Edward Frederick Anderson

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Edward Frederick Anderson (Covina, California, June 17, 1932 – March 29, 2001) was an American botanist who conducted extensive explorations in Mexico.

He was a leading specialist in the cactus family. He was Senior Research Botanist at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix. He chaired the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study. He was a member of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America and the Linnean Society of London. He was emeritus professor of biology at Whitman College, where he taught for three decades.[1]

He collected Jasminocereus thouarsii.[2]

Books

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  • Peyote: The Divine Cactus. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1981, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand. Dioscorides Press, Portland (Oregon) 1993, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Threatened Cacti of Mexico. Balogh Scientific Books, Kew 1994, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). con Salvador Arias & Nigel P. Taylor
  • The Cactus Family. Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Further reading

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  • Gideon F. Smith, Liz A. Slauson. "Edward F. (Ted) Anderson (1932–2001): One of the Greatest Students of Cactaceae of the 20th Century". En: Taxon 50 ( 3): 939–942

References

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  1. ^ Timber Press Author Profile: Edward F. Anderson
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