Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 191128 April 1998) was an American botanist, professor at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

and one of the founders of both the

International Association for Plant Taxonomy The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) is an organization established to promote an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitate international communication of research between botanists, and oversee matters of uniformity and ...

Cowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and early history of IAPT" ''Taxon'' 31(3): pp. 415–420 and the

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. He was also the second president of each of them."Organization for Tropical Studies - The Rogues Gallery of Presidents"
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