John Thomas Howell (November 6, 1903 – May 7, 1994) was an American botanist and

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. He became an expert of '' Eriogonum'' (buckwheat) species, which are widely represented in the native California flora. He was the assistant of

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(1859−1953), the renowned botanist and botanical collection director at the

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Taxa named for Howell

The genera of ''

Howelliella ''Howelliella'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It only contains one species, ''Howelliella ovata''. It is native to California. The genus name of ''Howelliella'' is in honour of John Thomas Howel ...

'' (in the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older ...

), ''

Howellanthus ''Howellanthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the borage family containing the single species ''Howellanthus dalesianus'', commonly known as Scott Mountain phacelia or Howell's phacelia. Until 2010 the plant was known as ''Phacelia ...

'' (Scott Mountain phacelia) of the

Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the orde ...

family and also ''

Johanneshowellia ''Johanneshowellia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is ...

'' (Howell's buckwheat) of the family

Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus ''Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1 ...

, are all named in his honor.

Taxa named by Howell

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American taxonomists 1903 births 1994 deaths Botanists active in North America People associated with the California Academy of Sciences People from San Francisco Scientists from California 20th-century American botanists {{US-botanist-stub

Taxa named for Howell

Taxa named by Howell

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