Charles Russell Metcalfe (1904–1991) was an English botanist and explorer,[2][3] who undertook botanical collecting expeditions in west Cameroon.[4]

Selected publications

• Tomlinson, Philip Barry; Metcalfe, Charles Russell (1982). Anatomy of the monocotyledons. Vol. 7 (illustrated ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198545026.
• Metcalfe, Charles Russell; Chalk, Laurence (1979). Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198543831.
• Robson, Norman Keith Bonnor; Cutler, David Frederick; Gregory, Mary (1970). New research in plant anatomy. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Soc. of London / Academic Press. ISBN 0125906501.
• Metcalfe, C.R. (1976). "History of the Jodrell Laboratory as a centre for systematic anatomy" (PDF). Leiden Botanical Series (3): 1–19.

Honours

• 1971: Linnean Medal

Eponymy

Genera

• (Poaceae) Metcalfia Conert[5]

Species (16 + 8 + 1 registered)

• (Euphorbiaceae) Mallotus metcalfianus Croizat[6]
• (Piperaceae) Peperomia metcalfii Trel. & Yunck.[7]
• (Rubiaceae) Pertusadina metcalfii (Merr. ex H.L.Li) Y.F.Deng & C.M.Hu[8]
• (Theaceae) Eurya metcalfiana Kobuski & Hung T.Chang[9]

The standard author abbreviation C.R.Metcalfe is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[10]

References

• "Author Details for Charles Russell Metcalfe" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).

External links

Data related to Charles Russell Metcalfe at Wikispecies