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'''Edward Johnston Alexander''' (1901-1985) was an American botanist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?botanistid=8737 |title=Alexander, Edward Johnston |work=Harvard University Herbaria |accessdate=February 6, 2012}}</ref> that discovered three species and one genus, but he only named one of them.<ref name="Harvard">{{cite web |url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_search.php?start=1&cltr=E.%20J.%20Alexander |title=E. J. Alexander |work=Harvard University Herbaria |accessdate=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
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'''Edward Johnston Alexander''' (1901&ndash;1985) was an American [[botanist]]<ref>{{cite web | author = Database | date = undated | url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?botanistid=8737 |title= Index of Botanists{{ndash}} Alexander, Edward Johnston | publisher = [[Harvard University Herbaria]] |accessdate=February 14, 2012}}</ref> that discovered three [[species]] and one [[genus]], but he only named one of them.<ref name="Harvard">{{cite web | author = Database | date = undated | url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_search.php?start=1&cltr=E.%20J.%20Alexander |title= Index of Botanical Specimens{{ndash}} E. J. Alexander | publisher = [[Harvard University Herbaria]] |accessdate=February 14, 2012}}</ref>


==Plant discoveries==
==Plant discoveries==
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*''[[Nopalxochia ackermannii candida]]
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*''[[Mucuna]]''
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*''[[Mucuna urens]]''
*''[[Epidendrum hartii]]''<ref name="Harvard"/>
*''[[Epidendrum hartii]]''<ref name="Harvard"/>
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*''[[Mucuna]]''<ref name="Harvard"/>
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*''[[Mucuna urens]]''<ref name="Harvard"/>
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*''[[Nopalxochia ackermannii candida]]''<ref name="Harvard"/>
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==Works==
==Works==
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*''The flora of the Unicorn tapestries''
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*''Succulent plants of new and old world deserts''
*''The New York Botanical Garden: trees-shrubs''
*''The Flora of the Unicorn Tapestries''
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*''Succulent Plants of New and Old World Deserts''
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*''List of seeds distributed to subscribers of the Southern Appalachian expedition of the New York Botanical Garden 1933''
*''The New York Botanical Garden{{ndash}} Trees-Shrubs''
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*''Compositae -- Heliantheae -- Coreopsidinae''
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*''List of Seeds Distributed to Subscribers of the Southern Appalachian Expedition of the New York Botanical Garden 1933''
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*''Compositae{{ndash}} Heliantheae{{ndash}} Coreopsidinae''
*''North American Flora. Series II: Part 2: Compositae. Heliantheae. Coreopsidinae''
*''North American Flora. Series II: Part 2: Compositae. Heliantheae. Coreopsidinae''
*''Report of the Southern Appalachian expedition''
*''Report of the Southern Appalachian Expedition''
*''Family Compositae, tribe Heliantheae, subtribe Coreopsidinae''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Edward%20Johnston%20Alexander&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=sp |title=Edward Johnston Alexander |work=Google Books search |accessdate=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
*''Family Compositae, Tribe Heliantheae, Subtribe Coreopsidinae''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Edward%20Johnston%20Alexander&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=sp |title=Edward Johnston Alexander |publisher = via [[Google Books]] |accessdate=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[List of botanists]]
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:American botanists]]
* {{worldcat id|lccn-no2005-8426|Edward Johnston Alexander|date=February 2012}}

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Revision as of 15:02, 14 February 2012

Edward Johnston Alexander
Born1901
Died1985 (aged 83–84)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Edward Johnston Alexander (1901–1985) was an American botanist[1] that discovered three species and one genus, but he only named one of them.[2]

Plant discoveries

Works

  • The Flora of the Unicorn Tapestries
  • Succulent Plants of New and Old World Deserts
  • The New York Botanical Garden– Trees-Shrubs
  • List of Seeds Distributed to Subscribers of the Southern Appalachian Expedition of the New York Botanical Garden 1933
  • Compositae– Heliantheae– Coreopsidinae
  • North American Flora. Series II: Part 2: Compositae. Heliantheae. Coreopsidinae
  • Report of the Southern Appalachian Expedition
  • Family Compositae, Tribe Heliantheae, Subtribe Coreopsidinae[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Database (undated). "Index of Botanists– Alexander, Edward Johnston". Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved February 14, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e Database (undated). "Index of Botanical Specimens– E. J. Alexander". Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved February 14, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Edward Johnston Alexander". via Google Books. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

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