Percy Wilson (botanist)

Percy Wilson was born in 1879 and died in 1944.[1]

Wilson joined the New York Botanical Gardens as a museum aide. Wilson then became the assistant to Nathaniel Lord Britton, the NYBG Director-in-Chief. In 1914 Wilson became an Associate Curator.[2]

In 1917 Wilson authored The Vegetation of Vieques Island.[3]

The standard author abbreviation P.Wilson is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000009336
  2. ↑ http://www.nybg.org/library/finding_guide/archv/wilson_irf.html
  3. ↑ https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Vegetation_of_Vieques_Island.html?id=cZx2nQEACAAJ
  4. ↑ "Author Query for 'P.Wilson'". International Plant Names Index.
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