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Percy Wilson (botanist)
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Percy Wilson (1879–1944)[1] was an American botanist.
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He joined the New York Botanical Gardens as a museum aide. Wilson then became the assistant to Nathaniel Lord Britton, the NYBG Director-in-Chief. In 1914 Wilson became an Associate Curator.[2]
In 1917, Wilson authored The Vegetation of Vieques Island.[3]
The standard author abbreviation P.Wilson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]