Lawrence Ray Heckard | |
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Born | Long Beach, Washington, US | April 9, 1923
Died | November 26, 1991 | (aged 68)
Alma mater | Oregon State College University of California, Berkeley |
Partner | Paul Silva |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Studies in the Phacelia magellicanica complex (Hydrophyllaceae), with particular reference to the California members (1955) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Heckard |
Lawrence Ray Heckard (1923–1991) was an American botanist and curator of the Jepson Herbarium. He was an authority on the flora of California with a focus on the genus Phacelia.[1]