Back كونراد فيرنون مورتون Arabic كونراد فيرنون مورتون ARZ Conrad Vernon Morton German Conrad Vernon Morton Spanish Conrad Vernon Morton French コンラッド・ヴァーノン・モートン Japanese Conrad Vernon Morton Portuguese Мортон, Конрад Вернон Russian Conrad Vernon Morton Swedish Конрад Вернон Мортон Ukrainian
Conrad Vernon Morton (24 October 1905 – 29 July 1972) was an American botanist, who did notable writings on ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[1]
In 1938, botanists Standl. & Steyerm., published Mortoniodendron, a genus of flowering plants from Central America, belonging to the family Malvaceae in Conrad Morton's honour.[2] Then in 1939, botanist Robert Everard Woodson published Mortoniella a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Central America, in the family Apocynaceae, also in his honour.[3] Later in 1975, botanist Wiehler published Neomortonia, a genus of flowering plant from South America, belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[4]
- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, pg 1733
- ^ "Mortoniodendron Standl. & Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Mortoniella Woodson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Neomortonia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.