About John Thomas Howell
Lived 1903 – 1994 (aged 90). John Thomas Howell was an American botanist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903 – May 7, 1994 ) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He became an expert of Eriogonum (buckwheat) species, which are widely represented in the native California flora.
He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood (1859−1953), the renowned botanist and botanical collection director at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.
Taxa named for Howell The genera of Howelliella (in the family Plantaginaceae), Howellanthus (a synonym of Phacelia in the Boraginaceae family) and also Johanneshowellia (Howell's buckwheat) of the family Polygonaceae, are all named in his honor.
Taxa named by Howell
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Who was John Thomas Howell?
American botanist (1903–1994)
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John Thomas Howell was born on 6 November 1903 in Merced.
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John Thomas Howell died on 7 May 1994.
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John Thomas Howell was a botanist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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John Thomas Howell was American.
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