Christopher David Kentish Cook

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Christopher David Kentish Cook (born 1933 [1] ) was a British botanist.

Publications included work in aquatic plants. He worked in Italy, [2] in general aquatic ecology, [3] and India. [4] He was awarded the David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration in 2001, recognising his "research on biology and classification of aquatic plants". [5]

Authority abbreviation

The standard author abbreviation C.D.K.Cook is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [6]

References

  1. "Index of Botanists - Cook, Christopher David Kentish". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries . Harvard University . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. Title New and noteworthy plants from the northern Italian ricefields Mitteilungen aus dem Botanischen Museum der Universität Zürich Nr. 267Wetzikon : Rotach. OCLC : 637777593
  3. Christopher D. K. Cook SPB Academic Pub., 1996 - Aquatic ecology - 228 pages
  4. Cook, C.D.K. (1989) A Revision of the Genus Monochoria. In: Tan, K., Mill, R.R. and Elias, T.S., Eds., Plant Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Related Subjects, the Davis and Hedge Festschrift, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 149-184.
  5. "Fairchild Medal". National Tropical Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  C.D.K.Cook.