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Almut Gitter Jones

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Almut Gitter Jones
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Born
Almut Gitter

(1923-09-08)8 September 1923
Oldenburg, Niedersachen, Germany
Died12 October 2013(2013-10-12) (aged 90)
Urbana, Illinois
Alma materUniversity of Illinois (BSc 1958, MSc 1960, PhD 1973)
SpouseGeorge Neville Jones
Scientific career
ThesisTaxonomy, Phytogeography, and Biosystematy of Aster, Section Multiflori. (1973)
A.G.Jones

Almut Gitter Jones (8 September 1923 – 12 October 2013) was a German-American botanist, mycologist, and plant taxonomist known for her work in taxonomy and plant systematics researching the genus Aster, as well as for her work as curator of the herbarium at the University of Illinois.[1]

Biography

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Jones was born Almut Gitter in Oldenburg, Germany to Alfred and Emma (née Eickhorst) Gitter. She married fellow botanist George Neville Jones in Urbana, Illinois in 1958.[1]

Jones enrolled at the University of Illinois and received her B.Sc. degree with high honors in agriculture in 1958. She remained at the same university to complete her M.Sc. degree in botany with a minor in agronomy in 1960. In 1973, she earned her Ph.D. from the botany department specializing in plant taxonomy with a minor in agronomy.[1]

In 1958, she married fellow botanist and collector George Neville Jones in Urbana, Illinois.[2]

A fly pollinating a Alkali-marsh aster.
A fly pollinating the alkali-marsh aster (Almutaster pauciflorus syn. Aster pauciflorus), aster family (Asteraceae), Meadow Hot Springs, Millard County, Utah

She described over fifty species,[2][3] and the genus Almutaster of the family Asteraceae was named for her in 1982.[4] According to the database Bionomia, Jones identified at least 1,678 specimens from at least nine countries, collected 723 specimens, and 937 of these specimens have been used in at least 51 published works.[5] Although her collecting covers many species, the majority are from the family Asteraceae. She published many papers about this large group of species and became "recognized nationally and internationally as an authority on Aster."[1]

The standard author abbreviation A.G.Jones is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6] In her work as curator in 1997, Jones co-authored An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL), documenting the herbarium's fungal type specimens.[7]

Almut Gitter Jones died on October 12, 2013 at 90, in Urbana.[1]

Almutaster pauciflorus, Utah Lake Wetland Preserve near Goshen, Utah County, Utah. The monotypic genus Almutaster was named for Jones.

Selected publications

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  • Jones, Almut G. “A Classification of the New World Species of Aster (Asteraceae).” Brittonia, 1980.[8]
  • Jones, Almut G. “A Study of Wild Leek, and the Recognition of Allium Burdickii (Liliaceae).” Systematic Botany, 1979.[9]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Addendum to an Annotated Catalogue of Type Specimens in the University of Illinois Herbarium (ILL) -- Piperaceae.” Phytologia, 1990.[10]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Aster and Brachyactis in Illinois.” Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, 1989.[11]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Aster Ericoides L. East of the Mississippi River.” American Midland Naturalist, 1974.[12]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Aster Section Ericoidei Correct for the Species Group That Includes the Type of Aster Ericoides L.” Taxon, 1983.[13]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Chromosomal Features as Generic Criteria in the Astereae.” Taxon, 1985.[14]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Data on Chromosome Numbers in Aster (Asteraceae), With Comments on the Status and Relationships of Certain North American Species.” Brittonia, 1980.[15]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Environmental Effects on the Percentage of Stainable and Presumed Normal Pollen in Aster (Compositae).” American Journal of Botany, 1976.[16]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Errata: A Classification of the New World Species of Aster (Asteraceae).” Brittonia, 1981.[17]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Lectotypification of Aster Jessicae Piper: A Rebuttal.” Taxon, 1987.[18]
  • Jones, Almut G. “New Data on Chromosome Numbers in Aster Section Heterophylli (Asteraceae) and Their Phylogenetic Implications.” Systematic Botany, 1977.[19]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Nomenclatural Changes in Aster (Asteraceae).” Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1983.[20]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Nomenclatural Notes on Aster (Asteraceae)—III. The Status of a. Sandwicensis.” Brittonia, 1984.[21]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Nomenclatural Transfer from Aster to Machaeranthera (Asteraceae).” Systematic Botany, 1983.[22]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Observations on Reproduction and Phenology in Some Perennial Asters.” American Midland Naturalist, 1978.[23]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Observations on the Shape and Exposure of Style Branches in the Astereae (Compositae).” American Journal of Botany, 1976.[24]
  • Jones, Almut G. “The Status of Aster Adsurgens E.L. Greene.” Taxon, 1975.[25]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Typification of Aster Jessicae Piper and Reinstatement of A. Mollis Rydberg (Asteraceae).” Madroño; a West American journal of botany, 1984.[26]
  • Jones, Almut G. “Virgulus Raf. Vis-à-Vis Aster L. (Asteraceae).” Taxon, 1982.[27]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Almut Jones". The News-Gazette (Champaign, Illinois) (www.news-gazette.com). Frankfort, Illinois: Community Media Group (CMG). 17 June 2019 [23 October 2013]. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Tropicos | Person - Jones, Almut Gitter". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Jones, Almut Gitter (1923-)". Global Plants. Retrieved 7 March 2019.; Brummitt, R. K.; Powell, C. E. (1992). Authors of Plant Names: A List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of Their Names, Including Abbreviations. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 308. ISBN 9780947643447. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Brouillet, L. (2006). "Almutaster". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via eFloras.
  5. ↑ Shorthouse, D.P. (20 May 2026). "Almut Gitter Jones". Bionomia. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  6. ↑ International Plant Names Index. A.G.Jones.
  7. ↑ Jones, Almut G.; Crane, J. L. (1997). An annotated catalogue of types of the University of Illinois mycological collections (ILL). Illinois Biological Monographs. Vol. 58. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. hdl:2142/25199. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1 April 1980). "A classification of the New World species of Aster (Asteraceae)". Brittonia. 32 (2): 230–239. Bibcode:1980Britt..32..230J. doi:10.2307/2806795. ISSN 1938-436X. JSTOR 2806795.
  9. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (Spring 1979). "A Study of Wild Leek, and the Recognition of Allium burdickii (Liliaceae)". Systematic Botany. 4 (1): 29–43. Bibcode:1979SysBo...4...29J. doi:10.2307/2418663. JSTOR 2418663.
  10. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1990). "Addendum to an Annotated Catalogue of Type Specimens in the University of Illinois Herbarium (ILL) -- Piperaceae". Phytologia. 68: 171–173. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16706. ISSN 0031-9430.
  11. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1992). "Aster and Brachyactis in Illinois". Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin. 34 (1–6): 139–194. doi:10.21900/j.inhs.v34.132. ISSN 2644-0687.
  12. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (October 1974). "Aster ericoides L. East of the Mississippi River". American Midland Naturalist. 92 (2): 466–475. doi:10.2307/2424311. JSTOR 2424311.
  13. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1983). "Aster Section Ericoidei Correct for the Species Group That Includes the Type of Aster ericoides L.". Taxon. 32 (3): 462. Bibcode:1983Taxon..32S.462J. doi:10.2307/1221511. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1221511.
  14. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (February 1985). "Chromosomal Features as Generic Criteria in the Astereae". Taxon. 34 (1): 44–54. Bibcode:1985Taxon..34...44J. doi:10.2307/1221563. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1221563.
  15. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1 April 1980). "Data on chromosome numbers in Aster (Asteraceae), with comments on the status and relationships of certain North American species". Brittonia. 32 (2): 240–261. Bibcode:1980Britt..32..240J. doi:10.2307/2806797. ISSN 1938-436X. JSTOR 2806797.
  16. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1 May 1976). "Environmental Effects on the Percentage of Stainable and Presumed Normal Pollen in Aster (Compositae)". American Journal of Botany. 63 (5): 657–663. doi:10.2307/2441828. JSTOR 2441828.
  17. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1 January 1981). "Errata". Brittonia. 33 (1): 8. doi:10.2307/2806569. ISSN 1938-436X. JSTOR 2806569.
  18. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1987). "Lectotypification of Aster jessicae Piper: A Rebuttal". Taxon. 36 (1): 142. doi:10.2307/1221381. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1221381.
  19. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1977). "New Data on Chromosome Numbers in Aster Section Heterophylli (Asteraceae) and Their Phylogenetic Implications". Systematic Botany. 2 (4): 334–347. Bibcode:1977SysBo...2..334J. doi:10.2307/2418470. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 2418470.
  20. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1983). "Nomenclatural Changes in Aster (Asteraceae)". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 110 (1): 39–42. doi:10.2307/2996515. ISSN 0040-9618. JSTOR 2996515.
  21. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1983). "Nomenclatural Changes in Aster (Asteraceae)". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 110 (1): 39–42. doi:10.2307/2996515. ISSN 0040-9618. JSTOR 2996515.
  22. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1983). "Nomenclatural Transfer from Aster to Machaeranthera (Asteraceae)". Systematic Botany. 8 (1): 85. Bibcode:1983SysBo...8...85J. doi:10.2307/2418565. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 2418565.
  23. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (January 1978). "Observations on Reproduction and Phenology in Some Perennial Asters". American Midland Naturalist. 99 (1): 184–197. doi:10.2307/2424942. JSTOR 2424942.
  24. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (March 1976). "Observations on the Shape and Exposure of Style Branches in the Astereae (Compositae)". American Journal of Botany. 63 (3): 259–262. doi:10.2307/2441569. JSTOR 2441569.
  25. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (May 1975). "The Status of Aster adsurgens E. L. Greene". Taxon. 24 (2–3): 357–360. Bibcode:1975Taxon..24..357J. doi:10.2307/1218346. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1218346.
  26. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (1984). "TYPIFICATION OF ASTER JESSICAE PIPER AND REINSTATEMENT OF A. MOLLIS RYDBERG (ASTERACEAE)". Madroño; a West American journal of botany. 31: 113–122 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  27. ↑ Jones, Almut G. (November 1982). "VIRGVLUS RAF. VIS-À-VIS ASTER L. (ASTERACEAE)". Taxon. 31 (4): 714–715. Bibcode:1982Taxon..31..714J. doi:10.2307/1219690. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1219690.
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