Thomas Gibson Lea (December 14, 1785 – September 30, 1844) was an American

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 was born in

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

. He was the older brother of the publisher, Isaac Lea and the younger brother of John Lea (1782-1862), who is known for his study of a cholera outbreak in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was honoured with Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 - 1889), an English cryptogamist and clergyman in the naming of '' Berkleasmium'' (in 1854), which is a genus of

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belonging to the family ''

Dematiaceae The Dermateaceae is a family of cup fungi in the order Helotiales. Most species in this family are plant pathogens but some are saprobes. Genera This is a list of genera in the family, based on the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. '' Aivenia'' &mdas ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lea, Thomas Gibson 19th-century American botanists Scientists from Wilmington, Delaware 1785 births 1844 deaths