Edward Groesbeck "Ed" Voss (February 22, 1929 – February 13, 2012) was an American botanist and expert on taxonomic nomenclature. Voss was born in

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, received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1954 and spent his entire professional career at the

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, studying the plants and Lepidoptera of

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, his adopted state. He is best known for his three volume ''Michigan Flora'' (Volume 1 was honored by a Resolution of the Michigan Senate in 1972; Volume 2 received the H.A. Gleason Award of the

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in 1986), plus his work on botanical history, especially his ''Botanical Beachcombers'', and for his long service to the

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, serving as secretary of the editorial committee of the

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from 1969 to 1981 and chairman from 1981 to 1987. He also had a strong interest in Lepidoptera, publishing a number of papers on the butterflies and moths of northern Michigan. He was a Fellow of the

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. He died at Ann Arbor, Michigan on February 13, 2012, from a brain hemorrhage.

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Edward G. Voss - in memoriam

on the occasion of his honorary degree * for an evening at the University of Michigan Biological Station, August 29, 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Voss, Edward Groesbeck Botanists active in North America American lepidopterists 1929 births 2012 deaths Fellows of the Linnean Society of London University of Michigan alumni University of Michigan faculty People from Delaware, Ohio