Robert F. Griggs

American botanist (1881-1962).

Robert Fiske Griggs (August 22, 1881, in Brooklyn, Connecticut – June 10, 1962), was a botanist who led a 1915 National Geographic Society (NGS) expedition to observe the aftermath of the Katmai volcanic eruption.

Abbreviations: Griggs
Occupations: university teacher, scientific collector, mycologist, journalist, explorer, ecologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1881-08-22T00:00:00Z – 1962-06-10T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Brooklyn
Direct attributions: 9 plants, 2 fungi
Authorship mentions: 14 plants, 2 fungi

9 plants attributed, 5 plants contributed to14 plants:

Heliconia tortuosa (Red Twist Heliconia) Griggs 1903
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
Heliconia tortuosa is an herbaceous tropical perennial commonly found in secondary succession in montane forests in Central America and southern Mexico (Chiapas and Tabasco). It is moderately shade tolerant. It has also been widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, usually twisted (hence the name tortuosa) inflorescences. Heliconia tortuosa is selective with its pollination, allowing only green hermit and violet sabrewing hummingbirds to pollinate its flowers.
Heliconia collinsiana (Platanillo) Griggs 1903
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
Heliconia collinsiana (platanillo) of family Heliconiaceae is an erect herb typically growing 10–15 feet (3.0–4.6 m) tall, native to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Tabasco, Nayarit, Jalisco, Veracruz, Michoacán).
Physalis minuta Griggs 1903
annual and perennial plant species in the solanaceae family
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Heliconia librata Griggs 1903
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia crassa Griggs 1903
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia spissa Griggs 1903
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Salix humilis var. tristis (Prairie Willow) (Aiton) Griggs 1905
plant variety in the salicaceae family
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Salix humilis var. trirtis Griggs
plant variety in the salicaceae family
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Heliconia champneiana Griggs 1903
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia revoluta (Griggs) Standl. 1930
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia reticulata (Griggs) H.J.P.Winkl. 1930
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia marginata (Griggs) Pittier 1926
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia adflexa (Griggs) Standl. 1927
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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Heliconia longa (Griggs) H.J.P.Winkl. 1930
plant species in the heliconiaceae family
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