Ãðåé
Àñà – Gray
Asa (1810-1888)
Àìåðèêàíñêèé áîòàíèê, ôëîðèñò, ïîñëåäîâàòåëü è ïðîïàãàíäèñò
ó÷åíèÿ ×. Äàðâèíà, ïðîôåññîð Ãàðâàðäñêîãî óíèâåðñèòåòà (1842), èíîñòðàííûé
÷ëåí-êîððåñïîíäåíò Ïåòåðáóðãñêîé àêàäåìèè íàóê (1862).
Ðàçðàáàòûâàë ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèå ìåòîäû ñðàâíåíèÿ ôëîð (Gray,
1856–1857, 1859). Ïðåäïîëîæèë
âîçìîæíîñòü îáùåãî ïðîèñõîæäåíèÿ ðàçíûõ âèäîâ ðàñòåíèé â âûñîêèõ ñåâåðíûõ
øèðîòàõ è ïîñëåäóþùåãî èõ ðàññåëåíèÿ ïî îòäåëüíûì ÷àñòÿì ñåâåðíîé óìåðåííîé çîíû
(Gray, 1872, 1857).
Îñíîâíûå òðóäû:
• Gray A. Statistics of the
flora of the Northern United States // Amer. J. Sci. Arts. 2nd
ser. 1956–1957. Vol. 22. – 1856. – P. 204–232 ; Vol. 23. – 1857. – P.
62–84, 369–403.
• Gray A. The botany of Japan
// Mem. Amer. Acad. Sci. 1857. Vol. 6. P. 377–458.
• Gray A. Diagnostic characters
of new species of phaenogamous plants, collected in Japan by Charles
Wright, Botanist of the U. S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. With
observations upon the relations of the Japanese flora to that of North
America, and of other parts of the Northern Temperate Zone // Mem.
Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sci. Pt 2 (new ser.). 1859. Vol. 6. P. 377–452.
• Gray A. Sequoia and its
history : an address. – Salem : Salem Press, 1872. – 22 p. – (J. Amer.
Assoc. Adv. Sci. ; for 1872).
• Gray A., Sullivant W.S. A
Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. –Boston : J. Monroe,
1848. – 710 p.
Áèáëèîãðàôèÿ:
• Dupree A.H. Asa Gray, 1810–1888. –
Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press,
1959. – x, 505 p.