Rupert Charles Barneby

British born american botanist (1911-2000).

Rupert Charles Barneby (6 October 1911 – 5 December 2000) was a British-born self-taught botanist whose primary specialty was the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), the pea family, but he also worked on Menispermaceae and numerous other groups. He was employed by the New York Botanical Garden from the 1950s until shortly before his death. Barneby published prolifically and named and described over 1,100 new species. In addition, he had 25 species named after him as well as four genera: Barnebya, Barnebyella, Barnebydendron, and Rupertia. He received numerous prestigious botanical awards, including Th

Abbreviations: Barneby
Occupations: writer, scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector, academic
Citizenships: United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z – 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Monmouthshire
Direct attributions: 1,790 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1,879 plants, 0 fungi

1,790 plants attributed, 89 plants contributed to1,879 plants:

Senna obtusifolia (Sicklepod) (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
annual, perennial, and vegetable plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna obtusifolia, known by common names including Chinese senna, American sicklepod and sicklepod, is a plant in the genus Senna, sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Diallobus. It grows wild in North, Central, and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and is considered a particularly problematic weed in many places. It has a long-standing history of confusion with Senna tora and that taxon in many sources actually refers to the present species. In the traditional medicine of Eastern Asia, the seeds are called jué míng zǐ in Chinese (simplified: 决明子; traditional: 決明子),
Senna siamea (Siamese Cassia) (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
edible, medicinal, and vegetable plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna siamea, also known as Siamese cassia, kassod tree, cassod tree and cassia tree, is a legume in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, although its exact origin is unknown.
Senna spectabilis (Casia Amarilla) (DC.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna spectabilis is a plant species of the legume family (Fabaceae) in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to South and Central America. They are often grown as an ornamental in front yards, parks, gardens, buildings etc. due to their bright yellow flowers that bloom during the summer months. They are also known as golden wonder tree, American cassia, popcorn tree, Cassia excelsa, golden shower tree or Archibald's cassia. The plant has become an invasive alien species in parts of Africa such as Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, and also in South-India, after it was introduced for
Senna didymobotrya (African Senna) (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna didymobotrya is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names African senna, popcorn senna, candelabra tree, and peanut butter cassia. It is native to Africa, where it can be found across the continent in several types of habitats. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world for use as an ornamental plant, a cover crop, and a leguminous green manure. In some places it is now naturalized in the wild, for example, in parts of Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and the United States in California, Florida, and Hawaii.
Astragalus bibullatus (Pyne's Ground-plum) Barneby & E.L.Bridges 1987
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus bibullatus, the limestone glade milkvetch or Pyne's ground plum, is an endangered species of flowering plant that is endemic to the cedar glades of the central basin of Tennessee in the United States. It is found in only eight populations located within a few kilometers of each other in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Astragalus agnicidus (Humboldt County Milkvetch) Barneby 1957
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus agnicidus is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name Humboldt County milkvetch. It is endemic to northern California, where it is known only from two populations in Humboldt County and one in Mendocino County.
Abarema cochliacarpos (Abarema Cochliocarpos) (Gomes) Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996
plant species in the fabaceae family
Abarema cochliocarpos is a species of tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its common name is barbatimão. It is endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in Alagoas, Bahia, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte and São Paulo. There is a coastal form and an inland form of this species. The coastal form can exceed 10 meters in height. The inland form is up to 4 meters tall and has smaller leaflets which are tougher in texture. In coastal areas this tree grows in woodland habitat on sandy substrates. Inland it can be found in scrub, savanna, and disturbed habitat types. Threats to
Senna surattensis (Glossy Shower) (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
medicinal plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna surattensis, also called glossy shower, scrambled egg tree, glossy shower, golden Senna, glaucous Cassia, sunshine tree and bushy Cassia, is a plant species of the legume family (Fabaceae) in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae that is native to southeast Asia, and possibly northern and eastern Australia. S. surattensis is named after Surat district, situated near Bombay, India.
Senna corymbosa (Argentine Senna) (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna corymbosa is an ornamental plant in the genus Senna. It is also known as Argentine senna, Argentina senna, buttercup bush, flowering senna, Texas flowery senna or tree senna.
Senna septemtrionalis (Arsenic-bush) (Viv.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
medicinal plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna septemtrionalis, commonly known as arsenic bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Central America, the southern United States and Mexico, but is naturalised in many other countries. It is an erect shrub with pinnate leaves, with four or five pairs of egg-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of five to eight, usually with seven fertile stamens and four staminodes in each flower.
Albizia inundata (Mart.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Senna pendula (Valamuerto) (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna pendula, also known as Easter Cassia, Christmas Senna, winter Senna, climbing Cassia, golden shower, pendant Senna and valamuerto, is a plant of the Fabaceae family with a shrub habit that is native to South America. It used in various parts of the world as an ornamental plant and is an environmental weed in Australia. The flowers are yellow and the name pendula means 'pendulous' or 'drooping'.
Chamaecrista absus (Tropical Sensitive-pea) (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
annual plant species in the fabaceae family
Chamaecrista absus (syn. Cassia absus), the pig's senna or tropical sensitive pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, with a worldwide distribution in the tropics and subtropics. An annual herb reaching 60 cm (24 in), it is a common weed of cultivated and waste places, and its seeds are regularly harvested and sold for use in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia.
Astragalus phoenix (Ash Meadows Milkvetch) Barneby 1971
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus phoenix is a rare species of milkvetch commonly known as Ash Meadows milkvetch. It is mostly found in Nye County, southwestern Nevada.
Astragalus johannishowellii (Long Valley Milkvetch) Barneby 1957
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus johannis-howellii is a species of milkvetch known by the common name Long Valley milkvetch. It is native to eastern California, including Long Valley in Mono County, and its distribution extends over the border into Nevada. It is a plant of the Great Basin's scrub habitat. This is a small perennial herb forming loose clumps of very thin branching stems up to 20 centimetres long. The leaves are a few centimetres long and are made up of many tiny folded oval-shaped leaflets. The inflorescence holds 6 to 12 off-white pale-striped flowers, each a few millimetres long. The fruit is a
Astragalus ertterae (Walker Pass Milkvetch) Barneby & Shevock 1987
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus ertterae is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name Walker Pass milkvetch. It is endemic to California, where it is known from only three occurrences near Walker Pass in the Sierra Nevada. It is endangered by trampling, trail use, and also grazing. It is only found in the northeast corner of Kern county, in the Sierra Nevada. Its bloom period is April and May.
Astragalus desereticus (Deseret Milkvetch) Barneby 1964
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus desereticus is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name Deseret milkvetch. It is endemic to Utah County, Utah, where it is known from only one population. It was thought to be extinct until 1981 when this population was discovered. The population contains 5,000 to 10,000 plants on an area of land covering less than 300 acres. It is vulnerable to damage from grazing cattle, which eat the plant and trample the soil, and from development and erosion. This is a federally listed threatened species. This is a perennial herb with a short stem growing from a woody taproot and
Astragalus cremnophylax (Sentry Milkvetch) Barneby 1948
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus cremnophylax is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common names sentry milkvetch and cliff milkvetch. It is endemic to Arizona, where the three varieties grow in three separate locations. The rarest variety, var. cremnophylax, is a federally listed endangered species which grows only on the rim of the Grand Canyon. The two other varieties are known from the Buckskin Mountains and Marble Canyon. This plant is a resident of the Kaibab Limestone, where it grows in cracks in the bare limestone. The habitat is a pavement of dry, exposed, white rock that takes full sun and brisk,
Astragalus beatleyae (Beatley's Milkvetch) Barneby 1970
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Astragalus aquilonius (Lemhi Milkvetch) (Barneby) Barneby 1964
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus aquilonius, the Lemhi milkvetch,is a milkvetch species belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is native to Idaho.
Senna multiglandulosa (Glandular Senna) (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna multiglandulosa, commonly known as glandular senna, downy senna, or buttercup bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and western parts of South America. It is a shrub with pinnate leaves, usually with six to eight pairs of linear to lance-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of ten to twenty, with seven fertile stamens in each flower. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant and in some areas of the world has become naturalized.
Senna hirsuta (Woolly Senna) (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1979
perennial and medicinal plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna hirsuta, commonly known as woolly senna, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to Central and South America, but is naturalised in many other countries. It is an erect or spreading shrub or herbaceous perennial with pinnate leaves, with two to six pairs of egg-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of two to six, with six fertile stamens and four staminodes in each flower.
Senna hebecarpa (Wild Senna) (Fernald) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Senna hebecarpa, with the common names American senna and wild senna, is a species of legume native to eastern North America.
Pseudosamanea cubana (Britton & P.Wilson) Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Pseudosamanea cubana is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found only in Cuba.
Hydrochorea Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Hydrochorea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species native to Central and South America and west and west-central Africa. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Falcataria (Peacocksplume) (I.C.Nielsen) Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Falcataria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the monophyletic Mimosoid clade in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The genus has three species previously classified in the Falcataria section of the genus Paraserianthes by I.C. Neilsen. The distribution of these closely related species within the genus Falcataria links the wet tropics of north-east Australia to New Guinea, the Moluccas, Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands east of Wallace's line similar to other plant taxa from the region.
Ebenopsis ebano (Texas-ebony) (Berland.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes 1996
plant species in the fabaceae family
Ebenopsis ebano is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that is native to the coastal plain of southern Texas in the United States and eastern Mexico. It is commonly known as Texas ebony or ebano (in Spanish).
Chamaecrista apoucouita (Aubl.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby 1982
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Astragalus shevockii (Shevock's Milk-vetch) Barneby 1977
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus shevockii is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common names Little Kern milkvetch and Shevock's milkvetch. It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it grows in the High Sierra, generally on granite-based soils in Jeffrey pine forests.
Astragalus molybdenus (Leadville) Barneby 1950
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Astragalus molybdenus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Leadville milkvetch and molybdenum milkvetch. It is endemic to Colorado in the United States. If the separate species Astragalus shultziorum and Astragalus lackschewitzii are included in A. molybdenum the range expands into Wyoming and Montana.
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