Karl_McKay_Wiegand

Karl McKay Wiegand

Karl McKay Wiegand

American botanist (1873–1942)

Karl McKay Wiegand (June 2, 1873 – March 12, 1942) was an American botanist who headed the Department of Botany at Cornell University for 28 years. He was a member of the Botanical Society of America and served as its president in 1939.[1][2][3]

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The standard author abbreviation Wiegand is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Knudson, Lewis (1942). "Karl M. Wiegand". Science. 95 (2470): 449–450. Bibcode:1942Sci....95..449K. doi:10.1126/science.95.2470.449. JSTOR 1668968. PMID 17736875.
  2. [2]
    "Wiegand, Karl McKay". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 42. New York: James T. White & Company. 1958. pp. 245–246.
  3. [3]
    University, Cornell; Faculty, Office of the Dean of the University (1942). "Karl McKay Wiegand". Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement.
  4. [4]
    International Plant Names Index.  Wiegand.


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