Johannes Cornelius Theodorus Uphof

Cornelius Johannes Theodoor Uphof (1886–1969 ) was a botanist, phycologist, and teacher. Born in the Netherlands, he worked extensively in the University of Arizona, at Tucson.

He was known for initiating the controversy over the taxonomy of Hippeastrum.

Publications

 * 1959. Dictionary of economic plants. Ed. H. R. Engelmann (J. Cramer); Hafner. 400 pp. 2nd. ed. 1968, 591 pp.