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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{{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> He studied at [[North Carolina State University]] from 1919 to 1923 and was a longtime assistant and curator at [[New York Botanical Garden]], originally under the guidance of [[John Kunkel Small]].<ref>{{cite web | author = Taxonomic Literature II Online | date = undated | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/tl-2/browse.cfm?vol=8#page/78 |title= Edward Johnston Alexander | publisher = [[Smithsonian Institution Libraries]] |accessdate=October 28, 2012}}</ref>
'''Edward Johnston Alexander''' (July 31, 1901 &ndash; August 18, 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> He studied at [[North Carolina State University]] from 1919 to 1923 and was a longtime assistant and curator at [[New York Botanical Garden]], originally under the guidance of [[John Kunkel Small]].<ref>{{cite web | author = Taxonomic Literature II Online | date = undated | url=http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/tl-2/browse.cfm?vol=8#page/78 |title= Edward Johnston Alexander | publisher = [[Smithsonian Institution Libraries]] |accessdate=October 28, 2012}}</ref>


==Plant discoveries==
==Plant discoveries==

Revision as of 15:54, 28 October 2012

Edward Johnston Alexander
Born(1901-07-31)July 31, 1901
DiedAugust 18, 1985(1985-08-18) (aged 84)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNew York Botanical Garden
Author abbrev. (botany)Alexander

Edward Johnston Alexander (July 31, 1901 – August 18, 1985) was an American botanist[1] that discovered three species and one genus, but he only named one of them.[2] He studied at North Carolina State University from 1919 to 1923 and was a longtime assistant and curator at New York Botanical Garden, originally under the guidance of John Kunkel Small.[3]

Plant discoveries

The standard author abbreviation Alexander is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

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[5]

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. ^ Taxonomic Literature II Online (undated). "Edward Johnston Alexander". Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Retrieved October 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Alexander.
  5. ^ "Edward Johnston Alexander". via Google Books. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
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