Johannes Cornelius Theodorus Uphof

Johannes Cornelius Theodorus (Theodor) Uphof
Born	1886
Died	1969 (aged 82–83)
Nationality	Dutch, American
Fields	Botany
Known for	Contributions to the taxonomy of the Amaryllidaceae, Algae, Spermatophytes
Author abbrev. (botany)	Uphof

Cornelius Johannes Theodoor Uphof (1886–1969 ) was a botanist, Phycologist, and teacher. Born in the Netherlands, he worked extensively in the University of Arizona, at Tucson.^[1]

He was known for initiating the controversy over the taxonomy of Hippeastrum.^[2][3]

Publications

• 1959. Dictionary of economic plants. Ed. H. R. Engelmann (J. Cramer); Hafner. 400 pp. 2nd. ed. 1968, 591 pp.

References

1. Index of Botanists
2. Uphoff, J. C. T. 1938. The history of nomenclature - Amaryllis belladonna( Linn.) Herb., and Hippeastrum (Herb.). Herbertia 5: 100-111. accessed November 29, 2013
3. Uphof, J. C. T. 1939. Critical review of Sealy's "Amaryllis and Hippeastrum". Herbertia 6: 163-166.
4. IPNI.  Uphof.

External links

• International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Author Details" (HTML). International Plant Names Index.
• Jstor