Elbert Luther Little

American botanist (1907–2004).

Elbert Luther Little, Jr. (October 15, 1907, in Fort Smith, Arkansas; – June 18, 2004) was an American botanist whose career spanned 70 years and largely concerned forest botany. Although he was born in Arkansas, and died in Oregon, he grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, from the age of two and spent much of his life in Arlington, Virginia. Little served as chief dendrologist for the United States Forest Service from 1967 to 1975 and was the author of the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to Trees (1980).https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80057318.html In life he was honored by the Oklahoma

Abbreviations: Little
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1907-10-15T00:00:00Z – 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Arkansas
Direct attributions: 60 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 73 plants, 0 fungi

60 plants attributed, 13 plants contributed to73 plants:

Juniperus osteosperma (Utah Juniper) (Torr.) Little 1948
plant species in the cupressaceae family
Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper; syn. J. utahensis) is a shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States.
Picea × lutzii (Lutz Spruce) Little 1953
plant hybrid species in the pinaceae family
Picea × lutzii is a hybrid spruce tree that is a natural cross between white spruce and Sitka spruce occurring where the ranges of the two species overlap in coastal south-central Alaska and coastal British Columbia. Its common name is Lutz spruce. Its morphology is intermediate between the two parent species, the maritime Sitka spruce and the white spruce of dryer climates further inland. In addition to the parent spruces it shares its ecosystem with Tsuga heterophylla and T. mertensiana. The tree was named for Harold John Lutz, a scientist who specialized in forest soils and worked briefly
Glycosmis parviflora (Flower Axistree) (Sims) Little 1948
medicinal plant species in the rutaceae family
Glycosmis parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, known commonly as Chinese glycosmis and Jamaican Mandarin-orange. It occurs in China, Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar and Vietnam. It is widely naturalized in the tropics including in the West Indies. In temperate zones, it can be cultivated indoors as a houseplant.
Fraxinus gooddingii (Goodding's Ash) Little 1952
plant species in the oleaceae family
Fraxinus gooddingii, the Tiburón ash or Goodding's ash, is a tree native to Sonora and southern Arizona. It is reported from Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties in Arizona, and from numerous locations in Sonora (including Isla Tiburón, Shark Island in the Gulf of California).
Magnolia striatifolia Little 1969
endangered plant species in the magnoliaceae family
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Amanoa anomala Little 1969
critically endangered plant species in the phyllanthaceae family
Amanoa anomala is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Pierreodendron kerstingii (Engl.) Little 1949
vulnerable plant species in the simaroubaceae family
Pierreodendron kerstingii is a species of tree in the family Simaroubaceae. It is endemic to West Africa and found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. It is sometimes considered synonym of Pierreodendron africanum, which would then be a widespread species distributed south to Angola and east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hirtella pauciflora Little 1948
endangered plant species in the chrysobalanaceae family
Hirtella pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.
Guarea polymera Little 1948
plant species in the meliaceae family
Guarea polymera is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Guapira myrtiflora (Standl.) Little 1968
plant species in the nyctaginaceae family
Guapira myrtiflora is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Peru.
Guapira discolor (Beeftree) (Spreng.) Little 1968
plant species in the nyctaginaceae family
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Banisteriopsis campestris (A.Juss.) Little 1959
plant species in the malpighiaceae family
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Matisia alata Little 1948
plant species in the malvaceae family
Matisia alata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Bombacaceae. Found only in Ecuador, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Guapira obtusata (Corcho Prieto) (Jacq.) Little 1968
plant species in the nyctaginaceae family
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Guapira fragrans (Black Mampoo) (Dum.Cours.) Little 1968
plant species in the nyctaginaceae family
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Clusia polystigma Little 1948
vulnerable plant species in the clusiaceae family
Clusia polystigma is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree native to western Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is lowland tropical moist forest. The species was described by Elbert Luther Little in 1948.
Clusia plurivalvis Little 1948
critically endangered plant species in the clusiaceae family
Clusia plurivalvis is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Carya × ludoviciana (Ashe) Little 1943
plant hybrid species in the juglandaceae family
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Carya × lecontei (Bitternut Hickory) Little 1943
plant hybrid species in the juglandaceae family
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Byrsonima wadsworthii (Almendrillo) Little 1953
plant species in the malpighiaceae family
Byrsonima wadsworthii (almendrillo in Spanish) is a rare plant known only to the Luquillo Mountains and the Cordillera Central in Northeastern Puerto Rico. First described by botanist Elbert Luther Little, the plant was named in 1953 in honor of Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth, former supervisor of the Caribbean National Forest (now known as El Yunque National Forest) and first director of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. The first recorded botanical collection was by Claud L. Horn of the Forest Service in 1934.
Virola reidii Little 1970
plant species in the myristicaceae family
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Virola dixonii Little 1970
plant species in the myristicaceae family
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Tetragastris varians Little 1948
plant species in the burseraceae family
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Symplocos ecuadorensis Little 1948
plant species in the symplocaceae family
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Sterculia corrugata Little 1969
plant species in the malvaceae family
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Quercus × filialis Little 1943
plant hybrid species in the fagaceae family
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Quercus × cravenensis (Craven Oak) Little 1943
plant hybrid species in the fagaceae family
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Quercus × burnetensis (Burnet Oak) Little 1943
plant hybrid species in the fagaceae family
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Neosprucea pedicellata Little 1948
plant species in the salicaceae family
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Matisia longipes Little 1969
plant species in the malvaceae family
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