| LC control no. | n 81136435 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Funk, V. A. (Vicki Ann), 1947-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Funk, Vicki Funk, Vicki A., 1947-2019 Funk, Vicki Ann, 1947-2019 Funk, Vicki A. (Vicki A.), 1947- |
| Other standard no. | 0000-0002-7975-1450 |
| Birth date | 1947-11-26 |
| Death date | 2019-10-22 |
| Field of activity | Botany |
| Affiliation | New York Botanical Garden Smithsonian Institution. Department of Botany |
| Profession or occupation | Botanists |
| Found in | Advances in cladistics, 1981 (a.e.) CIP t.p. (V.A. Funk) CIP pref. (Vicki A. Funk) CIP galley (New York Botanical Gardens, NY) CIP data sheet (b. 11/26/47) Her The systematics of Montanoa (Asteraceae, Heliantheae), [1982]: CIP t.p. (V.A. Funk) data sheet (Funk, Vicki Ann) Huber, Otto. Vegetation map of Guyana (preliminary version), 1995: map recto (Vicki Funk) Kelloff, Carol Lynn. Smithsonian plant collections, Guiana Shield, 2019: title page (Vicki A. Funk) ResearchGate WWW pages, September 16, 2019 (Vicki A. Funk; pictured; Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution; lists A preliminary vegetation map of Guyana, January 1995 and Smithsonian plant collections, Guiana Shield, May 2019 amongst others as works to which she has contributed) Plant Press, Vol. 23, No. 1, January 2020: Vicki Ann Funk, influential Smithsonian botanist, dies at 71 (Vicki Funk was a Senior Research Botanist and Curator at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany. She was a world expert on the taxonomy and biogeography of the sunflower family, Compositae, which is the largest family of flowering plants with more than 27,000 species. During her distinguished career, Vicki achieved preeminence in the fields of plant systematics, phylogenetic methods, biogeography, and biodiversity conservation. Vicki's global research, innovative ideas, and passion for mentoring have had a strong influence on the direction of botanical research and the career development of many colleagues, students and collaborators, both nationally and internationally. Following treatment for an aggressive cancer, Vicki died at her home in Arlington, Virginia on 22 October 2019.) <https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/2020/01/vicki-ann-funk-influential-smithsonian-botanist-dies-at-71.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2005005005 |
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