Ivan Murray Johnston
United States botanist
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| Intro | United States botanist | |
| A.K.A. | I.M.Johnst. | |
| A.K.A. | I.M.Johnst. | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Scientist Botanist | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 28 February 1898, Los Angeles | |
| Death | 31 May 1960Massachusetts (aged 62 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Biography
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