Hamilton Paul Traub (June 18, 1890 – July 14, 1983) was an American botanist. He specialized in the study of

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus '' Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryl ...

. He also did horticultural studies on beans. Dr Traub was one of the founding members of the American Amaryllis Society (now the

International Bulb Society The International Bulb Society was founded on May 31, 1933 and is an international society dedicated to informing the public about the science, Plant cultivation, cultivation, conservation ethic, conservation and botany of Storage organ, geophytic ...

) in 1933, and for a long time the editor of its annual publication, variously called ''Year Book, American Amaryllis Society'', ''Herbertia'' and ''Plant Life: Amaryllis Year Book''.

Systematic treatment of Amaryllidaceae

;Subfamilies (4) #

Allioideae Allioideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Alliaceae. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, ''Allium''. ...

4 tribes # Hemerocalloideae 1 tribe: Hemerocalleae #

Ixiolirioideae Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae ''s.s.'', amaryllids) is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. The most recent APG classification, APG III, takes a broad view of the Amaryllidaceae, which then ha ...

2 tribes #

Amarylloideae Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae ''s.s.'', amaryllids) is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. The most recent APG classification, APG III, takes a broad view of the Amaryllidaceae, which then ha ...

(2 infrafamilies:

Amarylloidinae Amarylloidinae is a now obsolete informal name for an "infrafamily" within the Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis) family, erected by Hamilton Traub. This grouping was designed to fill a perceived gap between the formal rank of subfamily and tribes. In his ...

12 tribes, Pancratioidinae 4 tribes)

Selected publications

* * * * * ''An introduction to Herbert's Amaryllidaceae, etc. 1837: And related works''. 1970. Ed. Cramer. 93 pp. * * Traub, H. P. (1982). Order Alliales. Pl. Life 38: 119–132.

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