Peter F. Stevens
British botanist (born 1944)
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Peter Francis Stevens (born 1944) is a British botanist. He is a researcher at the Missouri Botanical Garden and a professor of biology of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He is a member of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group which created the APG, APG II, APG III, and APG IV systems.
Peter Francis Stevens | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 81–82) |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Known for | APG |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Anne Kellogg |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | Lúcia G. Lohmann |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | P.F.Stevens |
He maintains a web site, APweb, hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden, which has been regularly updated since 2001, and is a useful source for the latest research in angiosperm phylogeny which follows the APG approach.[1]
The standard author abbreviation P.F.Stevens is used to indicate P. F. Stevens as the author when citing a botanical name.[2] He has named dozens of species, mostly in the families Clusiaceae and Ericaceae,[3] and he also described the genus Romnalda (Asparagaceae).[4]
