Charles Bixler Heiser
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Charles Bixler Heiser Jr. (1920–2010) was a professor of botany, known as a leading expert on the sunflower genus Helianthus.[2][3][4] He is also noteworthy as the author of a "series of popular books that did much to promote botany to the general public."[2]
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Charles Bixler Heiser | |
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Born | (1920-10-05)October 5, 1920 |
Died | June 11, 2010(2010-06-11) (aged 89) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany Ethnobotany Plant biosystematics |
Doctoral advisor | Herbert Louis Mason[1] |
Doctoral students | W. Hardy Eshbaugh Barbara Pickersgill[1] |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Heiser |
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