John Muirhead Macfarlane

John Muirhead Macfarlane (born September 28, 1855 in Kirkcaldy , Fife , † September 16, 1943 in Lancaster ) was a Scottish botanist . Its botanical author's abbreviation is “ Macfarl. "

biography

John Muirhead Macfarlane was born in Kirkcaldy Fife, Scotland, in 1855 to Peter and Isabella Macfarlane. The family belonged to the presbyters . He received a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Edinburgh . Macfarlane was married twice. His first wife was Emily Warburton Macfarlane, she died in 1927. His second wife, Lily Wells Macfarlane, survived him and bore him four children. In 1880 he founded the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, in 1881 he became a lecturer in botany at the Royal Veterinary College. In 1891 Macfarlane emigrated to the United States and became professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania . In 1943 John Muirhead Macfarlane died in Lancaster.

Fonts (selection)

For Adolf Engler The plant kingdom worked Macfarlane families of pitcher plants ( Nepenthaceae , 1908), the pitcher plants ( Sarraceniaceae , 1908) and the dwarf pitcher plants ( Cephalotaceae , 1911). Other works that he wrote include: a .:

• A comparison of the minute structure of plant hybrids with that of their parents, and its bearing on biological problems . Grant, Edinburgh 1892.
• The causes and course of organic evolution: a study of bioenergics . MacMillan, New York 1918, online .
• The quantity and sources of our petroleum supplies: a review and a criticism . Noel Printing, Philadelphia 1931
• The evolution and distribution of flowering plants . Multi-volume, Noel Printing, Philadelphia 1933.

proof

• Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 , p. 961.
• Ray Desmond: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists: including plant collectors, flower painters, and garden designers . CRC Press, 1994, ISBN 0-85066-843-3 , p. 451.
• JT White: National cyclopedia of American biography . White, Pennsylvania 1964.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} J. T. White: National Cyclopedia of American biography . White, Pennsylvania 1964, p. 307.
2. ^ American Association for the Advancement of Science: Science , 98th Volume. Page 487.
3. ^ Walter Steckbeck: John Muirhead Macfarlane . In: Ray Desmond: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists . P. 451.

Web links

• Author entry and list of the described plant names for John Muirhead Macfarlane at the IPNI