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George Perkins Clinton

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George Perkins Clinton (7 May 1867 – 13 August 1937) was an American botanist, mycologist, and plant pathologist who for thirty-five years worked at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station at New Haven. An expert on smuts and rusts, he was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1]

The standard author abbreviation G.P.Clinton is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. ^ East, E. M. (1938). "George Perkins Clinton (1867-1937)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 72 (10): 354–358. JSTOR 20023320.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  G.P.Clinton.