Edward Frederick Anderson (Covina, California, June 17, 1932 – March 29, 2001) was an American botanist who conducted extensive explorations in Mexico.
He was a leading specialist in the
cactus family. He was Senior Research Botanist at the
Desert Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Papago Park, at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, central Arizona.
Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 and established at this site in 1939, the garden now ...
, Phoenix. He chaired the
International Organization for Succulent Plant Study. He was a member of the
Cactus and Succulent Society of America
The Cactus and Succulent Society of America (CSSA) is a horticultural society which is based in Pasadena, California.
History
The CSSA was founded in 1929 in Los Angeles County, at Pasadena, California, and has grown to encompass over 80 affili ...
and the
Linnean Society of London
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript a ...
. He was emeritus professor of biology at
Whitman College
Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. The school offers 53 majors and 33 minors in the liberal arts and sciences, and it has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1.
Founded as a seminary by a territorial l ...
, where he taught for three decades.
He collected ''
Jasminocereus thouarsii''.
Books
* ''Peyote: The Divine Cactus''. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1981,
* ''Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand''. Dioscorides Press, Portland (Oregon) 1993,
* ''Threatened Cacti of Mexico''. Balogh Scientific Books, Kew 1994, con Salvador Arias & Nigel P. Taylor
* ''The Cactus Family''. Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001,
Further reading
*Gideon F. Smith, Liz A. Slauson. "Edward F. (Ted) Anderson (1932–2001): One of the Greatest Students of Cactaceae of the 20th Century". En: Taxon 50 ( 3): 939–942
References
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1932 births
2001 deaths
Botanists active in North America
Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
People from Covina, California
Scientists from California
20th-century American botanists