Charles Louis Gilly

Charles Louis Gilly
Born1911
Fairfield, Iowa
Died1970 (1971) (aged 59)
Traverse City, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Alma materParsons College
Columbia University
Iowa State University
Michigan State College
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Gilly

Charles Louis Gilly (1911–1970) was an American botanist who was an expert in the flora of Central and South America. He, alongside Wendell Holmes Camp, coined the term biosystematics.[1]

Gilly was born in Fairfield, Iowa. While employed at Iowa State University, he collected botanical specimens in Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. He also studied the taxonomy of teosinte. His collections in Mexico were considerable,[2] and he often collected with Efraím Hernández Xolocotzi [es].[3] After achieving his doctorate, he worked as professor and herbarium curator at Michigan State College until 1954. In 1970, he died in Traverse City, Michigan.[1]

The standard author abbreviation Gilly is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ a b "Gilly, Charles Louis (1911-1970) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org.
  2. ^ Gonzalez Elizondo, Martha; Gonzalez Elizondo, Socorro; Herrera Arrieta, Yolanda (1991). "Listados Floristicos De Mexico IX. Flora De Durango". Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
  3. ^ Hernández-Xolocotzi, Efraim (1971). Exploracion Etnobotanica Y Su Metodologia Hernandez. Colegio de Postgraduados, Escuela Nacional de Agricultura.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Gilly.