Arthur Cronquist

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**Arthur J. Cronquist**
Born	1919
Died	1992
Field	Botany
Known for	Cronquist system

Arthur J. Cronquist (1919–1992) was a North American botanist, a specialist on Compositae, most famous for the Cronquist system, laid down in

An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981) and
The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants (1st edition 1968; 2nd edition 1988) ISBN 0-89327-332-5

Two plant genera from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) have been named in his honor :

Cronquistia R.M. King (a possible synonym of Carphochaete A. Gray)
Cronquistianthus R.M.King & H.Rob. (sometimes included as a group in Eupatorium L.)

The standard author abbreviation Cronquist may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

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