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Ernst Cleveland Abbe

(21 Aug) 1905 - 2000 (15 Mar)




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Undergraduate student (19??-1928); graduate student of Arthur J. Eames



Ernst Cleveland Abbe was an American plant anatomist known for his work on the Betulaceae and Myrsinaceae. After he completed his education at Cornell University and Harvard University, he became a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Department of Botany, where he stayed for the remainder of his career. He regularly led joint research expeditions with his spouse Lucy B. Abbe to Hudson Bay, the North Shore of Minnesota, Borneo, Malaysia, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Abbe was a fellow of several prestigious organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Linnaean Society of London. He was also the vice president (1951-1952) and later president (1952-1953) of the Minnesota Academy of Science.


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1935. Abbe, Ernst C.. Studies in the Phylogeny of the Betulaceae. I. Floral and Inflorescence Anatomy and Morphology. Botanical Gazette (1): 1-67.Google Scholar
1936. Abbe, Ernst C.. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GRAY HERBARIUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY—NO. CXI. BOTANICAL RESULTS OF THE GRENFELL-FORBES NORTHERN LABRADOR EXPEDITION, 1931. Rhodora (448): 102-161.Google Scholar
1938. Abbe, Ernst C.. Studies in the Phylogeny of the Betulaceae. II. Extremes in the Range of Variation of Floral and Inflorescence Morphology. Botanical Gazette (3): 431-469.Google Scholar
1940. Abbe, Ernst C. and T. T. Earle. Inflorescence, Floral anatomy and Morphology of Leitneria floridana. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (3): 173-193.Google Scholar
1940. Butters, F. K. and E. C. Abbe. THE AMERICAN VARIETIES OF RORIPPA ISLANDICA. Rhodora (494): 25-32.Google Scholar


1940. Butters, Frederic King and E.C. Abbe. The American varieties of Rorippa islandica. Rhodora (494): 25-32.Google Scholar
1941. Abbe, Ernst C., L. F. Randolph and John Einset. The Developmental Relationship between Shoot Apex and Growth Pattern of Leaf Blade in Diploid Maize. American Journal of Botany (9): 778-784.Google Scholar
1943. Butters, Fred K. and E. C. Abbe. A NEW OXYTROPE OF THE MINNESOTA-ONTARIO BORDER. Rhodora (529): 1-4.Google Scholar
1947. Butters, F. K. and E. C. Abbe. The genus Poa in Cook County, Minnesota. Rhodora (577): 1-21.Google Scholar
1948. Abbe, Ernst C.. BRAYA IN BOREAL EASTERN AMERICA. Rhodora (589): 1-15.Google Scholar
1948. Abbe, Ernst C.. FREDERIC KING BUTTERS, 1878—1945. Rhodora (594): 133-144.Google Scholar
1951. Abbe, E. C. and B. O. Phinney. The Growth of the Shoot Apex in Maize: External Features. American Journal of Botany (9): 737-744.Google Scholar
1951. Abbe, E. C., B. O. Phinney and D. F. Baer. The Growth of the Shoot Apex in Maize: Internal Features. American Journal of Botany (9): 744-751.Google Scholar
1953. Butters, Fred K. and Ernst C. Abbe. A FLORISTIC STUDY OF COOK COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. Rhodora (650): 21-55.Google Scholar
1953. Butters, Fred K. and Ernst C. Abbe. A FLORISTIC STUDY OF COOK COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (Concluded). Rhodora (653): 161-201.Google Scholar
1953. Butters, Fred K. and Ernst C. Abbe. A FLORISTIC STUDY OF COOK COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (Continued). Rhodora (652): 116-154.Google Scholar
1953. Butters, Fred K. and Ernst C. Abbe. A FLORISTIC STUDY OF COOK COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA (Continued). Rhodora (651): 63-101.Google Scholar
1954. Abbe, E. C. and O. L. Stein. The Growth of the Shoot Apex in Maize: Embryogeny. American Journal of Botany (4): 285-293.Google Scholar
1954. Abbe, Ernst C.. Carex aenea Fernald (typical) in Cook County, Minnesota. Rhodora (670): 231-232.Google Scholar
1974. Abbe, Ernst C.. Flowers and Inflorescences of the "Amentiferae". Botanical Review (2): 159-261.Google Scholar
1986. Kaul, Robert B., Ernst C. Abbe and Lucy B. Abbe. Reproductive Phenology of the Oak Family (Fagaceae) in the Lowland Rain Forests of Borneo. Biotropica (1): 51-55.Google Scholar
1986. Walker, Mary, Garrett Crow, Richard A. Howard, Harold St. John, Margery Poole Taylor, Ralph Wetmore, Reed C. Rollins, Rolla Tryon, Shiu Ying Hu, Walter H. Hodge, Carroll Wood, Richard Evans Schultes, Ernst C. Abbe, George L. Church, Lincoln Constance, Joseph Ewan, Richard H. Goodwin, Quentin Jones, Alexander Lincoln, Wayne E. Manning, Eugene Ogden, Lilly M. Perry, Hugh M. Raup, Frank Seymour, Lyman B. Smith and G. Ledyard Stebbins. THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 800TH MEETING. Rhodora (854): 157-228.Google Scholar