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Index of Botanists

NameCummings, Clara Eaton
Date of birth1855
Date of death1906
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: MAINE, WELC (now at NY); additional material at B, BM, C, CM, FH, GB, GRI, M, MICH (fungi), NEBC, NY, PH, S] [collector note: California (1896): WELC; Jamaica (1905-1906): MICH (49 Lich.), NY (26 Musci); N.E. United States (Decades of North American Lichens, ed. 1892-1903, nos. 1-360): B, BM, C (300), CM (280), FH (compl.), GH, MICH, NEBC, NY, WELC]
ASA Botanist ID102070 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/444ca273-c2c3-44e0-83b8-5257bd4ddac6
Variant nameClara Eaton Cummings
Author nameCummings
B & P Author Abbrev.Cumm.
Standard/Label NameC. E. Cummings
Full NameCummings, Clara Eaton
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorJamaica,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
Specialty CollectorLichens
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as AuthorTL2/S
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
Member of teams/groups
Author in Dec. N. Amer. Lich.
Author in Lich. Bor.-Amer.
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by C. E. Cummings
Collections in[no date] (72),  1879 (2),  1880 (6),  1881 (2),  1882 (8),  1883 (23),  1884 (60),  1885 (20),  1886 (1),  1887 (13),  1888 (22),  1889 (19),  1890 (3),  1891 (56),  1892 (113),  1893 (77),  1894 (15),  1895 (25),  1896 (184),  1897 (39),  1898 (61),  1899 (13),  1900 (5),  1901 (18),  1903 (2),  1904 (2),  1905 (6)
Collector Teams:C. E. Cummings & A. B. Seymour  C. E. Cummings, T. A. Williams & A. B. Seymour  C. E. Cummings, A. B. Seymour & R. S. Williams  C. E. Cummings & E. A. Teller  E. Chandler & C. E. Cummings  H. Mann & C. E. Cummings  C. E. Cummings; A. B. Seymour & A. C. Seymour  C. E. Cummings, M. R. Mann, A. B. Seymour & A. C. Seymour  A. B. Seymour & C. E. Cummings 
Author Teams:C. E. Cummings & E. A. Teller