John Thomas Howell

John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903[1] – May 7, 1994[2]) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He became an expert of Eriogonum (buckwheat) species, which are widely represented in the native California flora.

John Thomas Howell
NationalityUSA
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsCalifornia Academy of Sciences

He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood (1859−1953), the renowned botanist and botanical collection director at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.

Taxa named for Howell

The genera Howellanthus (Scott Mountain phacelia) of the Boraginaceae and Johanneshowellia (Howell's buckwheat) of the family Polygonaceae are named in his honor.[3][4]

Taxa named by Howell
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See also

References
  1. Placer County Flora Introduction Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Remembrance of John Thomas Howell", in Flora of North America newsletter, vol.8, no.3
  3. Eriogonoideae (Polygonaceae) of North America north of Mexico: Johanneshowellia
  4. Reveal, James L. (2004). "Johanneshowellia (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new genus from the Intermountain West". Brittonia. 56 (4): 299–306. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2004)056[0299:JPEANG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X.
  5. IPNI.  J.T.Howell.


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