Thomas Archibald Sprague
Thomas Archibald Sprague (7 October 1877, Edinburgh[1] – 22 October 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) was a Scottish botanist.[2] In 1938 he married botanist Mary Letitia Green, and together they authored several supplements to the Index Kewensis.[3][4]
In 1954, botanist Balle (Simone Balle) published Spragueanella, which is a genus of flowering plants from Tropical Africa belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[5]
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[edit]- ^ A. A. Bullock (1960), "Dr. Thomas Archibald Sprague, 1877 - 1958", Taxon, 9 (4): 93–102, doi:10.1002/j.1996-8175.1960.tb02768.x, JSTOR 1216242
- ^ "Sprague, Thomas Archibald (1877-1958)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Index Kewensis chronology". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1221. ISBN 9780415920407. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Spragueanella Balle | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Sprague.