Peter Frederick Yeo

Peter Frederick Yeo (born March 30, 1929 in Kingston upon Thames , † 2010 ) was an English botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Yeo ".

Yeo specialized in the taxonomy of crops; He devoted himself intensively to the genus of the cranesbills ( Geranium ). He worked at the Botanical Gardens at Cambridge University. He was also a contributor to Flora Europaea , Volumes 1–5 (e.g. Euphrasia and Ruscus ) and co-editor of The European Garden Flora .

Works

• Outdoor geraniums for gardens and parks . Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8001-6362-4 (translated by Marion Zerbst).
• Hardy geraniums . Batsford 2005, ISBN 0-7134-8928-6 .
• The European Garden Flora . Volume 1 ff., 1986 Cambridge University Press, 1986-. ISBN 0-521-24859-0
• Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo, Andrew Lack: The natural history of pollination . 2009. ISBN 978-0-00-730858-3

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• Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
• Walter Erhardt among others: The big pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
• Michael Proctor: Obituary for Peter Yeo in: Watsonia 28, 192, 2010. With list of publications.

Web links

• Author entry and list of the described plant names for Peter Frederick Yeo at the IPNI