Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 191128 April 1998) was an American botanist, professor at

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and one of the founders of both the International Association for Plant TaxonomyCowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and early history of IAPT" ''Taxon'' 31(3): pp. 415–420 and the Organization for Tropical Studies. He was also the second president of each of them."Organization for Tropical Studies - The Rogues Gallery of Presidents"
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Sources

* Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. "Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 1911 – 28 April 1998)" ''Taxon'' 48(2): pp. 225–56 * Campbell, Christopher S. and Greene, Craig W. (1988) "A Tribute to Reed Clark Rollins, Recipient of the 1987 Asa Gray Award" ''Systematic Botany'' 13(1): pp. 170–171

References

;Botanist designation

External links

Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. (1999) "Reed Clark Rollins"
Biographical Memoir at National Academy Press American taxonomists 1911 births 1998 deaths Harvard University faculty People from Wyoming American founders 20th-century American botanists University of Wyoming alumni Harvard University alumni {{US-botanist-stub