Stephen Thayer Olney Explained

Stephen Thayer Olney
Birth Date:	15 February 1812^[1]
Birth Place:	Burrillville, Rhode Island
Death Place:	Providence, Rhode Island^[2]
Nationality:	American

Stephen Thayer Olney (February 15, 1812 – July 27, 1878) was an American manufacturer and botanist with expertise in the genus Carex.^[3]

The monotypic plant genus Olneya (Olneya tesota, desert ironwood) was named in his honor by his friend and fellow botanist Asa Gray.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephen Thayer Olney (1812-1878) Papers . botlib.huh.harvard.edu . Library of the Gray Herbarium . 2018-09-27.
2. Memoirs: Stephen Thayer Olney . Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 1879 . 14-15 . 367–368.
3. Web site: Brown University Herbarium: History. www.brown.edu . Brown University . 2018-09-28 . en.
4. Book: Quattrocchi . Umberto . CRC world dictionary of medicinal and poisonous plants : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology . 2016 . CRC Press . 9781482250640.