아서 크론퀴스트

소개

아서 크론퀴스트(Arthur J. Cronquist)(1919년 -1992년)은 북아메리카의 식물학자이다. 전문 분야는 국화과 식물이었다. 크론퀴스트는 크론퀴스트 분류체계를 정립하여 널리 알려지게 되었다.

Arthur John Cronquist was an American biologist, botanist and a specialist on Compositae. He is considered one of the most influential botanists of the 20th century, largely due to his formulation of the Cronquist system as well as being the primary co-author to the Flora of the Pacific Northwest, still the most up to date flora for three northwest U.S. States to date. Two plant genera in the aster family have been named in his honor. These are Cronquistia, a possible synonym of Carphochaete, and Cronquistianthus, which is sometimes included as a group within Eupatorium. The former was applied by R.M. King and the latter by him and Harold E. Robinson.