John Donnell Smith

John Donnell Smith ( born June 5, 1829 in Baltimore, † December 2, 1928 ) was an American botanist and plant collector. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Donn.Sm. "; earlier was also the abbreviation " J. D. Sm " in use.

Smith received in 1905 a position as Honorary Associate at the United States National Herbarium, which is operated by the Smithsonian Institution. This position he held until his death in 1928. Smith was an expert on the flora of Central America. He bequeathed his herbarium and his library of the Smithsonian Institution.

Ehrentaxon

According to him, the plant genus Donnellsmithia JMCoult was. et Rose ex J.M.Coult. named.

Works

  • Check list of North American plants, including Mexican species Which approach in the U.S. boundary. In 1886.
  • Enumeratio plantarum guatemalensium Imprimis a H. de Tuerckheim Collectarum / quas edidit John Donnell Smith. H.N. Patterson, Oquawka, Illinois 1889-1907 ( digitized version ).

Swell

  • Robert Zander, Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds.): Handbook of Plant Names. 13th edition. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
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