Biography: Curt Backeberg
Backeberg, Curt (1894–1966)—author of Die Cactaceae (in six volumes 1958–62) condensed into Das Kakteenlexikon (one volume, 1966) and describer of many new cactus genera and species.
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Biography: A Salute to Joseph Nelson Rose
Dr. Rose (1862–1928) is best known as the junior author of the great monograph, The Cactaceae, written in collaboration with Nathaniel Lord Britton
Biography: Michel Adanson
Adanson, Michel (1727–1806)—colonial discoverer of the genus Adansonia, the Baobab tree, which is named in his honor and describer of the genus Kalanchoe, among others.
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