Charles Leo Hitchcock
# Charles Leo Hitchcock

Charles Leo Hitchcock (April 23, 1902 – February 3, 1986) was an American botanist. He discovered 20 species of plants and his works have been cited thousands of times. He is also the primary co-author to the Flora of the Pacific Northwest, still the most up to date flora for three northwest U.S. States to date. A hall at the University of Washington is named in his honor, and he taught thousands of botanists over the course of his teaching career at the University of Washington.

## Selected works

* A Monographic Study of the Genus Lycium of the Western Hemisphere (1932)
* A Key to the Grasses of Montana Based upon Vegetative Characters (1936)
* The Tofieldia glutinosa Complex of Western North America (1944)
* A Revision of the North American Species of Lathyrus (1952)
* A Checklist of Vascular Plants of West-Central Washington (1969)
* Key to the Grasses of the Pacific Northwest Based upon Vegetative Characters (1969)
* Flora of the Pacific Northwest with Arthur Cronquist (1973)
