James Walter Grimes, known as Jim Grimes, is an American botanist.
Career
Grimes can be attributed to over 240 taxa names, either as sole author or co-author.
Grimes worked at 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, ...
studying
. In 1996 Grimes moved to Australia, taking up a position in the
National Herbarium of Victoria
The National Herbarium of Victoria ( Index Herbariorum code: MEL) is one of Australia's earliest herbaria and the oldest scientific institution in Victoria. Its 1.5 million specimens of preserved plants, fungi and algae—collectively known a ...
,
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are botanical garden, botanic gardens across two sites–Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Cranbourne.
Melbourne Gardens was founded in 1846 when land was rese ...
as Mueller Fellow July–October 1996, where he worked on developmental morphology of
inflorescences
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
in
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
.
From July 1997 to his resignation in February 2002, Grimes was in the position of
Systematic 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 ...
. His research interests included the
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
of
, subfamily
Mimosoideae
The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals ...
, and the historic collections held in the
Herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
.
Grimes was co-organiser of the 2001 Legumes Down Under conference. He served as Taxonomic Co-ordinator for
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
tribes
Ingeae
The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family ( Fabaceae) that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates. They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with peta ...
and
Psoraleeae
The tribe Psoraleeae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. Recent phylogenetics has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae.
Genera
Psoraleeae comprises the following genera:
* '' Bituminaria'' Heist. ''ex'' Fabr.
* '' Cul ...
for the International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) 2000–2, and as Councillor of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists 2001–2.
Grimes was Editor of
Muelleria from 1997 to 2001
A significant number, over 1000 collections, are held at
NY.
MEL
Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to:
Biology
* Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL)
* National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL
People
* Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...
holds over 300 specimens collected by Grimes. Other herbaria in Australia holding his collections include
MELU,
CANB,
NSW
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,
HO,
ATH
Ath (; nl, Aat, ; pcd, Ât; wa, Ate) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Arbre, Ath, Bouvignies, Ghislenghien, Gibecq, Houtaing, ...
,
AD, and
BRI.
Standard author abbreviation
Selected published names
*''
Abarema abbottii
''Abarema abbottii'', the Abbott abarema, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the Dominican Republic, and is confined to broad-leaved woodlands on limestone soils.
Morphology
The tree is a perennial plant
A ...
''
(Rose & Leonard) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
*''
Zygia turneri''
(McVaugh) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
* See also
:Taxa named by James Walter Grimes
and
International Plant Name Indexref>
Selected publications
Journal articles
* Barneby, R.C. & Grimes, J.W. (1996). Silk tree, guanacaste, monkey's earring: a generic system for the synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas. Part I. Abarema, Albizia, and allies. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 74: 1–292.
* Grimes, J.W. (1996). Nomenclatural changes in Cullen (Fabaceae: Psoraleeae).
Muelleria 9: 195–196.
References
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1953 births
Botanists active in Australia
20th-century American botanists
21st-century American botanists
Living people
University of Texas at Austin alumni
Muelleria (journal) editors