Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Karl McKay Wiegand

American botanist (1873–1942) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Karl McKay Wiegand (June 2, 1873 – March 12, 1942) was an American botanist who headed the Department of Botany at Cornell University for 28 years. He was a member of the Botanical Society of America and served as its president in 1939.[1][2][3]

Quick facts Born, Died ...

Wiegand was married to Maud Cipperly who collected with him.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Wiegand is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads