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Andrew Henderson (botanist)

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Andrew James Henderson (born September 8, 1950) is a palm-systematist and Curator of the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden.[1] He has authored taxonomic descriptions of 140 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family[2]

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Education

Henderson was educated in Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire and Birkbeck College, University of London.[1] In 1986, he received 'The George H.M. Lawrence Memorial Award', in the amount of $2,000, presented by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University and presented at the annual banquet of the Botanical Society of America.[3] He later received his Ph.D. from City University of New York in 1987.[1]

He joined the New York Botanic Garden in 1987.[1]

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Works

He has authored several books, including The Palms of the Amazon[4][5] and a field guide to the palms of the Americas.[6][7]

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