James Edgar Dandy

James Edgar Dandy (* September 24 1903 in Preston, Lancashire, † November 10, 1976 in Tring ) was an English botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Dandy".

Life and work

After his education at the Preston Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge 1925-1927 Dandy was an assistant at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew at John Hutchinson. In 1927, he joined the British Museum in London. From 1956 to 1966 he was " keeper " of the " Department of Botany " at the Natural History Museum London. Specialty of Dandy were the magnolia family ( Magnoliaceae ) and the genus of pondweed ( Potamogeton ). But he also knew his way around, especially in the fields of taxonomy and the older botanical literature. He often contributed to the clarification of taxonomic questions of colleagues, but therefore less published their own work. The ultimate goal was the stability of nomenclature. He was also involved in the problems of nomenclature of Flora Europaea and the index nominum genericorum. His most important work was the separate Index of generic names of vascular plants 1753-1774, which was published in 1967. 1966 Dandy retired.

Ehrentaxon

The plant genus Dandya HE Moore from the family Themidaceae has been named after him.

Works

• List of British vascular plants. In 1958.
• The Sloane Herbarium ... with biographical accounts of the principal contributors .... In 1958.
• Index of generic names of vascular plants from 1753 to 1774. In 1967.

Swell

• Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold: Dictionary of Plant Names. Founded by Robert Zander. 13th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart ( Hohenheim ) 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
• Frans Antonie Stafleu, Erik A. Mennega: Taxonomic literature. Supplement V: Da-Di ( Regnum Vegetable tape 135. ). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 1998, ISBN 3-87429-402-1, pp. 45-46, digitized.
• John Francis Michael Cannon: James Edgar Dandy ( 1903-1976 ). In: Watsonia. Volume 11, No. 4, 1977, pp. 419-420, PDF.