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Index of Botanists

NameFaxon, Edwin
Date of birth1823
Date of death1898
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: A, GH, NEBC] [collector note: New England; A, GH, NEBC. Vermont: FH (algae), collected with C. E. Faxon]
ASA Botanist ID100061 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7de4f25d-0b06-4656-9eb7-7bc1d864e525
Variant nameEdwin Faxon
Author nameE. Faxon
B & P Author Abbrev.E. Faxon
Standard/Label NameE. Faxon
Full NameFaxon, Edwin
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorBryophytes
Specialty CollectorBryophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Specialty CollectorAlgae
Citation as Author Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden
Citation as CollectorNEBC card file of collectors
Citation as CollectorRhodora 2: 107-111. 1900 (portrait)
Member of teams/groups
Author in Sphagna Bor.-Amer. Exsicc.
Author in N. Amer. Sphagna
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by E. Faxon
Collections in[no date] (112),  1858 (1),  1860 (1),  1872 (4),  1873 (16),  1875 (5),  1876 (1),  1877 (30),  1878 (31),  1879 (43),  1880 (31),  1881 (64),  1882 (118),  1883 (115),  1884 (102),  1885 (71),  1886 (41),  1887 (37),  1888 (41),  1889 (100),  1890 (173),  1891 (78),  1892 (42),  1893 (69),  1894 (64),  1895 (50),  1896 (34),  1897 (46),  1898 (6),  1906 (1),  1907 (1)
Collector Teams:C. E. Faxon & E. Faxon  D. C. Eaton & E. Faxon  G. G. Kennedy, C. E. Faxon & E. Faxon  G. G. Kennedy & E. Faxon  E. Faxon & C. E. Faxon  E. Faxon & E. L. Rand  E. L. Rand & E. Faxon  E. Faxon, G. G. Kennedy & E. F. Williams  E. Faxon & J. H. Redfield 

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