Frank Goode Hawksworth (30 April 1926 – 8 January 1993) was an American botanist and forester who was recognized as the leading international specialist in the study of the biology and taxonomy of the family Santalaceae, particularly the genus Arceuthobium. As a forester, he specialized in forest pathology, with a focus on epiphytic parasitic plants.Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Botanist Index
Hawksworth carried out botanical expeditions in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States.JSTOR Global Plants: Frank Goode Hawksworth
He developed and in 1977 published a scale for rating mistletoe's presence on trees known as the Hawksworth 6-class dwarf mistletoe rating (DMR) system.
Publications Books 1996. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics. With Delbert Wiens. Agriculture Handbook 709. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 418 pp. ISBN 0788142011, ISBN 9780788142017.
Honours Eponyms Insects (Thripidae) Frankliniella hawksworthi, a thrips species that attacks dwarf mistletoes.
Plants (Viscaceae) Arceuthobium hawksworthii & .Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science 30(1): 30. 1994. (Viscaceae) Phoradendron hawksworthii Wiens.Aliso 21(1): 38–39. 2004.
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Frank G. Hawksworth & Delbert Wiens, Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics, Agriculture Handbook 709. Washington, D.C.: USDA Forest Service, 1996, p. v.