Smith was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. He studied botany during the 1920s at Harvard University and received his PhD from Harvard in 1930. Between 1928 and 1929, he worked for the first time in Brazil. Most of his life's work came to involve the taxonomy of the flowering plants of South America, in particular the bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). Smith worked on the Bromeliaceae for the North American Flora published by the American botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton, volume 19, no. 2 (1938). Smith was a world authority on Begoniaceae and also worked with Velloziaceae and numerous other plant families. He was a curator in the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Botany from 1947 until his retirement in 1974, but continued to work in the United States National Herbarium as an emeritus curator almost until his death in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1997.
^Grant, Jason R. (September 1999). "From Harvard to Smithsonian: The Career of Botanist Lyman B. Smith (1904-1997)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 4 (1). Harvard University Herbaria: 7–10. JSTOR 41761280.
lyman, bradford, smith, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, 2021, learn, when, remove, this, message, september, 1. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Lyman Bradford Smith September 11 1904 May 4 1997 was an American botanist Lyman Bradford SmithBornSeptember 11 1904Winchester Massachusetts USADiedMay 4 1997 1997 05 04 aged 92 Manhattan Kansas USANationalityAmericanAlma materHarvard UniversitySpouseRuth Carlisle Gates m 1929 wbr 1 Scientific careerFieldsBotanyInstitutionsSmithsonian InstitutionAuthor abbrev botany L B Sm Smith was born in Winchester Massachusetts He studied botany during the 1920s at Harvard University and received his PhD from Harvard in 1930 Between 1928 and 1929 he worked for the first time in Brazil Most of his life s work came to involve the taxonomy of the flowering plants of South America in particular the bromeliads Bromeliaceae Smith worked on the Bromeliaceae for the North American Flora published by the American botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton volume 19 no 2 1938 Smith was a world authority on Begoniaceae and also worked with Velloziaceae and numerous other plant families He was a curator in the Smithsonian Institution s Department of Botany from 1947 until his retirement in 1974 but continued to work in the United States National Herbarium as an emeritus curator almost until his death in Manhattan Kansas in 1997 Works editThis list may be incomplete The Bromeliaceae of Brazil 1955 The Bromeliaceae of Colombia 1957 Begoniaceae 1986 The standard author abbreviation L B Sm is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 2 References edit Grant Jason R September 1999 From Harvard to Smithsonian The Career of Botanist Lyman B Smith 1904 1997 Harvard Papers in Botany 4 1 Harvard University Herbaria 7 10 JSTOR 41761280 International Plant Names Index L B Sm Biography 1 Taxon Vol 46 4 1997 819 824 Robert Zander Fritz Encke Gunther Buchheim Siegmund Seybold editor Handworterbuch der Pflanzennamen 13th ed Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 1984 ISBN 3 8001 5042 5 External links editList of plants described by Lyman Bradford Smith IPNI Lyman Bradford Smith Papers from the Smithsonian Institution Archives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lyman Bradford Smith amp oldid 1064467669, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
