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Oakes Ames

(26 Dec) 1874 - 1950 (28 Apr)




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Oakes Ames was an American orchidologist and botanist on the faculty of Harvard University. His orchid herbarium of over 130,000 sheets, together with a supporting library, were donated to Harvard in 1938.


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1899. Ames, Oakes. An easy method of propagating Drosera filiformis. Rhodora (9): 172-172.Google Scholar
1901. Ames, Oakes. LOBELIA INFLATA × CARDINALIS. Rhodora (36): 296-298.Google Scholar
1903. Ames, Oakes. NATURAL HYBRIDS IN SPIRANTHES AND HABENARIA. Rhodora (59): 261-264.Google Scholar
1903. Ames, Oakes. LOBELIA × SYPHILITICO—CARDINALIS. Rhodora (60): 284-286.Google Scholar
1904. Ames, Oakes. SPIRANTHES NEGLECTA. Rhodora (62): 27-31.Google Scholar


1904. LeRoy Andrews, A. and Oakes Ames. Some Interesting Mosses from a Southern Vermont Peatbog. Rhodora (62): 43-44.Google Scholar
1905. Ames, Oakes. Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Rhodora (78): 119-120.Google Scholar
1906. Ames, Oakes. SPIRANTHES OVALIS. Rhodora (85): 15-16.Google Scholar
1906. Ames, Oakes. HABENARIA ORBICULATA AND H. MACROPHYLLA. Rhodora (85): 1-5.Google Scholar
1908. Ames, Oakes. Orchidaceæ: illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceæ, issuing from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts. (): .Google Scholar
1908. Ames, Oakes. NOTES ON HABENARIA. Rhodora (112): 70-71.Google Scholar
1909. Ames, Oakes, C. maculata and C. Wisteriana. RECENT NOMENCLATORIAL CHANGES IN THE GENUS CORALLORRHIZA. Rhodora (125): 102-106.Google Scholar
1921. Ames, Oakes. NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND ORCHIDS,— I. SPIRANTHES. Rhodora (268): 73-85.Google Scholar
1922. Ames, Oakes. NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND ORCHIDS,—II. THE MYCORRHIZA OF GOODYERA PUBESCENS. Rhodora (279): 37-46.Google Scholar
1932. Ames, Oakes. AN EXTENSION OF RANGE FOR EPIDENDRUM RHYNCHOPHORUM. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 1-4.Google Scholar
1932. Ames, Oakes. A NEW EPIDENDRUM FROM SPANISH HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 1-3.Google Scholar
1932. Ames, Oakes and Charles Schweinfurth. TWO NEW ORCHIDS FROM YUCATAN AND TRINIDAD. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 4-7.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. A NEW BLETIA FROM SPANISH HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (6): 5-7.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes and Charles Schweinfurth. A NEW BLETIA FROM MEXICO. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (10): 6-7.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. A NEW SOBRALIA FROM THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (10): 1-5.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. A NEW GENUS OF THE PLEUROTHALLIDINAE. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (9): 1-31.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. A NEW EPIDENDRUM FROM HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (8): 1-3.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. AN ADDITION TO THE GENUS EPIDENDRUM. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (7): 1-4.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. AN ADDITION TO THE GENUS HEXADESMIA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (6): 1-3.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. A NEW ONCIDIUM FROM HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (5): 1-5.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. THE HONDURAN SPECIES OF LEPANTHES. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 3-8.Google Scholar
1933. Ames, Oakes. A NEW OCTOMERIA FROM SPANISH HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 1-3.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. NOTES ON MEXICAN EPIDENDRUMS BASED LARGELY ON THE ERIK M. ÖSTLUND COLLECTION. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (1): 1-16.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. CRITICAL NOTES ON COSTA RICAN ORCHIDS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 37-42.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORCHIDS OF SPANISH HONDURAS PART II. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 17-36.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. A NOMENCLATORIAL NOTE. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (9): 112-112.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. EPIDENDRUM CYSTOSUM, A NEW SPECIES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (9): 105-111.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. AN ADDITION TO THE GENUS VANILLA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (8): 101-102.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes and Charles Schweinfurth. A NEW LIPARIS FROM GUATEMALA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (7): 97-99.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. II.. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (6): 85-95.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. THREE POLYMORPHIC ALLIANCES IN EPIDENDRUM. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 41-71.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS II. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 39-40.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 31-32.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. A NEW PLEUROTHALLIS FROM HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 25-29.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. I. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (1): 1-xv.Google Scholar
1934. Ames, Oakes. A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORCHIDS OF SPANISH HONDURAS PART I. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (5): 73-84.Google Scholar
1935. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. III. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 45-59.Google Scholar
1935. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. V. TWO RARE SPECIES FROM MIDDLE AMERICA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (10): 149-176.Google Scholar
1935. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. IV. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (8): 134-135.Google Scholar
1935. Ames, Oakes and Charles Schweinfurth. NOMENCLATORIAL STUDIES IN MALAXIS AND SPIRANTHES. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (8): 113-133.Google Scholar
1935. Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. A FOURTH POLYMORPHIC ALLIANCE IN EPIDENDRUM. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (7): 93-110.Google Scholar
1935. Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. STUDIES IN EPIDENDRUM. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (5): 61-76.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. A RARE SOBRALIA FROM COSTA RICA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 47-51.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. A NEW PLEUROTHALLIS FROM COSTA RICA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 41-46.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. A RARE EPIDENDRUM FROM COSTA RICA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 64-67.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes and Charles Schweinfurth. STUDIES IN PONTHIEVA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 38-40.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. A GENERIC SYNONYM. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 36-38.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. A NEW PLEUROTHALLIS FROM HONDURAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 31-35.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. VI. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 21-25.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes, F. Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. TWO NEW SPECIES OF EPIDENDRUM FROM MIDDLE AMERICA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (1): 1-xix.Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes, Frederic Tracy Hubbard and Charles Schweinfurth. genus Epidendrum in the United States and Middle America. Genus Epidendrum in the United States and Middle America (): .Google Scholar
1936. Ames, Oakes. A RARE VANILLA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 26-29.Google Scholar
1937. Ames, Oakes and Blanche Ames. POLLINATION OF ORCHIDS THROUGH PSEUDOCOPULATION. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (1): 1-xix.Google Scholar
1937. Ames, Oakes and Charles Schweinfurth. A NEW GENUS OF THE SOBRALIEAE. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 33-35.Google Scholar
1937. Ames, Oakes. A NEW EPIDENDRUM FROM MEXICO. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 36-37.Google Scholar
1937. Ames, Oakes. A RARE EPIDENDRUM FROM MEXICO. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 40-40.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. ZEUXINE STRATEUMATICA IN FLORIDA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 37-45.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. HINTONELLA, A NEW GENUS OF THE ORNITHOCEPHALEAE FROM MEXICO. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (9): 185-191.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. RESUPINATION AS A DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTER IN THE ORCHIDACEAE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MALAXIS MONOPHYLLOS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (8): 145-183.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. AN ADDITION TO THE GENUS LEPANTHOPSIS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 70-73.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. A NEW TELIPOGON FROM COSTA RICA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 28-33.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. A NEW CAMPYLOCENTRUM FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 23-27.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. STUDIES IN STELIS. VII. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 13-22.Google Scholar
1938. Ames, Oakes. NOMENCLATORIAL CHANGES. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (6): 100-101.Google Scholar
1941. Ames, Oakes and Louis O. Williams. TWO MEXICAN HABENARIAS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 59-60.Google Scholar
1942. Ames, Oakes and Donovan S. Correll. SOME NEW OR NOTEWORTHY GUATEMALAN ORCHIDS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (4): 61-92.Google Scholar
1943. Ames, Oakes and Donovan S. Correll. NOTES ON AMERICAN ORCHIDS. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (1): 1-xxvii.Google Scholar
1943. Ames, Oakes and Donovan S. Correll. STUDIES IN HABENARIA AND DICHAEA. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (3): 57-80.Google Scholar
1947. Ames, Oakes. COMMENTARIES ON SPIRANTHES, I. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University (2): 17-30.Google Scholar
1953. Summerhayes, V. S., Oakes Ames and Donovan Stewart Correll. Orchids of Guatemala,. Kew Bulletin (4): 554-554.Google Scholar
1953. Summerhayes, V. S., Oakes Ames and Donovan Stewart Correll. Orchids of Guatemala,. Kew Bulletin (2): 238-238.Google Scholar
1963. Ames, Oakes. The Significance of the Angiosperm Seed. Economic Botany (1): 3-9.Google Scholar
1979. Ames, Oakes. The genus Habenaria in North America. (): .Google Scholar
1985. Ames, Oakes and Donovan Stewart Correll. Orchids of Guatemala and Belize. (): .Google Scholar