Alex Drum Hawkes

Alex Drum Hawkes
Born 1927
Houlton, ME
Died 1977
Kingston, Jamaica
Citizenship English
Fields Botany
Alma mater University of Miami
Author abbrev. (botany) A.D.Hawkes

Alex Drum Hawkes (1927–1977) was an American botanist and cookbook author that lived in Coconut Grove, Florida & Kingston, Jamaica. Alex specialized in orchids, bromeliads, palm trees, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Named the orchid genus Flickingeria, and travelled the world extensively, particularly the Caribbean & Latin America during the 1940s - 1970s collecting plants.

Publications

Cookbooks & Recipes

Newspapers / TV / Radio

Botanical Works

References

http://www.fairchildgarden.org/about-fairchild/mission-history/archive-collections/dent-smith-collection

http://registry.bsi.org/?genus=NEOREGELIA&id=2865

Flickingeria wiki

http://www.aos.org/orchids/orchids-a-to-z/letter-f/flickingeria.aspx

http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_search.php?start=1&cltr=A.%20D.%20Hawkes

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