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'''Patricia Holmgren (née Kern)''' is an [[United States|American]] botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. [[Intermountain West|intermountain west]] and the genera ''[[Tiarella]]'' and ''[[Thlaspi]]''. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden from 1981-2000, and editor of ''[[Index Herbariorum]]'' from 1974-2008.<ref name=":0" />
'''Patricia Holmgren (née Kern)''' is an [[United States|American]] botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. [[Intermountain West|intermountain west]] and the genera ''[[Tiarella]]'' and ''[[Thlaspi]]''. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden from 1981–2000, and editor of ''[[Index Herbariorum]]'' from 1974–2008.<ref name=":0" />


== Life ==
== Life ==
Patricia May Kern was born to Robert Evan Kern (1919-2004) and Ruth Eleanor Beaudoin Kern (1921-1992) in 1940, in Athens, Indiana.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title="Patricia May Kern Holmgren: The Early Years" in Harmony and grit : papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora|last=Tiehm|first=Arnold|publisher=|others=Buck, William R., Naczi, Robert F. C. (editors)|year=2013|isbn=978-0893275228|location=Bronx, New York|pages=35–44|oclc=864358652}}</ref> Her parents began raising Christmas trees in 1946, and Holmgren spent part of her summers trimming trees and weekends in the fall and winter helping with the business.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title="Writing Intermountain flora: When and Who" in Intermountain flora; vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.|last=Holmgren|first=Noel H.|publisher=Published for the New York Botanical Garden by Hafner Pub. Co|year=2017|isbn=978-0-89327-546-4|volume=7|location=|publication-date=2017|pages=97–101}}</ref> Holmgren was introduced to nature at an early age; through her father's conservation work on their property, and during family vacations to western national parks during the farm's off-season.<ref name=":2" /> From fifth grade to her high school graduation, Holmgren was active in [[4-H]], winning many contests in forestry and sewing.<ref name=":2" />
Patricia May Kern was born to Robert Evan Kern (1919–2004) and Ruth Eleanor Beaudoin Kern (1921–1992) in 1940, in Athens, Indiana.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|chapter=Patricia May Kern Holmgren: The Early Years|title=Harmony and grit: papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora|last=Tiehm|first=Arnold|editor1=Buck, William R.|editor2=Naczi, Robert F. C.|year=2013|isbn=978-0893275228|location=Bronx, New York|pages=35–44|oclc=864358652}}</ref> Her parents began raising Christmas trees in 1946, and Holmgren spent part of her summers trimming trees and weekends in the fall and winter helping with the business.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|chapter=Writing Intermountain flora: When and Who|title=Intermountain flora; vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.|last=Holmgren|first=Noel H.|publisher=Published for the New York Botanical Garden by Hafner Pub. Co|year=2017|isbn=978-0-89327-546-4|volume=7|location=|publication-date=2017|pages=97–101}}</ref> Holmgren was introduced to nature at an early age; through her father's conservation work on their property, and during family vacations to western national parks during the farm's off-season.<ref name=":2" /> From fifth grade to her high school graduation, Holmgren was active in [[4-H]], winning many contests in forestry and sewing.<ref name=":2" />


Holmgren attended high school at Rochester High School in [[Rochester, Indiana]], graduating in 1958 as valedictorian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Misses Kern, Van Lue Leading RHS Scholars|last=|first=|date=19 February 1958|work=Rochester Sentinel|access-date=}}</ref> Holmgren attended [[Indiana University]], getting a B.S. in 1962. She later attended the [[University of Washington]], completing a M.S. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1968.<ref name=":1">Curriculum Vitae, Patricia K. Holmgren (2017). Folder Patricia Kern Holmgren, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. October 10, 2018.</ref> At the [[University of Washington]], Holmgren completed a systematic study of ''[[Tiarella]]'' ([[Saxifragaceae]]) with advisor Arthur R. Kruckeberg.<ref name=":2" /> She remained at the [[University of Washington]] for her Ph.D., a systematic study of the [[Noccaea montana|''Thlaspi montanum'']] ([[Brassicaceae]]) group, with advisor [[Charles Leo Hitchcock|C. Leo Hitchcock]].<ref name=":2" /> In addition to her own research, Holmgren became chief editorial assistant during the preparation of the last two volumes of the ''Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest'' with Hitchcock.<ref name=":2" />
Holmgren attended high school at Rochester High School in [[Rochester, Indiana]], graduating in 1958 as valedictorian.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Misses Kern, Van Lue Leading RHS Scholars|last=|first=|date=19 February 1958|work=Rochester Sentinel|access-date=}}</ref> Holmgren attended [[Indiana University]], getting a B.S. in 1962. She later attended the [[University of Washington]], completing a M.S. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1968.<ref name=":1">Curriculum Vitae, Patricia K. Holmgren (2017). Folder Patricia Kern Holmgren, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. October 10, 2018.</ref> At the [[University of Washington]], Holmgren completed a systematic study of ''[[Tiarella]]'' ([[Saxifragaceae]]) with advisor Arthur R. Kruckeberg.<ref name=":2" /> She remained at the [[University of Washington]] for her Ph.D., a systematic study of the [[Noccaea montana|''Thlaspi montanum'']] ([[Brassicaceae]]) group, with advisor [[Charles Leo Hitchcock|C. Leo Hitchcock]].<ref name=":2" /> In addition to her own research, Holmgren became chief editorial assistant during the preparation of the last two volumes of the ''Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest'' with Hitchcock.<ref name=":2" />
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== Career ==
== Career ==
[[File:William Buck, Patricia Holmgren - New York Botanical Garden Herbarium Group Photo.jpg|alt=A group photo of 5 herbarium employees, standing in front of a large pile of specimens in boxes|thumb|Patricia Holmgren (front) with fellow New York Botanical Garden herbarium staff (behind, L to R): Lois Brako, Barbara Thiers, Bill Buck, & Jim Grimes.]]
[[File:William Buck, Patricia Holmgren - New York Botanical Garden Herbarium Group Photo.jpg|alt=A group photo of 5 herbarium employees, standing in front of a large pile of specimens in boxes|thumb|Patricia Holmgren (front) with fellow New York Botanical Garden herbarium staff (behind, L to R): Lois Brako, Barbara Thiers, Bill Buck, & Jim Grimes.]]
After completing her Ph.D. at the [[University of Washington]], Holmgren accepted a job as herbarium specialist at the [[New York Botanical Garden]] (NYBG) in 1968. Holmgren spent her entire working career at NYBG, eventually becoming the Director of the Herbarium in 1981, a position she held until her retirement in 2000.<ref name=":1" /> As director of The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, Holmgren insisted on the highest possible standards for specimen management and for keeping the herbarium in the forefront on new innovations (such as the creation of an online ''[[Index Herbariorum]]'' and development of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium).<ref>{{Cite book|title="Digitizing The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium" in Harmony and grit : papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora|last=Thiers|first=Barbara M., et al.|publisher=|others=Buck, William R., Naczi, Robert F. C. (editors)|year=2013|isbn=978-0893275228|location=Bronx, New York|pages=45–58|oclc=864358652}}</ref> Holmgren was also instrumental in conception, fundraising, and design of a new, state-of-the-art building to house the herbarium, the International Plant Science Center, which officially opened for research in 2002.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pace|first=Matthew C.|last2=Tarnowsky|first2=Nicole|last3=Bloch|first3=Ellen D.|last4=Weiss|first4=Amy|last5=Zimmerman|first5=Charles|last6=Thiers|first6=Barbara M.|date=2016-04-12|title=An updated description of the collections and history of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY): 1995–2015|journal=Brittonia|language=en|volume=68|issue=3|pages=317–323|doi=10.1007/s12228-016-9422-8|issn=0007-196X}}</ref> Holmgren continues to work at the garden as Director Emerita of the herbarium.
After completing her Ph.D. at the [[University of Washington]], Holmgren accepted a job as herbarium specialist at the [[New York Botanical Garden]] (NYBG) in 1968. Holmgren spent her entire working career at NYBG, eventually becoming the Director of the Herbarium in 1981, a position she held until her retirement in 2000.<ref name=":1" /> As director of The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, Holmgren insisted on the highest possible standards for specimen management and for keeping the herbarium in the forefront on new innovations (such as the creation of an online ''[[Index Herbariorum]]'' and development of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium).<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Digitizing The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium |title=Harmony and grit: papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora|last=Thiers|first=Barbara M.|display-authors=etal|editor1=Buck, William R.|editor2=Naczi, Robert F. C.|year=2013|isbn=978-0893275228|location=Bronx, New York|pages=45–58|oclc=864358652}}</ref> Holmgren was also instrumental in conception, fundraising, and design of a new, state-of-the-art building to house the herbarium, the International Plant Science Center, which officially opened for research in 2002.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pace|first=Matthew C.|last2=Tarnowsky|first2=Nicole|last3=Bloch|first3=Ellen D.|last4=Weiss|first4=Amy|last5=Zimmerman|first5=Charles|last6=Thiers|first6=Barbara M.|date=2016-04-12|title=An updated description of the collections and history of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY): 1995–2015|journal=Brittonia|language=en|volume=68|issue=3|pages=317–323|doi=10.1007/s12228-016-9422-8|issn=0007-196X}}</ref> Holmgren continues to work at the garden as Director Emerita of the herbarium.


In addition to her herbarium leadership, Holmgren played an active role in a number of botanical societies and botanical journals:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
In addition to her herbarium leadership, Holmgren played an active role in a number of botanical societies and botanical journals:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


* [[American Society of Plant Taxonomists]]: Council member (1975-1979), Treasurer (1985-1988), Persident (1989-1990)
* [[American Society of Plant Taxonomists]]: Council member (1975–1979), Treasurer (1985–1988), Persident (1989–1990)
* [[Association of Systematics Collections]]: Board of Directors (1988-1994), Secretary (1992-1994)
* [[Association of Systematics Collections]]: Board of Directors (1988–1994), Secretary (1992–1994)
* [[Botanical Society of America]]: Council member (1975-1984), Secretary (1975-1979), Vice President (1980), President (1981)
* [[Botanical Society of America]]: Council member (1975–1984), Secretary (1975–1979), Vice President (1980), President (1981)
* ''Brittonia'': Associate Editor (1975-1991), Managing Editor (1984-1991)
* ''Brittonia'': Associate Editor (1975–1991), Managing Editor (1984–1991)
* ''[[Index Herbariorum]]'': Editor (1974-2008)
* ''[[Index Herbariorum]]'': Editor (1974–2008)
* [[International Association for Plant Taxonomy]]: Board of Directors (1993-2005)
* [[International Association for Plant Taxonomy]]: Board of Directors (1993–2005)
* ''[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]]'': Editor of News and Notes (1983-1988), Editor of Herbaria and Institutions (1992-2002)
* ''[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]]'': Editor of News and Notes (1983–1988), Editor of Herbaria and Institutions (1992–2002)


Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren were instrumental to the completion of ''Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.'', a nine volume flora on the vascular plants of the western United States between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ranges''.'' In addition to collecting many herbarium specimens that would provide the baseline data for descriptions and geographic distributions; Patricia was involved in editing, proofreading, and writing family treatments for the flora.<ref name=":0" />
Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren were instrumental to the completion of ''Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.'', a nine volume flora on the vascular plants of the western United States between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ranges''.'' In addition to collecting many herbarium specimens that would provide the baseline data for descriptions and geographic distributions; Patricia was involved in editing, proofreading, and writing family treatments for the flora.<ref name=":0" />
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*[[Botanical Society of America]] Distinguished Fellow (Merit) Award (1991)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bsamerit.php#91|title=Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[Botanical Society of America]] Distinguished Fellow (Merit) Award (1991)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bsamerit.php#91|title=Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[Botanical Society of America]] Centennial Award (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://botany.org/Awards/Centennial.php|title=The Botanical Society of America "Centennial Award"|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[Botanical Society of America]] Centennial Award (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://botany.org/Awards/Centennial.php|title=The Botanical Society of America "Centennial Award"|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
* The [[American Society of Plant Taxonomists]]'s Asa Gray Award (2012), jointly with [[Noel Holmgren]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Boom|first=Brian M.|date=2013-03-01|title=Noel H. Holmgren and Patricia K. Holmgren - Recipients of the 2012 Asa Gray Award|journal=Systematic Botany|language=en-US|volume=38|issue=1|pages=1–4|doi=10.1600/036364413x661836|issn=0363-6445}}</ref>
* The [[American Society of Plant Taxonomists]]'s Asa Gray Award (2012), jointly with [[Noel Holmgren]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Boom|first=Brian M.|date=2013-03-01|title=Noel H. Holmgren and Patricia K. Holmgren – Recipients of the 2012 Asa Gray Award|journal=Systematic Botany|language=en-US|volume=38|issue=1|pages=1–4|doi=10.1600/036364413x661836|issn=0363-6445}}</ref>
* The [[New York Botanical Garden]]'s Gold Medal Award (2013), jointly with [[Noel Holmgren]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nybg.org/about/institutional-information/gold-medal-recipients/|title=Gold Medal Recipients|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
* The [[New York Botanical Garden]]'s Gold Medal Award (2013), jointly with [[Noel Holmgren]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nybg.org/about/institutional-information/gold-medal-recipients/|title=Gold Medal Recipients|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>


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* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100384583 ''Carex holmgreniorum'' Reznicek & D.F. Murray]—named in honor of Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel Holmgren, and Patricia Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Texas.|first=Botanical Research Institute of|date=2013|title=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/236568#page/53/mode/1up|language=en|volume=v.7:no.1(2013)|issn=1934-5259|publisher=Botanical Research Institute of Texas}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100384583 ''Carex holmgreniorum'' Reznicek & D.F. Murray]—named in honor of Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel Holmgren, and Patricia Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Texas.|first=Botanical Research Institute of|date=2013|title=Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/236568#page/53/mode/1up|language=en|volume=v.7:no.1(2013)|issn=1934-5259|publisher=Botanical Research Institute of Texas}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100441016 ''Hiraea holmgreniorum'' C.E. Anderson]—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Christiane E.|date=2013|title=Six new species of Hiraea (Malpighiaceae) from South America|url=|journal=Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden|volume=108|pages=211–212|via=}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100441016 ''Hiraea holmgreniorum'' C.E. Anderson]—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Christiane E.|date=2013|title=Six new species of Hiraea (Malpighiaceae) from South America|url=|journal=Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden|volume=108|pages=211–212|via=}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100372109 ''Mentzelia holmgreniorum'' J.J. Schenk & L. Hufford]—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Society.|first=California Botanical|last2=Society.|first2=California Botanical|date=2010|title=Madro&#241;o;|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185636#page/42/mode/1up|language=en|volume=v.57:no.4 (2010:Oct.-Dec.)|issn=0024-9637|publisher=California Botanical Society.}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100372109 ''Mentzelia holmgreniorum'' J.J. Schenk & L. Hufford]—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Society.|first=California Botanical|last2=Society.|first2=California Botanical|date=2010|title=Madroño;|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185636#page/42/mode/1up|language=en|volume=v.57:no.4 (2010:Oct.-Dec.)|issn=0024-9637|publisher=California Botanical Society.}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/29206339 ''Orthocarpus tolmiei'' subsp. ''holmgreniorum'' T.I. Chuang & Heckard]—named in honor of Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel Holmgren, and Patricia Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chuang|first=T. I.|last2=Heckard|first2=L. R.|date=1992|title=A Taxonomic Revision of Orthocarpus (Scrophulariaceae-Tribe Pediculareae)|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=17|issue=4|pages=560–582|doi=10.2307/2419727|jstor=2419727}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/29206339 ''Orthocarpus tolmiei'' subsp. ''holmgreniorum'' T.I. Chuang & Heckard]—named in honor of Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel Holmgren, and Patricia Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chuang|first=T. I.|last2=Heckard|first2=L. R.|date=1992|title=A Taxonomic Revision of Orthocarpus (Scrophulariaceae-Tribe Pediculareae)|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=17|issue=4|pages=560–582|doi=10.2307/2419727|jstor=2419727}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/17603181 ''Scutellaria holmgreniorum'' Cronquist]—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cronquist|first=Arthur|date=1981|title=A New Species of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from California|journal=Brittonia|volume=33|issue=3|pages=449–450|doi=10.2307/2806435|jstor=2806435}}</ref>
* [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/17603181 ''Scutellaria holmgreniorum'' Cronquist]—named in honor of Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cronquist|first=Arthur|date=1981|title=A New Species of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from California|journal=Brittonia|volume=33|issue=3|pages=449–450|doi=10.2307/2806435|jstor=2806435}}</ref>
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== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==


* Holmgren, P.K., & Keuken, W. (1975). Index Herbariorum Ed. 6: Geographical Arrangements of the Herbaria Listed in Index Herbariorum, Edition Six. ''Taxon,'' '''24'''(4), 543-551. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1219533
* Holmgren, P.K., & Keuken, W. (1975). Index Herbariorum Ed. 6: Geographical Arrangements of the Herbaria Listed in Index Herbariorum, Edition Six. ''Taxon,'' '''24'''(4), 543-551. {{JSTOR|1219533}}
* Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (1979). A new species of ''Asclepias'' (Asclepiadaceae) from Utah. ''Brittonia'', '''31'''(1): 110–114. https://doi.org/10.2307/2806683
* Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (1979). A new species of ''Asclepias'' (Asclepiadaceae) from Utah. ''Brittonia'', '''31'''(1): 110–114. {{doi|10.2307/2806683}}
* Rollins, R.C. & Holmgren, P.K. (1980). A new species of Caulanthus (Cruciferae) from Nevada. ''Brittonia'', '''32'''(2): 148–151. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/2806781</nowiki>
* Rollins, R.C. & Holmgren, P.K. (1980). A new species of Caulanthus (Cruciferae) from Nevada. ''Brittonia'', '''32'''(2): 148–151. {{doi|10.2307/2806781}}
* Holmgren, P.K., & Holmgren, N. H. (1991). Index Herbariorum: Additions to Index Herbariorum, Edition 8. ''Taxon,'' '''40'''(4), 687-692. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1222796
* Holmgren, P.K., & Holmgren, N. H. (1991). Index Herbariorum: Additions to Index Herbariorum, Edition 8. ''Taxon,'' '''40'''(4), 687–692. {{JSTOR|1222796}}
* Holmgren, P.K., Kallunki, J.A. & Thiers, B.M. (1996). A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). ''Brittonia'', '''48'''(3): 285–296. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02805288
* Holmgren, P.K., Kallunki, J.A. & Thiers, B.M. (1996). A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). ''Brittonia'', '''48'''(3): 285–296. {{doi|10.1007/BF02805288}}
* Holmgren, N.H., & Holmgren, P.K. (2002). New Mentzelias (Loasaceae) from the Intermountain Region of Western United States. ''Systematic Botany'', '''27'''(4): 747-762. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3093920
* Holmgren, N.H., & Holmgren, P.K. (2002). New Mentzelias (Loasaceae) from the Intermountain Region of Western United States. ''Systematic Botany'', '''27'''(4): 747–762. {{JSTOR|3093920}}
* Holmgren, P.K. (2004). Lectotypifications and a new combination in western North American Cleomaceae. ''Brittonia'', '''56'''(2): 103–106. https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056&#x5B;0103:LAANCI&#x5D;2.0.CO;2
* Holmgren, P.K. (2004). Lectotypifications and a new combination in western North American Cleomaceae. ''Brittonia'', '''56'''(2): 103–106.{{doi|10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056&#x5B;0103:LAANCI&#x5D;2.0.CO;2}}
* Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (2010). New combinations and lectotypifications of North American taxa in Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fumariaceae, Montiaceae, Papaveraceae, and Ranunculaceae. ''Brittonia,'' '''62'''(3): 264–266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-010-9149-x
* Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (2010). New combinations and lectotypifications of North American taxa in Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fumariaceae, Montiaceae, Papaveraceae, and Ranunculaceae. ''Brittonia,'' '''62'''(3): 264–266. {{doi|10.1007/s12228-010-9149-x}}


{{botanist|P.K.Holmgren|Homlgren, Patricia}}
{{botanist|P.K.Holmgren|Homlgren, Patricia}}

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Patricia Kern Holmgren
Patricia Kern Holmgren in 1971
Born1940
Alma mater
SpouseNoel Holmgren
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Doctoral advisorCharles Leo Hitchcock
Author abbrev. (botany)P.K.Holmgren

Patricia Holmgren (née Kern) is an American botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. intermountain west and the genera Tiarella and Thlaspi. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden from 1981–2000, and editor of Index Herbariorum from 1974–2008.[1]

Life

Patricia May Kern was born to Robert Evan Kern (1919–2004) and Ruth Eleanor Beaudoin Kern (1921–1992) in 1940, in Athens, Indiana.[2] Her parents began raising Christmas trees in 1946, and Holmgren spent part of her summers trimming trees and weekends in the fall and winter helping with the business.[1] Holmgren was introduced to nature at an early age; through her father's conservation work on their property, and during family vacations to western national parks during the farm's off-season.[2] From fifth grade to her high school graduation, Holmgren was active in 4-H, winning many contests in forestry and sewing.[2]

Holmgren attended high school at Rochester High School in Rochester, Indiana, graduating in 1958 as valedictorian.[3] Holmgren attended Indiana University, getting a B.S. in 1962. She later attended the University of Washington, completing a M.S. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1968.[4] At the University of Washington, Holmgren completed a systematic study of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae) with advisor Arthur R. Kruckeberg.[2] She remained at the University of Washington for her Ph.D., a systematic study of the Thlaspi montanum (Brassicaceae) group, with advisor C. Leo Hitchcock.[2] In addition to her own research, Holmgren became chief editorial assistant during the preparation of the last two volumes of the Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest with Hitchcock.[2]

Patricia married fellow botanist Noel H. Holmgren in 1969.[1]

Career

A group photo of 5 herbarium employees, standing in front of a large pile of specimens in boxes
Patricia Holmgren (front) with fellow New York Botanical Garden herbarium staff (behind, L to R): Lois Brako, Barbara Thiers, Bill Buck, & Jim Grimes.

After completing her Ph.D. at the University of Washington, Holmgren accepted a job as herbarium specialist at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in 1968. Holmgren spent her entire working career at NYBG, eventually becoming the Director of the Herbarium in 1981, a position she held until her retirement in 2000.[4] As director of The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, Holmgren insisted on the highest possible standards for specimen management and for keeping the herbarium in the forefront on new innovations (such as the creation of an online Index Herbariorum and development of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium).[5] Holmgren was also instrumental in conception, fundraising, and design of a new, state-of-the-art building to house the herbarium, the International Plant Science Center, which officially opened for research in 2002.[1][6] Holmgren continues to work at the garden as Director Emerita of the herbarium.

In addition to her herbarium leadership, Holmgren played an active role in a number of botanical societies and botanical journals:[1][4]

Patricia Holmgren and Noel Holmgren were instrumental to the completion of Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., a nine volume flora on the vascular plants of the western United States between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada ranges. In addition to collecting many herbarium specimens that would provide the baseline data for descriptions and geographic distributions; Patricia was involved in editing, proofreading, and writing family treatments for the flora.[1]

Awards

Legacy

Plant species named after Patricia Holmgren

Selected publications

  • Holmgren, P.K., & Keuken, W. (1975). Index Herbariorum Ed. 6: Geographical Arrangements of the Herbaria Listed in Index Herbariorum, Edition Six. Taxon, 24(4), 543-551. JSTOR 1219533
  • Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (1979). A new species of Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) from Utah. Brittonia, 31(1): 110–114. doi:10.2307/2806683
  • Rollins, R.C. & Holmgren, P.K. (1980). A new species of Caulanthus (Cruciferae) from Nevada. Brittonia, 32(2): 148–151. doi:10.2307/2806781
  • Holmgren, P.K., & Holmgren, N. H. (1991). Index Herbariorum: Additions to Index Herbariorum, Edition 8. Taxon, 40(4), 687–692. JSTOR 1222796
  • Holmgren, P.K., Kallunki, J.A. & Thiers, B.M. (1996). A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Brittonia, 48(3): 285–296. doi:10.1007/BF02805288
  • Holmgren, N.H., & Holmgren, P.K. (2002). New Mentzelias (Loasaceae) from the Intermountain Region of Western United States. Systematic Botany, 27(4): 747–762. JSTOR 3093920
  • Holmgren, P.K. (2004). Lectotypifications and a new combination in western North American Cleomaceae. Brittonia, 56(2): 103–106.doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0103:LAANCI]2.0.CO;2
  • Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (2010). New combinations and lectotypifications of North American taxa in Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fumariaceae, Montiaceae, Papaveraceae, and Ranunculaceae. Brittonia, 62(3): 264–266. doi:10.1007/s12228-010-9149-x
The standard author abbreviation P.K.Holmgren is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Holmgren, Noel H. (2017). "Writing Intermountain flora: When and Who". Intermountain flora; vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 7. Published for the New York Botanical Garden by Hafner Pub. Co. pp. 97–101. ISBN 978-0-89327-546-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Tiehm, Arnold (2013). "Patricia May Kern Holmgren: The Early Years". In Buck, William R.; Naczi, Robert F. C. (eds.). Harmony and grit: papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora. Bronx, New York. pp. 35–44. ISBN 978-0893275228. OCLC 864358652.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Misses Kern, Van Lue Leading RHS Scholars". Rochester Sentinel. 19 February 1958.
  4. ^ a b c Curriculum Vitae, Patricia K. Holmgren (2017). Folder Patricia Kern Holmgren, NYBG Vertical File, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden. October 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Thiers, Barbara M.; et al. (2013). "Digitizing The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium". In Buck, William R.; Naczi, Robert F. C. (eds.). Harmony and grit: papers celebrating the Holmgrens' completion of intermountain flora. Bronx, New York. pp. 45–58. ISBN 978-0893275228. OCLC 864358652.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Pace, Matthew C.; Tarnowsky, Nicole; Bloch, Ellen D.; Weiss, Amy; Zimmerman, Charles; Thiers, Barbara M. (2016-04-12). "An updated description of the collections and history of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY): 1995–2015". Brittonia. 68 (3): 317–323. doi:10.1007/s12228-016-9422-8. ISSN 0007-196X.
  7. ^ "Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America". Retrieved 10 October 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "The Botanical Society of America "Centennial Award"". Retrieved 10 October 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); no-break space character in |title= at position 33 (help)
  9. ^ Boom, Brian M. (2013-03-01). "Noel H. Holmgren and Patricia K. Holmgren – Recipients of the 2012 Asa Gray Award". Systematic Botany. 38 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1600/036364413x661836. ISSN 0363-6445.
  10. ^ "Gold Medal Recipients". Retrieved 10 October 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ Barneby, Rupert C. (1980). "Dragma Hippomanicum V: Two New Astragali from Intermountain United States". Brittonia. 32 (1): 24–29. doi:10.2307/2806212. JSTOR 2806212.
  12. ^ "Scrophulariaceae". Flora of Ecuador. 21: 158–159. 1984.
  13. ^ Texas., Botanical Research Institute of (2013). "Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas". v.7:no.1(2013). Botanical Research Institute of Texas. ISSN 1934-5259. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ Anderson, Christiane E. (2013). "Six new species of Hiraea (Malpighiaceae) from South America". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 108: 211–212.
  15. ^ Society., California Botanical; Society., California Botanical (2010). "Madroño;". v.57:no.4 (2010:Oct.-Dec.). California Botanical Society. ISSN 0024-9637. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. ^ Chuang, T. I.; Heckard, L. R. (1992). "A Taxonomic Revision of Orthocarpus (Scrophulariaceae-Tribe Pediculareae)". Systematic Botany. 17 (4): 560–582. doi:10.2307/2419727. JSTOR 2419727.
  17. ^ Cronquist, Arthur (1981). "A New Species of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from California". Brittonia. 33 (3): 449–450. doi:10.2307/2806435. JSTOR 2806435.
  18. ^ International Plant Names Index.  P.K.Holmgren.

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