Ivan Murray Johnston

I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (February 28, 1898–May 31, 1960),[1] was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University. His plant collections are housed in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, in Claremont, and also in the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University.

Ivan M. Johnston in May 1922

His areas of interest, were, among others: Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes

Honours

In 1925, German botanist August Brand, named a genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Boraginaceae), from South America and southern states in USA, as Johnstonella in his honour.[2] Then in 1933, botanist O.E.Schulz named a genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Brassicaceae), from Chile as Ivania.[3] In 1936, botanist Hsen Hsu Hu published Sinojohnstonia, which is a genus of flowering plants from China, belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[4] Lastly in 1975, another botanist Syed Muhammad Anwar Kazmi, named a monotypic genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Boraginaceae), from the Western Himalaya region, Ivanjohnstonia also named in his honour.[5]

Taxa named by Johnston

References
  1. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Ivan M. Johnston". gf.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. "Johnstonella Brand | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. "Ivania O.E.Schulz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "Sinojohnstonia Hu | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. "Ivanjohnstonia Kazmi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  I.M.Johnst.

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