Edward Leonard Caum (1893–1952) was a United States botanist known for his work on plant species in Hawaii.
In the 1920s, Caum was working with the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association
Founded in 1895, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA) was an unincorporated, voluntary organization of sugarcane plantation owners in the Hawaiian Islands. Its objective was to promote the mutual benefits of its members and the developme ...
(HSPA), and with the help of W. W. G. Moir of American Factors, the two helped preserve a collection of Native Hawaii sugarcane species, ''S. officinarum''.
Caum lived with his wife in the "H" house of the
Lyon Arboretum
The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a arboretum and botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Hawaii at Mānoa located at the upper end of Manoa, Mānoa Valley in Hawaii, Hawaii.
Much of the Arboretum's botanical c ...
until his death. The house is now the main headquarters of the Lyon Arboretum.
See also
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Amaranthus brownii
''Amaranthus brownii'' was an annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae. The plant was found only on the small island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, growing on rocky outcrops at altitudes of . It was one of nine species of ''Amaran ...
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1893 births
1952 deaths
American botanists
American foresters
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