Alex Drum Hawkes
{{short description|British botanist (1927-1977)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alex Drum Hawkes
| birth_date = 1927
| birth_place = Houlton, ME
| death_date = 1977
| death_place = Kingston, Jamaica
| citizenship = American
| alma_mater = University of Miami
| author_abbrev_bot =A.D.Hawkes
}}
Alex Drum Hawkes (1927–1977) was an American botanist and cookbook author who lived in Coconut Grove, Florida & Kingston, Jamaica. Alex specialized in orchids, bromeliads, palm trees, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Named the orchid genera Flickingeria, and Paraphalaenopsis and travelled the world extensively, particularly the Caribbean & Latin America during the 1940s - 1970s collecting plants and authentic regional recipes.
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Publications
= Cookbooks and recipes =
- Editor of The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Editor of COOKERY NOTES (1960s-70s) Coconut Grove, Florida (FL.) Recipes by Alex D. Hawkes
- South Florida Cookery: Unique Recipes from the Tropics and Elsewhere (1964) Wake-Brook House, Coral Gables, Florida
- Tropical Cookery (1960s)
- The Shrimp Cookbook: 140 Wonderful Ways To Serve Shrimp (1966) Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, Illinois
- A World of Vegetable Cookery: An encyclopedic treasury of recipes, botany, and lore of the vegetable kingdom (1968) Simon & Schuster, New York [Rev. ed. 1984] illustrations by Bill Goldsmith
- Cooking with vegetables : an encyclopedic treasury of recipes, botany, and lore of the vegetable kingdom (REVISED)
- Eating Out in Jamaica: A Unique Guide to Good Eating (1971) DMP Publications Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica
- The Rum Cookbook (1972) William Collins & Sangster, Jamaica Photography by Maria LaYacona
- The Flavors of The Caribbean & Latin America: a personal collection of recipes (1977) Viking, New York illustrations by Lynda West Compiled & Foreword by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz
= Botanical works =
- The Gardener's Pocketbook (1950) The National Horticultural Magazine
- The Major Kinds of Palms (1950 - 1952) Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove / Coral Gables, Florida
- The Orchid Journal An International Review of Orchidology (1952 - 1953) Berkeley, California - Official Publication of The International Orchid Society
- Orchid Weekly (1958-1967) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Palm Papers (1950s) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Bromeliad Papers (1958-1967) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Tropical Plants (1950s-1960s) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Cultural Directions For Orchids (1959) The Horticultural Publications
- Orchids Their Botany & Culture (1961) Harper & Brothers, New York
- Tropics Magazine (1962) © Alex D. Hawkes (The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida)
- The Four Arts Garden : history and catalogue of the labeled plants (1964) Garden Club of Palm Beach, Florida
- Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids, an illustrated descriptive manual of the members of the Orchidaceae currently in cultivation (1965) Faber & Faber, London
- Guide to Plants of the Everglades National Park (1965) Tropic Isle Publishers, Coral Gables, Florida
- A Plantman's Guide to Jamaica (1969)
- Wild Flowers of Jamaica (1974) Collins & Sangster, Great Britain illustrations by Brenda C. Sutton
- Illustrated Plants of Jamaica (1974) J. Wray & Nephew, Jamaica
Hommages
The following plants or genera were named by Alex D. Hawkes or in his honor:
; Genera:
- (Orchidaceae) Flickingeria
- (Orchidaceae) Grafia (now Phalaenopsis)
- (Orchidaceae) Helleriella
- (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis
- (Orchidaceae) Katherinea
- (Orchidaceae) Mendoncella
- (Orchidaceae) Paraphalaenopsis
; Hybrids:
- (Bromeliaceae) Neoregelia 'Alex D. Hawkes' tristis X marmorata Flickinger, 1960
- (Orchidaceae) Brassavola 'Yaki' Brassavola cucullata × B. nodosa A.D.Hawkes, 1946
- (Orchidaceae) Cymbidium 'Katherine Hawkes Chatham' Cym. Dainty × Cym. floribundum A.D.Hawkes, 1964
- (Orchidaceae) Encyclia 'Alex Hawkes' Encyclia oncidioides × Encyclia diurna Moir, 1969
- (Orchidaceae) Prosavola 'Alex Hawkes' Brassavola nodosa x Prosthechea mariae Flickinger, 1964
- (Orchidaceae) Renanthera 'Alex Hawkes' Renanthera coccinea x Renanthera storiei Moir, 1954
- (Orchidaceae) × Rhyncholaeliocattleya 'Alex Hawkes' Rhyncholaeliocattleya cliftonii x Cattleya Mount Royal Wright, 1949
; Species:
- (Orchidaceae) Aporum hendersonii syn. Dendrobium hendersonii syn. Dendrobium rudolphii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957
- (Orchidaceae) Dendrobium garayanum A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957
- (Orchidaceae) Dendrobium hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1957
- (Orchidaceae) Dendrobium hellerianum A.D.Hawkes, 1957
- (Orchidaceae) Epidendrum hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Epidendrum hellerianum A.D.Hawkes, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Helleriella nicaraguensis A.D.Hawkes, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis handroi syn. Gomesa handroi syn. Rodrigueziella handroi A.D.Hawkes, 1959
- (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis gomezioides (Barb.Rodr.) syn. Gomesa gomezoides A.D.Hawkes, 1959
- (Orchidaceae) Lepanthes helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Mycaranthes hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1983
- (Orchidaceae) Pecteilis hawkesiana King & Pantl., 2003
- (Orchidaceae) Pleurothallis helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Pleurothallis hawkesii syn. Restrepia brachypus A.D.Hawkes, 1963
- (Orchidaceae) Sobralia hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Sobralia helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
- (Orchidaceae) Tolumnia hawkesiana Moir, 1986
- (Orchidaceae) Vanilla helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
- (Moraceae) Coussapoa cayennensis A.D.Hawkes, 1948
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