Frederick Orpen Bower

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Frederick Orpen Bower FRS (4 November 1855 - 11 April 1948) was a British botanist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1891. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society in 1909 and the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1938.

The standard author abbreviation Bower is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

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  1. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 

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