Conrad Vernon Morton (24 October 1905 – 29 July 1972) was an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[1]

In 1938, botanists Standl. & Steyerm., published Mortoniodendron, a genus of flowering plants from Central America, belonging to the family Malvaceae in Conrad Morton's honour.[2] Then in 1939, botanist Robert Everard Woodson published Mortoniella a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Central America, in the family Apocynaceae, also in his honour.[3] Later in 1975, botanist Wiehler published Neomortonia, a genus of flowering plant from South America, belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[4]

Publications

• Studies of fern types (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, two volumes, 1967–1973).
• A revision of the Argentine species of Solanum (Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Córdoba, Argentine, 1976).

References

External links

• Conrad Vernon Morton Papers, 1913-1973 and undated from the Smithsonian Institution Archives

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