Biology:Edward Frederick Anderson
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Short description: American botanist
Edward Frederick Anderson (Covina, California, June 17, 1932 – March 29, 2001) was an American botanist who conducted extensive explorations in Mexico.
He was a leading specialist in the cactus family. He was Senior Research Botanist at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix. He chaired the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study. He was a member of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America and the Linnean Society of London. He was emeritus professor of biology at Whitman College, where he taught for three decades.[1]
He collected Jasminocereus thouarsii.[2]
Books
- Peyote: The Divine Cactus. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1981, ISBN 0-8165-0613-2
- Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand. Dioscorides Press, Portland (Oregon) 1993, ISBN 0-931146-25-9
- Threatened Cacti of Mexico. Balogh Scientific Books, Kew 1994, ISBN 0-947643-70-2 con Salvador Arias & Nigel P. Taylor
- The Cactus Family. Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001, ISBN 0-88192-498-9
Further reading
- Gideon F. Smith, Liz A. Slauson. "Edward F. (Ted) Anderson (1932–2001): One of the Greatest Students of Cactaceae of the 20th Century". En: Taxon 50 ( 3): 939–942
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References
- ↑ Timber Press Author Profile: Edward F. Anderson
- ↑ Jones, Shanna T. (2024-08-16). "Meet Michiel Pillet, Cactus Conservationist". https://knowledge.irisbg.com/hc/en-gb/articles/16055240050461-Meet-Michiel-Pillet-Cactus-Conservationist-Prickly-Prospects-Cactus-Nursery.
- ↑ IPNI, E.F.Anderson, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=E.F.Anderson
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