Conrad Vernon Morton

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Template:Short description Conrad Vernon Morton (24 October 1905 – 29 July 1972) was an American botanist, who did notable writings on ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[1]

In 1938, botanists Standl. & Steyerm., published Mortoniodendron, a genus of flowering plants from Central America, belonging to the family Malvaceae in Conrad Morton's honour.[2] Then in 1939, botanist Robert Everard Woodson published Mortoniella a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Central America, in the family Apocynaceae, also in his honour.[3] Later in 1975, botanist Wiehler published Neomortonia, a genus of flowering plant from South America, belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[4]

Publications

  • Studies of fern types (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, two volumes, 1967–1973).
  • A revision of the Argentine species of Solanum (Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Córdoba, Argentine, 1976).

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The standard author abbreviation C.V.Morton is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, pg 1733
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