Ivan Murray Johnston

I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (1898–1960), was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University. His plant collections are housed in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, in Claremont, and in the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University.

His areas of interest, were, among others: Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes

Taxa named by Johnston

• Fitzroya cupressoides
• Leucophyllum frutescens
• Astragalus sprucei
• Euplassa
• Euplassa occidentalis
• Fuchsia hypoleuca
• Brunnera macrophylla

References

Literature

• R.E.G.Pichi Sermolli, 1 March 1991
• James S Miller, Mary Sue Taylor und Erin Rempala: Ivan M. Johnston's Studies in the Boraginaceae. Missouri BG, 2005. ISBN 1-930723-44-X
• Donovan S. Correll: Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960). In: Taxon, Vol. 10, Nr. 1 (Jan., 1961), Seiten 1-8
• J. Lanjouw: Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960). In: Taxon, Vol. 9, Nr. 7 (Sep., 1960), Seite 220
• Robert Jan 'Roy' van de Hoek: Restoration and Recovery for Elna Bakker and Ivan Johnston. "R&R" for the Playa del Rey Frogs and Plants. 2005