Sherwin John Carlquist FMLS (July 7, 1930 - December 1, 2021) was an American botanist and photographer.

Education

He received his undergraduate degree from the

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in 1952 and a Ph.D. in botany in 1956, also at Berkeley. During his graduate studies, Marion Elizabeth Stilwell Cave instructed him in the nuances of plant microphotography and embryology. Carlquist did a postdoctoral study at

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from 1955 to 1956.

Career

After his postdoctoral studies, he began his teaching career at the

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. In 1977 he also began teaching at

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and continued teaching at both institutions until 1992. From 1984 to 1992 Carlquist was the resident Plant Anatomist at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. His last post was as an adjunct professor at

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from 1993 to 1998.Sherwin Carlquist
Biography and Publications.
Accessed online December 5, 2010. Carlquist studied wood anatomy of the

Gnetophyta Gnetophyta () is a division of plants (alternatively considered the subclass Gnetidae or order Gnetales), grouped within the gymnosperms (which also includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgos), that consists of some 70 species across the three ...

and was an

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of many plant taxa, including species of the carnivorous plant genus ''

Drosera ''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginou ...

'', the

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n genus '' Stylidium'', and the odd Australian genus '' Alexgeorgea'' whose female flowers are almost entirely underground.Sherwin Carlquist
Plant Discoveries.
Accessed online December 5, 2010. He has made important contributions to the field of island biology in the footstep of Alfred Russel Wallace, studying particularly Hawaiian Islands, introducing or emphasizing concepts such as island disharmony, loss of dispersal, increased woodiness, hybridization.

Recognition

The California plant

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'' Carlquistia'' is named for Carlquist.Flora of North America: ''Carlquistia''
/ref> In 2006 he was awarded the Jose

Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany was initiated in 2001 by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA. It is named after José Cuatrecasas, a pioneering botanist and taxonomi ...

Plant species named after Carlquist

*'' Carlquistia muirii'' (Muir's tarplant)

External links

Calflora Database: ''Carlquistia muirii'' (Muir's tarplant)

References

1930 births 2021 deaths 21st-century American botanists Botanists active in Australia Claremont Graduate University faculty University of California, Berkeley alumni American people of Swedish descent Pomona College faculty {{US-botanist-stub