John Thomas Howell

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John Thomas Howell
File:John Thomas Howell (American Botanist).jpg
Nationality USA
Fields Botany
Institutions California Academy of Sciences

John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903[1] – May 7, 1994[2]) was an American botanist and Eriogonum expert. He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood.

The genera Howellanthus (Scott Mountain phacelia) of the Boraginaceae and Johanneshowellia (Howell's buckwheat) of the Polygonaceae family are named in his honor.[3][4]

The standard author abbreviation J.T.Howell is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

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  1. ↑ Placer County Flora Introduction
  2. ↑ "Remembrance of John Thomas Howell", in Flora of North America newsletter, vol.8, no.3
  3. ↑ Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia
  4. ↑ James R. Reveal Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West, Brittonia 56(4):299–306, 2004
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