Colin Charles Walker
Colin Charles Walker (* 1952 ) is a British botanist who mainly specialized in collecting seed plants . He is particularly concerned with the genus of aloes , the silk plant family and the cranesbill family . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " CCWalker ".
life and career
In the course of his career he specialized primarily in the plant genus of the aloes, but made initial descriptions of other genera in the early 1980s . Among other things, from Brachystelma mortonii , which belongs to the genus Brachystelma , to Monsonia lavrani (Halda) and × Tavarorbea . Furthermore, he also defined the genus Umbilicus , and has been looking after the Bradleya since 2001 , which mainly deals with cacti and succulents.
Together with Susan Carter , John Jacob Lavranos and Leonard Eric Newton he was the author of the 2011 plant guide Aloes. The definitive guide .
In addition to the aloes , other main areas of Newton are the silk plants or the cranesbill plants .
Web links
- Author entry and list of described plant names for Colin Charles Walker at the IPNI
- Colin Charles Walker in the database on the official website of the Harvard University Herbaria (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Colin Charles Walker: Umbilicus . In: Urs Eggli: Succulents Lexicon Volume 4. Crassulaceae (thick-leaf plants) . 2003, pp. 381-382
- ↑ Susan Carter , John J. Lavranos , Leonard E. Newton , Colin C. Walker: Aloes. The definitive guide . Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2011, ISBN 978-1-84246-439-7 , pp. 215 .
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SURNAME | Walker, Colin Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |