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'''Paul Arnold Fryxell''' |
'''Paul Arnold Fryxell''' was an American [[Botany|botanist]] known for his work on flowering plants, especially those within the [[Malvaceae]].<ref>[http://www.aspt.net/publications/newsletter/in_memoriam.php Paul Arnold Fryxell (1927-2011)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921050717/http://www.aspt.net/publications/newsletter/in_memoriam.php |date=2011-09-21 }}</ref> |
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== Education and career == |
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Fryxell attended Moline public schools and later [[Augustana College (Illinois)|Augustana College]], graduating with a B.A. in 1949,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Person Details - The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium|url=http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/person-details/?irn=89640|access-date=2021-10-30|website=sweetgum.nybg.org}}</ref> and [[Iowa State University]] (M.S., 1951, Ph.D., 1955<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=A genetic analysis of yield in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) ...|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/genetic-analysis-of-yield-in-upland-cotton-gossypium-hirsutum-l/oclc/19613733&referer=brief_results|date=1955|language=English|first=Paul A|last=Fryxell}}</ref>). After employment with the [[New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station]] (1952–1955) and the [[Wichita State University]] (Asst. Professor of Botany, 1955–1957), he joined the [[Agricultural Research Service]], [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], with which agency he spent most of his career as a Research Botanist, located on the [[Texas A&M University]] campus. He retired from this position in 1994 and became Adjunct Professor in [[Integrative Biology]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He was also an Honorary Curator at the [[New York Botanical Garden]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Research == |
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His research interests have centered on the [[Alpha taxonomy|taxonomy]] of the Neotropical |
His research interests have centered on the [[Alpha taxonomy|taxonomy]] of the Neotropical Malvaceae, including work on the [[evolution]], [[biodiversity]], and taxonomy of [[Gossypium]], the genus that includes the world's [[cotton]] crop. He served as president of the [[American Society of Plant Taxonomists]] (1983–1984){{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} and of the [[Society for Economic Botany]] (1988–1989),<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Society for Economic Botany|url=https://econbot.org/home/governance/presidents.html|access-date=2021-11-01|website=econbot.org}}</ref> and held a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholar]] Award for study in [[Argentina]] (1993).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Fryxell {{!}} Fulbright Scholar Program|url=https://cies.org/grantee/paul-fryxell|access-date=2021-10-31|website=cies.org}}</ref> In 1961 he was a elected a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historic Fellows {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science|url=https://www.aaas.org/fellows/historic|access-date=2021-10-30|website=www.aaas.org|language=en}}</ref> He was also a fellow of the Texas Academy of Science and a member of the Commission of Flora Neotropica.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} |
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He was a contributor of treatments of the Malvaceae to numerous Neotropical floristic works and conducted fieldwork in the [[neotropics]], primarily in [[Mexico]] but also in parts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], as well as in tropical [[Australia]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} |
He was a contributor of treatments of the Malvaceae to numerous Neotropical floristic works and conducted fieldwork in the [[neotropics]], primarily in [[Mexico]] but also in parts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], as well as in tropical [[Australia]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} |
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Paul Arnold Fryxell was an American botanist known for his work on flowering plants, especially those within the Malvaceae.[1]
Education and career
Fryxell attended Moline public schools and later Augustana College, graduating with a B.A. in 1949,[2] and Iowa State University (M.S., 1951, Ph.D., 1955[3]). After employment with the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station (1952–1955) and the Wichita State University (Asst. Professor of Botany, 1955–1957), he joined the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, with which agency he spent most of his career as a Research Botanist, located on the Texas A&M University campus. He retired from this position in 1994 and became Adjunct Professor in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also an Honorary Curator at the New York Botanical Garden.[2]
Research
His research interests have centered on the taxonomy of the Neotropical Malvaceae, including work on the evolution, biodiversity, and taxonomy of Gossypium, the genus that includes the world's cotton crop. He served as president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (1983–1984)[citation needed] and of the Society for Economic Botany (1988–1989),[4] and held a Fulbright Scholar Award for study in Argentina (1993).[5] In 1961 he was a elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6] He was also a fellow of the Texas Academy of Science and a member of the Commission of Flora Neotropica.[citation needed]
He was a contributor of treatments of the Malvaceae to numerous Neotropical floristic works and conducted fieldwork in the neotropics, primarily in Mexico but also in parts of Central and South America, as well as in tropical Australia.[citation needed]
In 1974, he was honoured by botanist David Martin Bates, (1934-2019), who named a monotypic genus of plants after him,[7] Fryxellia (belonging to the family Malvaceae), comes from Mexico and Texas.[8]
Selected publications
- Fryxell, Paul A. (1979). The natural history of the cotton tribe (Malvaceae, tribe Gossypieae) (1st ed.). College Station: Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-071-2. OCLC 5126570.
- Fryxell, Paul A. (1988). Malvaceae of Mexico. [Ann Arbor, Mich.?]: American Society of Plant Taxonomists. ISBN 0-912861-25-8. OCLC 19036251.
- Fryxell, Paul A. (1997). "The American Genera of Malvaceae-II". Brittonia. 49 (2): 204. doi:10.2307/2807683.
- Fryxell, Paul A. (1999). Pavonia Cavanilles (Malvaceae). Organization for Flora Neotropica, New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, N.Y.: Published for the Organization for Flora Neotropica by the New York Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 0-89327-424-0. OCLC 41646379.
Personal life
His wife Greta (Albrecht) Fryxell was an oceanographer known for her research on diatoms.[10]
References
- ^ Paul Arnold Fryxell (1927-2011) Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Person Details - The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium". sweetgum.nybg.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ Fryxell, Paul A (1955). A genetic analysis of yield in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) ... (Thesis).
- ^ "The Society for Economic Botany". econbot.org. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Paul Fryxell | Fulbright Scholar Program". cies.org. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ^ "Historic Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ^ "Fryxellia D.M.Bates | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Fryxell.
- ^ Medlin, Linda K. (2018-01-02). "Obituary – Greta A. Fryxell". Diatom Research. 33 (1): 123–133. doi:10.1080/0269249X.2017.1419988. ISSN 0269-249X.
See also
Wikispecies has information related to Paul Arnold Fryxell.
- Zanoni, Thomas A. (1997). "The herbarium of Paul A. Fryxell (pf) and U.S. Department of Agriculture, College Station, Texas, integrated into The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)". Brittonia. 49 (2): 197–203. doi:10.1007/BF02815393. ISSN 0007-196X.
