Willis Linn Jepson
Willis Linn Jepson (born August 19, 1867 in Vacaville , California , † November 7, 1946 in Berkeley (California) ) was an American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Jeps. "
Live and act
Willis Linn Jepson was Professor of Botany at the University of California Berkeley from 1899 to 1937 . He was particularly concerned with the vegetation of the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1892, together with John Muir, he founded the Sierra Club, a kind of environmental protection organization. He founded the California Botanical Society in 1913. In 1928 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Honor taxon
The plant genus Jepsonia ( Small ) from the family of the Saxifragaceae (Saxifragaceae) is named after him.
Works
- A Flora of Western Middle California , 1901
- The Silva of California , 1910
- A Flora of California , 1909-1943
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Willis Linn Jepson at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jepson, Willis Linn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vacaville , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1946 |
| Place of death | Berkeley, California |