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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>
'''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{{spaced 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{{spaced ndash}}E. J. Alexander | publisher = [[Harvard University Herbaria]] |accessdate=February 14, 2012}}</ref>


==Plant discoveries==
==Plant discoveries==
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*''The Flora of the Unicorn Tapestries''
*''The Flora of the Unicorn Tapestries''
*''Succulent Plants of New and Old World Deserts''
*''Succulent Plants of New and Old World Deserts''
*''The New York Botanical Garden{{ndash}} Trees-Shrubs''
*''The New York Botanical Garden{{spaced ndash}}Trees-Shrubs''
*''List of Seeds Distributed to Subscribers of the Southern Appalachian Expedition of the New York Botanical Garden 1933''
*''List of Seeds Distributed to Subscribers of the Southern Appalachian Expedition of the New York Botanical Garden 1933''
*''Compositae{{ndash}} Heliantheae{{ndash}} Coreopsidinae''
*''Compositae{{spaced ndash}}Heliantheae{{spaced 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''

Revision as of 15:20, 2 April 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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