Mary Agnes Chase

U.s. botanist, botanical collector and scientific illustrator (1869–1963).

Mary Agnes Chase (April 29 1869 – September 24 1963) was an American botanist who specialized in agrostology, the study of grasses. Although lacking formal education past elementary school, Chase was able to rise through the ranks as a botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, beginning as an illustrator under the tutelage of Albert Spear Hitchcock, and eventually becoming a senior botanist, overseeing the USDA's Systematic Agrostology department. Chase conducted fieldwork abroad in Europe and South America and published several books, including the First Book of Grasses: The St

Abbreviations: Chase
Occupations: suffragist, scientific illustrator, illustrator, botanist, botanical illustrator, botanical collector, scientific collector, agrostologist
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1869-04-29T00:00:00Z – 1963-09-24T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Iroquois County
Direct attributions: 114 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 157 plants, 0 fungi

114 plants attributed, 43 plants contributed to157 plants:

Sorghum × drummondii (Sudangrass) (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase 1903
annual and perennial plant hybrid species in the poaceae family
Sorghum × drummondii (Sudan grass), is a hybrid-derived species of grass raised for forage and grain, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa. It may also be known as Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum after its parents. Some authorities consider all three species to be subspecies under S. bicolor. The plant is cultivated in Southern Europe, South America, Central America, North America and Southern Asia, for forage or as a cover crop. When treated as a weed, it is known as shattercane. It is distinguished from the grain sorghum (S. bicolor) by the grain (caryopsis)
Scutachne Hitchc. & Chase 1911
plant genus in the poaceae family
Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae. The only known species is Scutachne dura, it is native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti + Dominican Republic).
Mniochloa Chase 1908
plant genus in the poaceae family
Mniochloa is a genus of Cuban plants in the grass family. The only known species is Mniochloa pulchella, native to eastern Cuba near Guantánamo. formerly included see Piresiella Mniochloa strephioides – Piresiella strephioides
Homolepis Chase 1911
plant genus in the poaceae family
Homolepis is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. They are native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies. They are annual or perennial grasses. At least one species has short rhizomes and some have stolons. They vary in form, growing erect or decumbent, the stems reaching 15 centimeters to 2 meters long. They are mostly unbranched. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped to oblong. The panicle is open or narrow with spikelets up to 1.1 centimeters long. These grasses grow in open areas and in shade, often in moist and wet habitat. Molecular phylogeny analysis
Panicum hillmanii (Hillman's Panicgrass) Chase 1924
annual and perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Panicum hillmanii, commonly known as Hillmann's panicgrass, is a grass from genus Panicum native to Southwestern United States. It has been introduced to many other areas, notably including southern Australia where it became widespread, and several parts of Europe.
Echinochloa pyramidalis (Antelope-grass) (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase 1917
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Echinochloa pyramidalis is a species of large grass, occurring naturally in flooded regions and beside lakes in tropical Africa and America, and introduced to various other countries. It is commonly known as antelope grass.
Sacciolepis indica (Glenwood Grass) (L.) Chase 1908
annual and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
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Pleuropogon oregonus (Oregon Semaphore Grass) Chase 1938
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Pleuropogon oregonus is a species of grass known by the common name Anyastum Grass ('on-ya-st-uhm'). It is endemic to Oregon in the United States, where there are only two populations. It has been called "one of the rarest grasses in North America."
Paspalum ceresia (Kuntze) Chase 1925
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Paspalum ceresia is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found in South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru).
Panicum stramineum (Sonoran Panicgrass) Hitchc. & Chase 1910
annual plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum plenum Hitchc. & Chase 1910
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Lasiacis ligulata (Thicket Tribisee) Hitchc. & Chase 1917
plant species in the poaceae family
Lasiacis ligulata is a species of grass found in the Caribbean and Tropical South America.
Ichnanthus nemoralis (Schrad.) Hitchc. & Chase 1917
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Cyperus lentiginosus (Latin American Flatsedge) Millsp. & Chase 1903
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
Cyperus lentiginosus is a species of sedge that is native to southern parts of North America, Central America and northern parts of South America.
Tridens chapmanii (Chapman's Tridens) (Small) Chase 1951
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Sacciolepis myuros (Lam.) Chase 1908
annual and perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Paspalum almum (Comb's Crowngrass) Chase 1933
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum stevensianum (Stevens' Panicgrass) Hitchc. & Chase 1915
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum parcum Hitchc. & Chase 1910
annual plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum pampinosum Hitchc. & Chase 1910
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum lepidulum Hitchc. & Chase 1910
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum cervicatum Chase 1942
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Panicum altum Hitchc. & Chase 1915
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Echinolaena inflexa (Poir.) Chase 1911
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Axonopus purpusii (Purpus' Carpetgrass) (Mez) Chase 1927
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Arthrostylidium haitiense (Pilg.) Hitchc. & Chase 1917
plant species in the poaceae family
Arthrostylidium haitiense is a species of climbing bamboo in the grass family (Poaceae). It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, which is divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It grows in mountain forests, and can form dense thickets.
Sacciolepis vilvoides (Trin.) Chase 1908
annual and perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Sacciolepis curvata (Forest Hood Grass) (L.) Chase 1908
annual and perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Paspalum ionanthum Chase 1937
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Mniochloa pulchella (Griseb.) Chase 1908
plant species in the poaceae family
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