John Carey (1797 – 26 March 1880) was a British

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

who studied in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

between 1830 and 1852. Carey was a "frequent guest and invaluable companion" to

Asa Gray Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His ''Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually excl ...

. Carey revised Gray's proofs of the first edition of the ''Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States'', also contributing articles on '' Salix'' (willows), ''

Populus ''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood. The we ...

'' (poplars), and '' Carex'' (sedges). In his obituary, Gray described Carey as "a near and faithful friend, an accomplished botanist, a genial and warm-hearted and truly good man." John Carey described several species, primarily in the genus ''Carex'', including ''

Carex grayi ''Carex grayi'', commonly known as Gray's sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large ...

''. Several species are named in his honor, including ''Carex careyana'' and ''Persicaria careyi''. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, John 1797 births 1880 deaths English botanists 19th-century British botanists Botanists active in North America Scientists from London