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Patricia Kern Holmgren

October 26, 2023

Patricia Holmgren (née Kern) is an American botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. intermountain west and the genera Tiarella and Thlaspi. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden from 1981–2000, and editor of Index Herbariorum from 1974–2008.[1]

Patricia Kern Holmgren
Patricia Kern Holmgren in 1971
Born1940
Alma mater
SpouseNoel Holmgren
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Doctoral advisorCharles Leo Hitchcock
Author abbrev. (botany)P.K.Holmgren

Life edit

Patricia May Kern was born to Robert Evan Kern (1919–2004) and Ruth Eleanor Beaudoin Kern (1921–1992) in 1940, in Athens, Indiana.[2] Her parents began raising Christmas trees in 1946, and Holmgren spent part of her summers trimming trees and weekends in the fall and winter helping with the business.[1] Holmgren was introduced to nature at an early age; through her father's conservation work on their property, and during family vacations to western national parks during the farm's off-season.[2] From fifth grade to her high school graduation, Holmgren was active in 4-H, winning many contests in forestry and sewing.[2]

Holmgren attended high school at Rochester High School in Rochester, Indiana, graduating in 1958 as valedictorian.[3] Holmgren attended Indiana University, getting a B.S. in 1962. She later attended the University of Washington, completing a M.S. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1968.[4] At the University of Washington, Holmgren completed a systematic study of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) with advisor Arthur R. Kruckeberg.[2] She remained at the University of Washington for her Ph.D., a systematic study of the Thlaspi montanum (Brassicaceae) group, with advisor C. Leo Hitchcock.[2] In addition to her own research, Holmgren became chief editorial assistant during the preparation of the last two volumes of the Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest with Hitchcock.[2]

Patricia married fellow botanist Noel H. Holmgren (son of botanist Arthur H. Holmgren) in 1969.[1]

Career edit

 
Patricia Holmgren (front) with fellow New York Botanical Garden herbarium staff (behind, L to R): Lois Brako, Barbara Thiers, Bill Buck, & Jim Grimes.

After completing her Ph.D. at the University of Washington, Holmgren accepted a job as herbarium specialist at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in 1968. Holmgren spent her entire working career at NYBG, eventually becoming the Director of the Herbarium in 1981, a position she held until her retirement in 2000.[4] As director of The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, Holmgren insisted on the highest possible standards for specimen management and for keeping the herbarium in the forefront on new innovations (such as the creation of an online Index Herbariorum and development of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium).[5] Holmgren was also instrumental in conception, fundraising, and design of a new, state-of-the-art building to house the herbarium, the International Plant Science Center, which officially opened for research in 2002.[1][6] Holmgren continues to work at the garden as Director Emerita of the herbarium.

In addition to her herbarium leadership, Holmgren played an active role in a number of botanical societies and botanical journals:[1][4]

Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren were instrumental to the completion of Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., a nine-volume flora on the vascular plants of the western United States between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ranges. In addition to collecting many herbarium specimens that would provide the baseline data for descriptions and geographic distributions; Patricia was involved in editing, proofreading, and writing family treatments for the flora.[1]

Awards edit

Legacy edit

In 2009, botanists W.L.Wagner & Hoch published Neoholmgrenia is a genus of flowering plants from Canada and western USA, belonging to the family Onagraceae and named in her honour.[11]

Plant species named after Patricia Holmgren edit

  • Astragalus holmgreniorum Barneby—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren[12]
  • Bartsia patriciae N.H. Holmgren[13]
  • Carex holmgreniorum Reznicek & D.F. Murray—named in honor of Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel Holmgren, and Patricia Holmgren[14]
  • Hiraea holmgreniorum C.E. Anderson—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren[15]
  • Mentzelia holmgreniorum J.J. Schenk & L. Hufford—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren[16]
  • Orthocarpus tolmiei subsp. holmgreniorum T.I. Chuang & Heckard—named in honor of Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel Holmgren, and Patricia Holmgren[17]
  • Scutellaria holmgreniorum Cronquist—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren[18]

Selected publications edit

  • Holmgren, P.K., & Keuken, W. (1975). Index Herbariorum Ed. 6: Geographical Arrangements of the Herbaria Listed in Index Herbariorum, Edition Six. Taxon, 24(4), 543-551. JSTOR 1219533
  • Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (1979). A new species of Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) from Utah. Brittonia, 31(1): 110–114. doi:10.2307/2806683
  • Rollins, R.C. & Holmgren, P.K. (1980). A new species of Caulanthus (Cruciferae) from Nevada. Brittonia, 32(2): 148–151. doi:10.2307/2806781
  • Holmgren, P.K., Holmgren, N.H., & Barnett L.C. (1990). Index herbariorum. Part I: The herbaria of the world, Edition 8. ISBN 0-89327-358-9
  • Holmgren, P.K., & Holmgren, N. H. (1991). Index Herbariorum: Additions to Index Herbariorum, Edition 8. Taxon, 40(4), 687–692. JSTOR 1222796
  • Holmgren, P.K., Kallunki, J.A. & Thiers, B.M. (1996). A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Brittonia, 48(3): 285–296. doi:10.1007/BF02805288
  • Holmgren, N.H., & Holmgren, P.K. (2002). New Mentzelias (Loasaceae) from the Intermountain Region of Western United States. Systematic Botany, 27(4): 747–762. JSTOR 3093920
  • Holmgren, P.K. (2004). Lectotypifications and a new combination in western North American Cleomaceae. Brittonia, 56(2): 103–106.doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0103:LAANCI2.0.CO;2]
  • Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (2010). New combinations and lectotypifications of North American taxa in Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fumariaceae, Montiaceae, Papaveraceae, and Ranunculaceae. Brittonia, 62(3): 264–266. doi:10.1007/s12228-010-9149-x
The standard author abbreviation P.K.Holmgren is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[19]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Holmgren, Noel H. (2017). "Writing Intermountain flora: When and Who". Intermountain flora; vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 7. Published for the New York Botanical Garden by Hafner Pub. Co. pp. 97–101. ISBN 978-0-89327-546-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Tiehm, Arnold (2013). "Patricia May Kern Holmgren: The Early Years". In Buck, William R.; Naczi, Robert F. C. (eds.). Harmony and grit: papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora. Bronx, New York. pp. 35–44. ISBN 978-0893275228. OCLC 864358652.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Misses Kern, Van Lue Leading RHS Scholars". Rochester Sentinel. 19 February 1958.
  4. ^ a b c Curriculum Vitae, Patricia K. Holmgren (2017). Folder Patricia Kern Holmgren, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. October 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Thiers, Barbara M.; et al. (2013). "Digitizing The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium". In Buck, William R.; Naczi, Robert F. C. (eds.). Harmony and grit: papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora. Bronx, New York. pp. 45–58. ISBN 978-0893275228. OCLC 864358652.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Pace, Matthew C.; Tarnowsky, Nicole; Bloch, Ellen D.; Weiss, Amy; Zimmerman, Charles; Thiers, Barbara M. (2016-04-12). "An updated description of the collections and history of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY): 1995–2015". Brittonia. 68 (3): 317–323. doi:10.1007/s12228-016-9422-8. ISSN 0007-196X. S2CID 40405383.
  7. ^ "Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. ^ "The Botanical Society of America "Centennial Award"". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. ^ Boom, Brian M. (2013-03-01). "Noel H. Holmgren and Patricia K. Holmgren – Recipients of the 2012 Asa Gray Award". Systematic Botany. 38 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1600/036364413x661836. ISSN 0363-6445. S2CID 84743781.
  10. ^ "Gold Medal Recipients". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Neoholmgrenia W.L.Wagner & Hoch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ Barneby, Rupert C. (1980). "Dragma Hippomanicum V: Two New Astragali from Intermountain United States". Brittonia. 32 (1): 24–29. doi:10.2307/2806212. JSTOR 2806212. S2CID 84118361.
  13. ^ "Scrophulariaceae". Flora of Ecuador. 21: 158–159. 1984.
  14. ^ Texas., Botanical Research Institute of (2013). "Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas". v.7:no.1(2013). Botanical Research Institute of Texas. ISSN 1934-5259. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ Anderson, Christiane E. (2013). "Six new species of Hiraea (Malpighiaceae) from South America". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 108: 211–212.
  16. ^ Society., California Botanical; Society., California Botanical (2010). "Madroño;". Madroño: A West-American Journal of Botany. California Botanical Society. v.57:no.4 (2010:Oct.-Dec.). ISSN 0024-9637.
  17. ^ Chuang, T. I.; Heckard, L. R. (1992). "A Taxonomic Revision of Orthocarpus (Scrophulariaceae-Tribe Pediculareae)". Systematic Botany. 17 (4): 560–582. doi:10.2307/2419727. JSTOR 2419727.
  18. ^ Cronquist, Arthur (1981). "A New Species of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from California". Brittonia. 33 (3): 449–450. doi:10.2307/2806435. JSTOR 2806435. S2CID 84928102.
  19. ^ International Plant Names Index.  P.K.Holmgren.

External links edit

  • The Patricia and Noel Holmgren Collection [Holmgren (RG4)]. Archives, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden.

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Patricia Holmgren nee Kern is an American botanist Holmgren s main botanical interests are the flora of the U S intermountain west and the genera Tiarella and Thlaspi Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden from 1981 2000 and editor of Index Herbariorum from 1974 2008 1 Patricia Kern HolmgrenPatricia Kern Holmgren in 1971Born1940Alma materIndiana University B S University of Washington M S Ph D SpouseNoel HolmgrenScientific careerFieldsBotanyInstitutionsNew York Botanical GardenDoctoral advisorCharles Leo HitchcockAuthor abbrev botany P K HolmgrenLife editPatricia May Kern was born to Robert Evan Kern 1919 2004 and Ruth Eleanor Beaudoin Kern 1921 1992 in 1940 in Athens Indiana 2 Her parents began raising Christmas trees in 1946 and Holmgren spent part of her summers trimming trees and weekends in the fall and winter helping with the business 1 Holmgren was introduced to nature at an early age through her father s conservation work on their property and during family vacations to western national parks during the farm s off season 2 From fifth grade to her high school graduation Holmgren was active in 4 H winning many contests in forestry and sewing 2 Holmgren attended high school at Rochester High School in Rochester Indiana graduating in 1958 as valedictorian 3 Holmgren attended Indiana University getting a B S in 1962 She later attended the University of Washington completing a M S in 1964 and a Ph D in 1968 4 At the University of Washington Holmgren completed a systematic study of Tiarella Saxifragaceae with advisor Arthur R Kruckeberg 2 She remained at the University of Washington for her Ph D a systematic study of the Thlaspi montanum Brassicaceae group with advisor C Leo Hitchcock 2 In addition to her own research Holmgren became chief editorial assistant during the preparation of the last two volumes of the Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest with Hitchcock 2 Patricia married fellow botanist Noel H Holmgren son of botanist Arthur H Holmgren in 1969 1 Career edit nbsp Patricia Holmgren front with fellow New York Botanical Garden herbarium staff behind L to R Lois Brako Barbara Thiers Bill Buck amp Jim Grimes After completing her Ph D at the University of Washington Holmgren accepted a job as herbarium specialist at the New York Botanical Garden NYBG in 1968 Holmgren spent her entire working career at NYBG eventually becoming the Director of the Herbarium in 1981 a position she held until her retirement in 2000 4 As director of The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Holmgren insisted on the highest possible standards for specimen management and for keeping the herbarium in the forefront on new innovations such as the creation of an online Index Herbariorum and development of the C V Starr Virtual Herbarium 5 Holmgren was also instrumental in conception fundraising and design of a new state of the art building to house the herbarium the International Plant Science Center which officially opened for research in 2002 1 6 Holmgren continues to work at the garden as Director Emerita of the herbarium In addition to her herbarium leadership Holmgren played an active role in a number of botanical societies and botanical journals 1 4 American Society of Plant Taxonomists Council member 1975 1979 Treasurer 1985 1988 President 1989 1990 Association of Systematics Collections Board of Directors 1988 1994 Secretary 1992 1994 Botanical Society of America Council member 1975 1984 Secretary 1975 1979 Vice President 1980 President 1981 Brittonia Associate Editor 1975 1991 Managing Editor 1984 1991 Index Herbariorum Editor 1974 2008 International Association for Plant Taxonomy Board of Directors 1993 2005 Taxon Editor of News and Notes 1983 1988 Editor of Herbaria and Institutions 1992 2002 Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren were instrumental to the completion of Intermountain Flora Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West U S A a nine volume flora on the vascular plants of the western United States between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ranges In addition to collecting many herbarium specimens that would provide the baseline data for descriptions and geographic distributions Patricia was involved in editing proofreading and writing family treatments for the flora 1 Awards editThe New York Botanical Garden s Distinguished Service Award 1988 1 Botanical Society of America Distinguished Fellow Merit Award 1991 7 Botanical Society of America Centennial Award 2006 8 The American Society of Plant Taxonomists s Asa Gray Award 2012 jointly with Noel Holmgren 9 The New York Botanical Garden s Gold Medal Award 2013 jointly with Noel Holmgren 10 Legacy editIn 2009 botanists W L Wagner amp Hoch published Neoholmgrenia is a genus of flowering plants from Canada and western USA belonging to the family Onagraceae and named in her honour 11 Plant species named after Patricia Holmgren edit Astragalus holmgreniorum Barneby named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren 12 Bartsia patriciae N H Holmgren 13 Carex holmgreniorum Reznicek amp D F Murray named in honor of Arthur H Holmgren Noel Holmgren and Patricia Holmgren 14 Hiraea holmgreniorum C E Anderson named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren 15 Mentzelia holmgreniorum J J Schenk amp L Hufford named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren 16 Orthocarpus tolmiei subsp holmgreniorum T I Chuang amp Heckard named in honor of Arthur H Holmgren Noel Holmgren and Patricia Holmgren 17 Scutellaria holmgreniorum Cronquist named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren 18 Selected publications editHolmgren P K amp Keuken W 1975 Index Herbariorum Ed 6 Geographical Arrangements of the Herbaria Listed in Index Herbariorum Edition Six Taxon 24 4 543 551 JSTOR 1219533 Holmgren N H amp Holmgren P K 1979 A new species of Asclepias Asclepiadaceae from Utah Brittonia 31 1 110 114 doi 10 2307 2806683 Rollins R C amp Holmgren P K 1980 A new species of Caulanthus Cruciferae from Nevada Brittonia 32 2 148 151 doi 10 2307 2806781 Holmgren P K Holmgren N H amp Barnett L C 1990 Index herbariorum Part I The herbaria of the world Edition 8 ISBN 0 89327 358 9 Holmgren P K amp Holmgren N H 1991 Index Herbariorum Additions to Index Herbariorum Edition 8 Taxon 40 4 687 692 JSTOR 1222796 Holmgren P K Kallunki J A amp Thiers B M 1996 A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium NY Brittonia 48 3 285 296 doi 10 1007 BF02805288 Holmgren N H amp Holmgren P K 2002 New Mentzelias Loasaceae from the Intermountain Region of Western United States Systematic Botany 27 4 747 762 JSTOR 3093920 Holmgren P K 2004 Lectotypifications and a new combination in western North American Cleomaceae Brittonia 56 2 103 106 doi 10 1663 0007 196X 2004 056 0103 LAANCI2 0 CO 2 Holmgren N H amp Holmgren P K 2010 New combinations and lectotypifications of North American taxa in Caryophyllaceae Chenopodiaceae Fumariaceae Montiaceae Papaveraceae and Ranunculaceae Brittonia 62 3 264 266 doi 10 1007 s12228 010 9149 xThe standard author abbreviation P K Holmgren is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 19 References edit a b c d e f g Holmgren Noel H 2017 Writing Intermountain flora When and Who Intermountain flora vascular plants of the Intermountain West U S A Vol 7 Published for the New York Botanical Garden by Hafner Pub Co pp 97 101 ISBN 978 0 89327 546 4 a b c d e f Tiehm Arnold 2013 Patricia May Kern Holmgren The Early Years In Buck William R Naczi Robert F C eds Harmony and grit papers celebrating the Holmgrens completion of intermountain flora Bronx New York pp 35 44 ISBN 978 0893275228 OCLC 864358652 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Misses Kern Van Lue Leading RHS Scholars Rochester Sentinel 19 February 1958 a b c Curriculum Vitae Patricia K Holmgren 2017 Folder Patricia Kern Holmgren NYBG Vertical File The LuEsther T Mertz Library The New York Botanical Garden October 10 2018 Thiers Barbara M et al 2013 Digitizing The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium In Buck William R Naczi Robert F C eds Harmony and grit papers celebrating the Holmgrens completion of intermountain flora Bronx New York pp 45 58 ISBN 978 0893275228 OCLC 864358652 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Pace Matthew C Tarnowsky Nicole Bloch Ellen D Weiss Amy Zimmerman Charles Thiers Barbara M 2016 04 12 An updated description of the collections and history of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium NY 1995 2015 Brittonia 68 3 317 323 doi 10 1007 s12228 016 9422 8 ISSN 0007 196X S2CID 40405383 Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America Retrieved 10 October 2018 The Botanical Society of America Centennial Award Retrieved 10 October 2018 Boom Brian M 2013 03 01 Noel H Holmgren and Patricia K Holmgren Recipients of the 2012 Asa Gray Award Systematic Botany 38 1 1 4 doi 10 1600 036364413x661836 ISSN 0363 6445 S2CID 84743781 Gold Medal Recipients Retrieved 10 October 2018 Neoholmgrenia W L Wagner amp Hoch Plants of the World Online Kew Science Plants of the World Online Retrieved 18 May 2021 Barneby Rupert C 1980 Dragma Hippomanicum V Two New Astragali from Intermountain United States Brittonia 32 1 24 29 doi 10 2307 2806212 JSTOR 2806212 S2CID 84118361 Scrophulariaceae Flora of Ecuador 21 158 159 1984 Texas Botanical Research Institute of 2013 Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas v 7 no 1 2013 Botanical Research Institute of Texas ISSN 1934 5259 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Anderson Christiane E 2013 Six new species of Hiraea Malpighiaceae from South America Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 108 211 212 Society California Botanical Society California Botanical 2010 Madrono Madrono A West American Journal of Botany California Botanical Society v 57 no 4 2010 Oct Dec ISSN 0024 9637 Chuang T I Heckard L R 1992 A Taxonomic Revision of Orthocarpus Scrophulariaceae Tribe Pediculareae Systematic Botany 17 4 560 582 doi 10 2307 2419727 JSTOR 2419727 Cronquist Arthur 1981 A New Species of Scutellaria Lamiaceae from California Brittonia 33 3 449 450 doi 10 2307 2806435 JSTOR 2806435 S2CID 84928102 International Plant Names Index P K Holmgren External links editThe Patricia and Noel Holmgren Collection Holmgren RG4 Archives The LuEsther T Mertz Library The New York Botanical Garden Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Patricia Kern Holmgren amp oldid 1170307526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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