Died 1942 | ||
Karl McKay Wiegand (June 2, 1873 – March 12, 1942) was an American botanist who headed the Department of Botany at Cornell University for 28 years. He was a member of the Botanical Society of America and served as its president in 1939.
The standard author abbreviation Wiegand is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.
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