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| Ivan Murray Johnston | |
|---|---|
 Ivan M. Johnston in May 1922 | |
| Born | February 28, 1898 |
| Died | May 31, 1960 (1960-06-01) (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (February 28, 1898 – May 31, 1960) was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University. His plant collections are housed in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, in Claremont, and also in the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. His areas of interest included Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes.
Honours
In 1925, German botanist August Brand, named a genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Boraginaceae) from South America and the southern United States, as Johnstonella in Johnston's honour. Then in 1933, botanist O.E.Schulz named a genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Brassicaceae), from Chile as Ivania. In 1936, botanist Hsen Hsu Hu published Sinojohnstonia, which is a genus of flowering plants from China, belonging to the family Boraginaceae. In 1975, another botanist Syed Muhammad Anwar Kazmi, named a monotypic genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Boraginaceae), from the Western Himalaya region, Ivanjohnstonia also named in his honour.
Taxa named by Johnston
Some taxa named by Johnston include the following.
- Fitzroya cupressoides
- Leucophyllum frutescens
- Astragalus sprucei
- Euplassa
- Euplassa occidentalis
- Fuchsia hypoleuca
- Brunnera macrophylla
References
- "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Ivan M. Johnston". gf.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- "Johnstonella Brand". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- "Ivania O.E.Schulz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- "Sinojohnstonia Hu". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- "Ivanjohnstonia Kazmi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- International Plant Names Index. I.M.Johnst.
Literature
- R.E.G.Pichi Sermolli, 1 March 1991
- James S Miller, Mary Sue Taylor und Erin Rempala: Ivan M. Johnston's Studies in the Boraginaceae. Missouri BG, 2005. ISBN 1-930723-44-X
- Donovan S. Correll: Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960). In: Taxon, Vol. 10, Nr. 1 (Jan., 1961), Seiten 1-8
- J. Lanjouw: Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960). In: Taxon, Vol. 9, Nr. 7 (Sep., 1960), Seite 220
- Robert Jan 'Roy' van de Hoek: Restoration and Recovery for Elna Bakker and Ivan Johnston. "R&R" for the Playa del Rey Frogs and Plants. 2005
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