Almut Gitter Jones

Almut Gitter Jones
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Born
Almut Gitter

(1923-09-08)8 September 1923
Oldenburg, Niedersachen, Germany
Died12 October 2013(2013-10-12) (aged 90)
Urbana, Illinois
Alma materUniversity of Illinois (BSc 1958, MSc 1960, PhD 1973)
SpouseGeorge Neville Jones
Scientific career
ThesisTaxonomy, Phytogeography, and Biosystematy of Aster, Section Multiflori. (1973)
Author abbrev. (botany)A.G.Jones

Almut Gitter Jones (8 September 1923 – 12 October 2013) was a German-American botanist, mycologist, and plant taxonomist known for her work researching the genus Aster, as well as for her work as curator of the herbarium at the University of Illinois.[1]

Jones was born Almut Gitter in Oldenburg to Alfred and Emma (née Eickhorst) Gitter. She married fellow botanist George Neville Jones in Urbana, Illinois in 1958. She died in Urbana, Illinois.[1]

She described over fifty species,[2][3] and the genus Almutaster of the family Asteraceae was named for her in 1982.[4] The standard author abbreviation A.G.Jones is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Almutaster pauciflorus, Utah Lake Wetland Preserve near Goshen, Utah County, Utah. The monotypic genus Almutaster was named for Jones.

References

  1. ^ a b "Almut Jones". The News-Gazette (Champaign, Illinois) (www.news-gazette.com). Frankfort, Illinois: Community Media Group (CMG). 17 June 2019 [23 October 2013]. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021. During her career, she held various positions in plant biology, ultimately becoming curator of the UI Herbarium, a position she held until her retirement. Her field of research centered on the plant genus, Aster. She published many papers about the systematics of this large, complicated group of species and was recognized nationally and internationally as an authority on Aster.
  2. ^ "Tropicos | Person - Jones, Almut Gitter". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Jones, Almut Gitter (1923-)". Global Plants. Retrieved 7 March 2019.; Brummitt, R. K.; Powell, C. E. (1992). Authors of Plant Names: A List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of Their Names, Including Abbreviations. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 308. ISBN 9780947643447. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ Brouillet, L. (2006). "Almutaster". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via eFloras.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  A.G.Jones.
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