John Thomas Howell Explained
John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903[1] ā 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.
He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood (1859ā1953), the renowned botanist and botanical collection director at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.
Taxa named for Howell
The genera of Howelliella (in the family Plantaginaceae),[3] [4] Howellanthus (a synonym of Phacelia in the Boraginaceae family) and also Johanneshowellia (Howell's buckwheat) of the family Polygonaceae,[5] are all named in his honor.[6] [7]
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Notes and References
- http://www.csus.edu/bios/images/Placer%20County%20Flora%20Introduction.pdf Placer County Flora Introduction
- "Remembrance of John Thomas Howell", in Flora of North America newsletter, vol.8, no.3
- Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, DāL . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- Web site: Howelliella Rothm. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 May 2021 . en.
- Web site: Johanneshowellia Reveal Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 May 2021 . en.
- Web site: Reveal . James L. . Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia . University of Maryland . 2 October 2021.
- 10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0299:JPEANG]2.0.CO;2 . 0007-196X . 2004 . 56 . 4 . 299ā306 . Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West . Brittonia . Reveal . James L. . 3218353. 20181547 .
