Peter Francis Stevens | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 81–82) |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Known for | APG |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Anne Kellogg |
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| Fields | Botany |
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| Doctoral students | Lúcia G. Lohmann |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | P.F.Stevens |
Peter Francis Stevens (born 1944) is a Britishbotanist. He is aresearcher at theMissouri Botanical Garden and a professor of biology of theUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis. He is a member of theAngiosperm Phylogeny Group which created theAPG,APG II,APG III, andAPG IV systems.
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 standardauthor abbreviationP.F.Stevens is used to indicate P. F. Stevens as the author whenciting abotanical name.[2] He has named dozens of species, mostly in the familiesClusiaceae andEricaceae,[3] and he also described the genusRomnalda (Asparagaceae).[4]
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