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Fred Alexander Barkley

(04 Nov) 1908 - 1989 (24 Jun)





Fred Barkley was an American botanist with research interests in Mexican and Central American flora. While curator of the herbarium (now called the Plant Resources Center) at the University of Texas in Austin, he initiated collection efforts in Mexico and Texas, and facilitated the exchange of Latin American material with other herbaria. Barkley produced a monograph on the genus Rhus for his doctoral research, and named a new genus in the Anacardiaceae in 1937. Barkley published several papers on the genus Begonia in his later years. His original set of Mexican collections (1944-1947) is at the University of Texas at Austin (TEX). Some duplicates of his collections are at Cornell University (BH).

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1933. Foster, Adriance S. and Fred A. Barkley. Organization and Development of Foliar Organs in Paeonia officinalis. American Journal of Botany (5): 365-385.Google Scholar
1936. Barkley, Fred A.. A Note on the Shrubs of a Desert Plains Community in Nolan County, Texas. Ecology (1): 178-184.Google Scholar
1937. Barkley, Fred Alexander. Studies in the Anacardiaceae. II. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (3): 499-500.Google Scholar
1937. Barkley, Fred A.. A New Genus of Anacardiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1): .Google Scholar
1937. Barkley, Fred A.. Studies in the Anacardiaceae. I. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (2): .Google Scholar


1937. Barkley, Fred Alexander. A Monographic Study of Rhus and Its Immediate Allies in North and Central America, Including the West Indies. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (3): 265-498.Google Scholar
1940. Sharp, A. J. and Fred A. Barkley. Keys to the Phyla of Organisms including Keys to the Orders of the Plant Kingdom. The Bryologist (1): 26-26.Google Scholar
1940. Sharp, A. J. and Fred A. Barkley. Keys to the Phyla of Organisms including Keys to the Orders of the Plant Kingdom. Castanea (1): 14-14.Google Scholar
1942. Barkley, Fred A.. A New Genus of the Anacardiaceae from Colombia. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (6): .Google Scholar
1944. Barkley, Fred A.. NOTEWORTHY PLANTS OF TEXAS. II. A NEW SPECIES OF PELTANDRA. Madroño (5): 131-133.Google Scholar
1944. Barkley, Fred A.. Schinus L.. Brittonia (2): 160-198.Google Scholar
1945. Tharp, B. C. and Fred A. Barkley. NOTEWORTHY PLANTS OF TEXAS. IV. PEDIOMELUM RYDBERG. Madroño (2): 48-56.Google Scholar
1946. Tharp, B. C. and Fred A. Barkley. Noteworthy Plants of Texas-V. Additional Psoraleae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (2): 131-133.Google Scholar
1947. Barkley, Fred A.. Noteworthy Plants of South America-III. Specimens of Mauria. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1): 77-80.Google Scholar
1947. Standley, Paul C. and Fred A. Barkley. Noteworthy Plants of South America-IV. Three Vargas Specimens. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1): 81-84.Google Scholar
1947. Barkley, Fred A.. Noteworthy Plants of South America-V. The Genus Ochoterenaea. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1): 85-86.Google Scholar
1948. Standley, Paul C. and Fred A. Barkley. NOTEWORTHY SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS, I AND II. Madroño (5): 149-155.Google Scholar
1949. Tharp, B.C. and Fred A. Barkley. The Genus Ruellia in Texas. The American Midland Naturalist (1): 1-86.Google Scholar
1955. Barkley, Fred A.. Carlos Alberto O'Donell, 1912-1954. Brittonia (2): 115-120.Google Scholar
1970. Barkley, Fred Alexander, 1908- and FAO of the UN. Outline classification of organisms. (): i, 56 p..Google Scholar





Fred Alexander Barkley collected 9 BH specimens from:

Colombia
Honduras
Mexico DF
USA ID TX



COLLECTOR Fred Alexander Barkley has 13 specimens at BH


YearDateGenus speciesCollectorCountryState/equivLocality
unknown25 Mar 1970Rhus costaricensisBarkley[Fred A.]Gillis[Wm.] 40119HondurasNear Santa Lucia
unknown1 Sep 1946Psittacanthus calyculatusOrtenburger[A.I.]Paxson[J.B.]Barkley[Fred A.] 16M6499MexicoDFTwenty miles south of Mexico City
unknown3 May 1947Cotinus americanusTharp[B.C.]Moon[B.R.]Barkley[Fred A.] 17T175USATX
unknown3 May 1947Cotinus americanusTharp[B.C.]Rowell[C.M.]Barkley[Fred A.] 17T176USATX
193715 Sep 1937Equisetum arvenseBarkley[Fred A.] 1787USAIDLochsa River
193827 May 1938Luzula parvifloraBarkley[Fred A.] 2408USAIDLochsa Valley
19437 Jul 1943Marsilea uncinataBarkley[Fred A.] 13130USATX
194317 Sep 1943Symphyotrichum subulatumBarkley[Fred A.] 13953USATXFrio State Park, bank of Rio Frio
194327 Nov 1943Sabal minorBarkley[Fred A.]Tharp[B.C.] 13A100USATXSouth of Vanderbilt, edge of Menehee Flats
194330 Oct 1943Spiranthes cernuaTharp[B.C.]Barkley[Fred A.] 13733USATXNewbaden
194425 Aug 1944Potamogeton nodosusBarkley[Fred A.] 14646USATXLake Austin, along the edge
194718 May 1947Pellaea Barkley[Fred A.]York[C.L.]Tharp[B.C.] 47252USATXAbout two miles north of Fredericksburg
194715 Nov 1947Crotalaria anagyroidesGutierrez[Gabriel V.]Barkley[Fred A.] Colombia