Frank Goode Hawksworth

Frank Goode Hawksworth
Born(1926-04-30)April 30, 1926
Fresno, California, United States
DiedJanuary 8, 1993(1993-01-08) (aged 66)
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Known forSpecialist in Santalaceae, especially Arceuthobium
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Forestry
WorkplacesUnited States Forest Service
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Frank Goode Hawksworth (30 April 1926 – 8 January 1993) was an American botanist and forester who was recognized as the leading international specialist in the study of the biology and taxonomy of the family Santalaceae, particularly the genus Arceuthobium. As a forester, he specialized in forest pathology, with a focus on epiphytic parasitic plants.[1]

Hawksworth carried out botanical expeditions in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States.[2]

He developed and in 1977 published a scale for rating mistletoe's presence on trees known as the Hawksworth 6-class dwarf mistletoe rating (DMR) system.[3]

Publications

Books

  • 1996. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics. With Delbert Wiens. Agriculture Handbook 709. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 418 pp. ISBN 0788142011, ISBN 9780788142017.

Honours

Eponyms

Insects
Plants
  • (Viscaceae) Arceuthobium hawksworthii Wiens & C.G. Shaw Jr..[5]
  • (Viscaceae) Phoradendron hawksworthii Wiens.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Botanist Index
  2. 1 2 JSTOR Global Plants: Frank Goode Hawksworth
  3. ↑ Hoffman, James T. (May 2004). "Management Guide for Dwarf Mistletoe" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2026-05-25.
  4. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Hawksw.
  5. ↑ Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science 30(1): 30. 1994.
  6. ↑ Aliso 21(1): 38–39. 2004.