Charles Russell Metcalfe

Charles Russell Metcalfe (1904–1991) was an English botanist and explorer,^[2][3] who undertook botanical collecting expeditions in west Cameroon.^[4]

Charles Russell Metcalfe
Born	1904
Died	1991(1991-00-00) (aged 86–87)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge[1]
Awards	Linnean Medal, OBE[1]
Scientific career
Thesis	The 'Shab' disease of Lavender [1]
Author abbrev. (botany)	CRMetcalfe

Selected publications

• Tomlinson, Philip Barry; Metcalfe, Charles Russell (1982). Anatomy of the monocotyledons. Vol. 7 (illustrated ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198545026.
• Metcalfe, Charles Russell; Chalk, Laurence (1979). Anatomy of the dicotyledons. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198543831.
• Robson, Norman Keith Bonnor; Cutler, David Frederick; Gregory, Mary (1970). New research in plant anatomy. Linnean Soc. of London / Academic Press. ISBN 0125906501. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Metcalfe, C.R. (1976). "History of the Jodrell Laboratory as a centre for systematic anatomy" (PDF). Leiden Botanical Series (3): 1–19.

Honours

• 1971: Linnean Medal

Eponymy

Genera

• (Poaceae) Metcalfia Conert^[5]