1950 births
Living people
American women botanists