Peter F. Stevens
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Peter Francis Stevens is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 botanist born in 1944.

He is a researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...

 at the Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder Henry Shaw, a botanist and philanthropist.-History:...

 and professor of Biology of the University of Missouri–St. Louis
University of Missouri–St. Louis
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is one of four universities in the University of Missouri System. Established in 1963, it is the newest university in the UM System. , it is the largest university by enrollment in the St. Louis area with 16,548 students...

. More importantly, he is a member of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to an informal international group of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus on the taxonomy of flowering plants that would reflect new knowledge about plant relationships discovered through phylogenetic studies., three...

 which created the APG
APG
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, APG II and APG III classifications.

He maintains a web site, APweb
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website is a well-known web site dedicated to research on Angiosperm phylogeny and taxonomy.The site is hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden website and maintained by researcher Peter F. Stevens, who is a member of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group...

, hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden, which has been regularly updated since 2001, and is a useful source for the latest research in angiosperm phylogeny which follows the APG approach.

Some species first described by Peter F. Stevens

  • family Clusiaceae
    Clusiaceae
    The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. is a family of plants formerly including about 37 genera and 1610 species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. It is primarily tropical...

    • Bonnetia ahogadoi (Steyerm.) A.L.Weitzman & P.F.Stevens
    • Bonnetia fasciculata
      Bonnetia fasciculata
      Bonnetia fasciculata is a species of flowering plant in the Bonnetiaceae family.It is found only in Venezuela.-Sources:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens & A.L.Weitzman
    • Bonnetia rubicunda
      Bonnetia rubicunda
      Bonnetia rubicunda is a species of flowering plant in the Bonnetiaceae family.It is found only in Guyana.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 9 March 2011....

      (Sastre) A.L.Weitzman & P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum acutiputamen
      Calophyllum acutiputamen
      Calophyllum acutiputamen is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Sources:* Eddowes, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum aerarium P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum alboramulum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum andersonii P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum archipelagi P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum ardens P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum articulatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum aurantiacum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum austroindicum Kosterm. ex P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum banyengii P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum bicolor
      Calophyllum bicolor
      Calophyllum bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.-References:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum bifurcatum
      Calophyllum bifurcatum
      Calophyllum bifurcatum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in West Papua in Indonesia.-References:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum calcicola P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum carrii P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum castaneum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum celebicum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum ceriferum Gagnep. ex P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum clemensorum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum collinum
      Calophyllum collinum
      Calophyllum collinum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2006....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum complanatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum confertum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum dioscurii P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum dispar P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum echinatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum eputamen P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum exiticostatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum fibrosum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum gaimanum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum garcinioides P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum goniocarpum
      Calophyllum goniocarpum
      Calophyllum goniocarpum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-References:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum griseum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum havilandii
      Calophyllum havilandii
      Calophyllum havilandii is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum heterophyllum
      Calophyllum heterophyllum
      Calophyllum heterophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum hirasimum
      Calophyllum hirasimum
      Calophyllum hirasimum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in West Papua in Indonesia.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum humbertii P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum incumbens P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum insularum
      Calophyllum insularum
      Calophyllum insularum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in West Papua in Indonesia.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Eddowes, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum laticostatum
      Calophyllum laticostatum
      Calophyllum laticostatum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in Papua New Guinea and possibly the Philippines.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum leleanii P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum lingulatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum milvum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum morobensis P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum mukunense P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum multitudinis P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum obscurum
      Calophyllum obscurum
      Calophyllum obscurum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Solomon Islands.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum paniculatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum pelewense P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum persimile
      Calophyllum persimile
      Calophyllum persimile is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum piluliferum
      Calophyllum piluliferum
      Calophyllum piluliferum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum poilanei Gagnep. ex P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum praetermissum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum pseudovitiense P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum pyriforme P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum recurvatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum rigidulum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum robustum
      Calophyllum robustum
      Calophyllum robustum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Eddowes, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum roseocostatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum rufigemmatum M.R.Hend. & Wyatt-Sm. ex P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum rugosum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum sakarium P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum stipitatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum streimannii
      Calophyllum streimannii
      Calophyllum streimannii is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum suberosum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum sundaicum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum touranense Gagnep. ex P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum undulatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum vergens P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum vernicosum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum verticillatum P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum vexans
      Calophyllum vexans
      Calophyllum vexans is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-References:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum waliense
      Calophyllum waliense
      Calophyllum waliense is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Eddowes, P.J. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Calophyllum woodii P.F.Stevens
    • Garcinia cerasifer (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens
    • Garcinia cymosa (K.Schum.) I.M.Turner & P.F.Stevens
    • Kayea borneensis P.F.Stevens
    • Kayea coriacea
      Kayea coriacea
      Kayea coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Neil Mcewens Garden.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      (P.F.Stevens) P.F.Stevens
    • Kayea scalarinervosa P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea cauliflora (Baker) P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea cordata P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea grandifolia
      Mammea grandifolia
      Mammea grandifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea megaphylla (J.-F.Leroy) P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea papyracea
      Mammea papyracea
      Mammea papyracea is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Stevens, P.F. 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea pseudoprotorhus (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea punctata (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea veimauriensis
      Mammea veimauriensis
      Mammea veimauriensis is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Papua New Guinea.-References:. Downloaded on 20 July 2007....

      P.F.Stevens
    • Mammea zeereae P.F.Stevens
    • Mesua coriacea P.F.Stevens
    • Neotatea duidae (Kobuski & Steyerm.) P.F.Stevens & A.L.Weitzman
  • family Ericaceae
    Ericaceae
    The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...

    • Agapetes prostrata P.F.Stevens
    • Agapetes rubropedicellata P.F.Stevens
    • Agapetes shungolensis P.F.Stevens
    • Agapetes sleumeriana P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera albida P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera amplifolia (F.Muell.) P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera angiliensis P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera anomala P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera antennifera P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera bracteata P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera continua (P.F.Stevens) P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera cratericola P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera fissiflora (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera glauca P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera ingens (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera inopinata P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera keysseri (Schltr. ex Diels) P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera longistyla P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera macbainii (F.Muell.) P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera napuensis P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera papillata P.F.Stevens ex P.Royen
    • Dimorphanthera tedentii P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera viridiflora P.F.Stevens
    • Dimorphanthera wisselensis P.F.Stevens
    • Elliottia bracteata Benth. & Hook.f. f. longiracemosa (Nakai) S.W.Brim & P.F.Stevens
    • Elliottia pyroliflora
      Elliottia pyroliflora
      Elliottia pyroliflora is found in mountainous regions of northwestern North America.-External links:***...

      (Bong.) Brim & P.F.Stevens
    • Elliottia pyroliflora
      Elliottia pyroliflora
      Elliottia pyroliflora is found in mountainous regions of northwestern North America.-External links:***...

      (Bongard) S.W.Brim & P.F.Stevens
    • Erica bocquetii (Pesmen) P.F.Stevens
    • Kalmia buxifolia (Bergius) Gift, Kron & P.F.Stevens
    • Kalmia procumbens (L.) Gift, Kron & P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia alberti-eduardi (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia brassii (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia carrii (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia costata (C.H.Wright) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia kudukii (Veldkamp) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia megaphylla P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia neocaledonica (Guillaumin) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia prostrata (P.F.Stevens) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia rubrocalyx (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia sclerophylla (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia shungolensis (P.F.Stevens) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia sleumeriana (P.F.Stevens) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia vitis-idaea (Sleumer) P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia vulcanicola P.F.Stevens
    • Paphia woodsii P.F.Stevens
    • Rhododendron roseiflorum P.F.Stevens
    • Vaccinium jacobeanum P.F.Stevens
    • Vaccinium lamellatum P.F.Stevens
    • Vaccinium papillatum P.F.Stevens
    • Vaccinium praeces P.F.Stevens
    • Vaccinium subdissitifolium P.F.Stevens
  • family Flacourtiaceae
    Flacourtiaceae
    Flacourtiaceae is a defunct family of flowering plants whose former members have been scattered to various other families, mostly to Achariaceae, Samydaceae, and Salicaceae. It was so vaguely defined that hardly anything seemed out of place there and it became a dumping ground for odd and anomalous...

    • Ryparosa porcata P.F.Stevens
  • family Lomandraceae
    • genus Romnalda
      Romnalda
      Romnalda is a small genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The name Romnalda is an anagram of Lomandra, a related though more common genus of sedge-like plants...

      P.F.Stevens
      • Romnalda papuana (Lauterb.) P.F.Stevens
  • family Meliaceae
    Meliaceae
    The Meliaceae, or the Mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs in the order Sapindales....

    • Chisocheton gliroides P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton montanus P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton novobritannicus P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton sapindinus P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton sayeri (C.DC.) P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton schoddei P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton stellatus P.F.Stevens
    • Chisocheton tenuis P.F.Stevens
  • family Myrsinaceae
    Myrsinaceae
    Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. It consists of 35 genera and about 1000 species....

    • Tapeinosperma alatum D.E.Holland & P.F.Stevens
  • family Thymelaeaceae
    Thymelaeaceae
    Thymelaeaceae is a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera and 898 species. It was established in 1789 by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.Thymelaeaceae is in the order Malvales...

    • Phaleria longituba P.F.Stevens
    • Phaleria okapensis P.F.Stevens
    • Phaleria pilistyla P.F.Stevens
  • family Violaceae
    Violaceae
    Violaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales...

    • Rinorea belalongii P.F.Stevens
    • Rinorea cinerea (King) J.K.Jarvie & P.F.Stevens
    • Rinorea crassa P.F.Stevens

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