Robert Everard Woodson

Robert Everard Woodson
Born(1904-04-28)April 28, 1904
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedNovember 6, 1963(1963-11-06) (aged 59)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis

Robert Everard Woodson Jr. (28 April 1904 – 6 November 1963) was an American botanist.[1] He received a degree in biology in 1929 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The standard author abbreviation Woodson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

He gave classes in botany at Washington University, and from 1945 to 1963 he was a regular professor.[3] He was also curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.[3][4][note 1]

  1. ^ Caroline K. Allen; David J. Rogers; Lorin I. Nevling, Jr. (30 January 1965). "Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. (1904-1963)". Brittonia. 17 (1): 1–11. Bibcode:1965Britt..17....1A. doi:10.1007/bf02810488. JSTOR 2805386. S2CID 340788.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Woodson.
  3. ^ a b Stafleu, Frans A.; Cowan, Richard S. (1988). Stafleu, Frans A. (ed.). Taxonomic literature. A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Vol. VII: W-Z (2nd ed.). Utrecht / Antwerpen: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. pp. 446–448. ISBN 9031308536. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ Riley, Martha (1995). "A Guide to the Archives and Manuscripts of the Missouri Botanical Garden" (PDF). Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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