Samuel Bonsall Parish (1838–1928) was a California botanist and curator of the
herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant biological specimen, specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sh ...
at
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
. A number of plants were named in his honor, including ''
Allium parishii'', ''
Atriplex parishii'', ''
Boechera parishii'', ''
Chaenactis parishii'', ''
Cheilanthes parishii
''Cheilanthes'', commonly known as lip ferns, is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry, rocky regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs. Most are small, sturdy and ever ...
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Delphinium parishii'' ssp. ''pallidum'', ''
Delphinium parishii'' ssp. ''parishii'', ''
Ericameria parishii
''Ericameria parishii'', or Parish's rabbitbrush, is a western North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Distribution
The plant is native to southern Southern California in the United States and to the State of Baja C ...
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Erigeron parishii'', ''
Eriogonum parishii'', ''
Eschscholzia parishii'', ''
Euphorbia parishii
''Euphorbia parishii'', known by the common name Parish's sandmat, is a species of euphorb. It is native to the sandy soils of the deserts in California and Nevada. It is a perennial herb forming a small patch on the ground. The slender, hairles ...
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Galium parishii'', ''
Grusonia parishii'', ''
Heuchera parishii'', ''
Lycium parishii
''Lycium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution around the globe, with species occurring on most continents in temperate and subtropical regions. South America has the most spec ...
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Malacothamnus parishii'', ''
Mimulus parishii'', ''
Orobanche parishii'' ssp. ''brachyloba'', ''
Orobanche parishii'' ssp. ''parishii'', ''
Perideridia parishii'', ''
Phacelia parishii'', ''
Plagiobothrys parishii'', ''
Puccinellia parishii'', ''
Silene parishii'', ''
Solanum parishii'', ''
Stipa parishii'', ''
Symphoricarpos parishii
''Symphoricarpos parishii'', or Parish's snowberry, is a North American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It had been found in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sov ...
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Tauschia parishii'', ''
Trichostema parishii'', ''
Viguiera parishii'', and others.
After studying at New York University in 1858, he became a professor and then participated for four years at the American Civil War. With his brother, he bought a ranch near San Bernardino in 1872 and studied the flora of southern California. His collection of plants of this region led him to undertake a collaboration with
Charles Christopher Parry
image:Charles Christopher Parry.jpg, Parry circa 1875
Charles Christopher Parry (August 28, 1823 – February 20, 1890) was a British-American botanist and Mountaineering, mountaineer.
Biography
Parry was born in Gloucestershire, England, but mo ...
and
C. G. Pringle. His herbarium was sold to Stanford University in 1917.
References
Parish, S. B. (Samuel Bonsall) (1838-1928), University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley
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American botanists
New York University alumni
Union army personnel
1838 births
1928 deaths
Stanford University people