Thomas Walter (botanist)
Thomas Walter (born 1740 in Hampshire , England , † January 18, 1789 in St. John's Parish , Berkeley County , South Carolina ) was a North American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Walter ".
Walter was born in Hampshire, England, but emigrated to South Carolina at a young age, where he stayed for the rest of his life. His work Flora caroliniana was probably the first serious flora description written in North America.
He was friends with the botanist John Fraser (botanist) .
A species named after Thomas Walter is the orchid species Cypripedium reginae (1788). More than 1000 initial botanical descriptions are credited to him.
Works
- Flora caroliniana , 1788
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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 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Thomas Walter (botanist) at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walter, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hampshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1789 |
| Place of death | St. John's Parish , South Carolina |