Maxwell T. Masters
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Maxwell Tylden Masters was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was educated at King's College London
and the University of St Andrews
. His most famous works are perhaps Vegetable Teratology, which dealt with teratology
(abnormal mutations) of vegetable
species, and several works on Chinese plants (particularly conifers), describing many of the new species discovered by Ernest Henry Wilson
.
The larch
Larix mastersiana
and the Nepenthes
hybrid N. × mastersiana are named after him, among other plant species.
For many years he was the editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, which led to him corresponding with Charles Darwin
.
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
. His most famous works are perhaps Vegetable Teratology, which dealt with teratology
Teratology
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development. It is often thought of as the study of human birth defects, but it is much broader than that, taking in other non-birth developmental stages, including puberty; and other non-human life forms, including plants.- Etymology :The...
(abnormal mutations) of vegetable
Vegetable
The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant....
species, and several works on Chinese plants (particularly conifers), describing many of the new species discovered by Ernest Henry Wilson
Ernest Henry Wilson
Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson , better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable English plant collector who introduced a large range of about 2000 of Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.-Career:...
.
The larch
Larch
Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. Growing from 15 to 50m tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains further south...
Larix mastersiana
Larix mastersiana
Larix mastersiana is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.It is found only in China.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Conifer Specialist Group 2000. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007.-External links:*...
and the Nepenthes
Nepenthes
The Nepenthes , popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises roughly 130 species, numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids...
hybrid N. × mastersiana are named after him, among other plant species.
For many years he was the editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, which led to him corresponding with Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
.