Charles Wright (botanist)

Charles Wright

Charles Wright (born October 29, 1811 in Wethersfield , Connecticut , † August 11, 1885 there ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " C.Wright "; earlier the abbreviation " Wright " was also in use, which is currently assigned to John Wright .

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Wright graduated from Yale University in 1835 . In 1853 he took part in the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition as a botanist; his collections from this expedition were edited by Asa Gray at Cambridge . From 1857 to 1863 he undertook numerous collecting trips to Cuba , some of which were described by August Grisebach in his Plantae Wrightianae e Cuba Orientali . After his last trip to Cuba in 1867, he spent much time at the Gray Herbarium in Cambridge, Massachusetts .

Wright worked on the work Flora cubana (1868 to 1873) by Francisco Adolfo Sauvalle .

Honors

The plant genus Carlowrightia A.Gray from the acanthus family (Acanthaceae) is named after him .

literature

Asa Gray : Botanical Necrology of 1885 . In: American Journal of Science . tape 31 , 1886, p. 12-17 .
R. Howard: Charles Wright in Cuba 1856-1867 . Proquest, 1988, ISBN 0-89887-059-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ Robert Zander : Zander hand dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Charles Wright (botanist) at the IPNI
Charles Wright at Harvard University Herbaria ( June 30, 2010 memento in the Internet Archive )
Charles Wright in Handbook of Texas Online

personal data
SURNAME	Wright, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wethersfield , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	August 11, 1885
Place of death	Wethersfield , Connecticut

[1] Robert Zander : Zander hand dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

[Burkhardt_2018-2] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .