Charles Russell Metcalfe

English botanist and explorer (1904–1991)

Charles Russell Metcalfe
Born1904
Died1991(1991-00-00) (aged 86–87)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge[1]
AwardsLinnean Medal, OBE[1]
Scientific career
Thesis The 'Shab' disease of Lavender [1]
Author abbrev. (botany)CRMetcalfe

Charles Russell Metcalfe (1904–1991) was an English botanist and explorer,[2][3] who undertook botanical collecting expeditions in west Cameroon.[4]

Selected publications

  • Tomlinson, Philip Barry; Metcalfe, Charles Russell (1982). Anatomy of the monocotyledons. Vol. 7 (illustrated ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198545026.
  • Metcalfe, Charles Russell; Chalk, Laurence (1979). Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198543831.
  • Robson, Norman Keith Bonnor; Cutler, David Frederick; Gregory, Mary (1970). New research in plant anatomy. Linnean Soc. of London / Academic Press. ISBN 0125906501. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  • Metcalfe, C.R. (1976). "History of the Jodrell Laboratory as a centre for systematic anatomy" (PDF). Leiden Botanical Series (3): 1–19.

Honours

  • 1971: Linnean Medal

Eponymy

Genera
  • (Poaceae) Metcalfia Conert[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Baas, P.; Meneega, A.M.W. (February 1970). "On the Retirement of Charles Russell Metcalfe O.B.E.". Taxon. 19 (1). Wiley: 85–87. doi:10.1002/j.1996-8175.1970.tb02982.x. JSTOR 1217918.
  2. ^ "Charles Russell Metcalfe".
  3. ^ "Charles Russell Metcalfe". Jstor.
  4. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). Metcalfia Conert Gramineae. Vol. 3. CRC Press. ISBN 9780849326776. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Conert, Hans Joachim (1960). "Metcalfia". Willdenowia. 2 (417). (IK)

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