John Thomas Howell
John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903[1] – May 7, 1994[2]) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He became an expert of Eriogonum (buckwheat) species, which are widely represented in the native California flora.
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| Nationality | USA |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | California Academy of Sciences |
He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood (1859−1953), the renowned botanist and botanical collection director at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.
Taxa named for Howell
The genera Howellanthus (Scott Mountain phacelia) of the Boraginaceae and Johanneshowellia (Howell's buckwheat) of the family Polygonaceae are named in his honor.[3][4]
See also
- List of California native plants
- Flora of California
- Physocarpus alternans
References
- Placer County Flora Introduction Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "Remembrance of John Thomas Howell", in Flora of North America newsletter, vol.8, no.3
- Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia
- Reveal, James L. (2004). "Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West". Brittonia. 56 (4): 299–306. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0299:JPEANG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X.
- IPNI. J.T.Howell.
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