Natalie Whitford Uhl

Natalie Whitford Uhl (1919–2017) was an American botanist[1] who specialised in palms.[2]

Natalie Whitford Uhl
Born
Natalie B. Whitford

1919[1]
DiedMarch 28, 2017(2017-03-28) (aged 97–98)[2]
Georgia, USA[3]
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materRhode Island State College, Cornell University[2]
Spouse(s)Charles H. Uhl[3]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany Palms
InstitutionsL. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium[2]
Author abbrev. (botany)N.W.Uhl

The eldest of three sisters, she grew up on a farm in Rhode Island.[4] She graduated B.S in 1940 from Rhode Island State College, while at the same time publishing two papers with Vernon Cheadle, her senior year advisor (see below).[4] In 1940, she went to Cornell University[4] earning her M.S. in 1943, her Ph.D. in 1947.[2] While at Cornell, she met and married her husband, Charles Uhl.[5]

Her work with palms began in 1963[2] when she returned to Cornell University to work with Harold E. Moore.[5]

in 1978, she and John Dransfield became associate editors of Principes, the journal which later became Palms, and co-editors in 1980 with the death of Harold Moore.[5] She continued to co-edit it until 2000.[2]

The standard author abbreviation N.W.Uhl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Awards
  • In 2002, she won the Asa Gray award,[4][7] awarded by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists "for outstanding accomplishments pertinent to the goals of the society".[7]
  • In 2009, her book,Genera Palmarum: the Evolution and Classification of Palms, won the top award in the technical category of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Literature awards.[8]

Some published names
  • Chamaedorea palmeriana Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990) Principes 34: 122, figs. 4, 5.
  • Chamaedorea pedunculata Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990) Principes 34: 131 (-132), figs. 13. 14.
  • Chamaedorea pedunculata Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990) Principes 34(3): 131.
  • Chamaedorea robertii Hodel & N.W.Uhl (1990) Principes 34: 120, figs. 103.
  • Oraniopsis appendiculata (F.M.Bailey) J.Dransf., A.K.Irvine & N.W.Uhl (1985) Principes 29: 61.
  • Livistona carinensis (Chiov.) J.Dransf. & N.W.Uhl (1983)
  • Cryosophileae J.Dransf., N.W.Uhl, C.Asmussen, W.J.Baker, M.M.Harley & C.Lewis (2005) Kew Bull. 60(4): 561.

(incomplete list)[9]

Some Publications

Books

Articles
  • Cheadle, V.I. & Whitford, N.B. (1940) Notes on the occurrence and general structure of sieve tubes in the Monocotyledoneae. American Journal of Botany: 27 (Supplement to 19), 2s.
  • Cheadle, V.I.; Whitford, N.B. (1941). "Observations on the Phloem in the Monocotyledoneae. I. The Occurrence and Phylogenetic Specialization in Structure of the Sieve Tubes in the Metaphloem". American Journal of Botany. 28 (8): 623–627. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1941.tb10986.x. ISSN 0002-9122.
  • Uhl, Natalie W. (1966). "Morphology and Anatomy of the Inflorescence Axis and Flowers of a New Palm, Aristeyera Spicata". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 47 (1): 9–22. JSTOR 43781549.
  • Hodel, D.R. & Uhl, N.W. (1990) New species of Chamaedorea from Costa Rica and Panama. Principes, 34, 120-133.
  • Dransfield, John; Uhl, Natalie W.; Asmussen, Conny B.; Baker, William J.; Harley, Madeline M.; Lewis, Carl E. (2005). "A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin. 60 (4): 559–569. JSTOR 25070242.
  • Uhl, N.W.; Moore, H.E. (1971). "The Palm Gynoecium". American Journal of Botany. 58 (10): 945–992. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1971.tb10050.x. ISSN 0002-9122.

(incomplete)

References
  1. IPNI: Natalie Whitford Uhl The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "Natalie Whitford Uhl, L. H. Bailey Hortorium Professor Emerita and palm authority, dies at 98". Blogs:Cornall University. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. Cornell Chronicle: Natalie Uhl renowned palm expert dies, at 97. (Matt Hayes, Magdalen Lindeberg, April 3, 2017)
  4. Luckow, M. (2003) "Natalie Whitford Uhl—Recipient of the 2002 Asa Gray Award," Systematic Botany 28(1) doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.1.1
  5. Kurth, D.J. (2000) Natalie Uhl: A Portrait of a Scientist. Palms, 44(1):34-36.
  6. IPNI.  N.W.Uhl.
  7. ASPT awards, American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  8. "Top Botanical, Horticultural Books Awarded - Plant Talk". nybg.org. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  9. "Plants authored by N.W.Uhl". The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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