Nationality USA Name John Howell | Fields Botany Books Marin flora | |
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Institutions California Academy of Sciences Died May 7, 1994, Marin County, California, United States Institution California Academy of Sciences | ||
John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903 – May 7, 1994) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He became an expert of Eriogonum (buckwheat) species, which are widely represented in the native California flora.
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 Polygonaceae family are named in his honor.
References
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