Truman George Yuncker (March 20, 1891 – January 8, 1964) was a taxonomic botanist best known for his work in the family Piperaceae. Yuncker first taught at Manual High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. After service in World War I, he received his doctorate from the University of Illinois in 1919. Soon after, he became a faculty member at DePauw University and became head of the botany and bacteriology department in 1921 and held that post until retirement in 1956. During his tenure he described 839 new species, 211 new varieties and 25 new formae in the Piperaceae. He wrote the treatment of that family in almost every regional flora published during his lifetime. His early studies were on the genus Cuscuta, in which he described 67 new species and 39 new varieties. (From Wikipedia) More about T. G. Yuncker:
| | Books by T. G. Yuncker: Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: The Flora of Niue Island (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin #178; Honolulu: The Museum, 1943) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Plants of the Manua Islands (Bernice Bishop Museum Bulletin #184; Honolulu: The Museum, 1945) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Plants of Tonga (Bernice Bishop Museum Bulletin #220; Honolulu: The Museum, 1959) (page images at HathiTrust) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Revision of the Hawaiian Species of Peperomia (Bernice Bishop Museum Bulletin #112; Honolulu: The Museum, 1933) (page images at HathiTrust) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Revision of the Polynesian Species of Peperomia (Bernice Bishop Museum Bulletin #143; Honolulu: The Museum, 1937)
Additional books by T. G. Yuncker in the extended shelves: Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: The Piperaceae of northern South America. (University of Illinois Press, 1950), also by William Trelease (page images at HathiTrust) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Revision of the North American and West Indian species of Cuscuta ... ([Urbana], 1921) (page images at HathiTrust) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Revision of the North American and West Indian species of Cuscuta, with thirteen plates (University of Illinois, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Revision of the Polynesian species of Peperomia. (The Museum, 1937) (page images at HathiTrust) Yuncker, T. G. (Truman George), 1891-1964: Revision on the North American and West Indian species of Cuscuta (1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
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