Charles Edward Glass

American botanist (1934–1998).

Charles Edward Glass (24 May 1934 – 23 February 1998) was an American horticulturalist and plant collector. Together with his best friend, Bob Foster, Glass collected and scientifically described dozens of cacti species, edited the Cactus and Succulent Journal, led the Lotusland botanical garden, and ran a garden and shell business. He also wrote books and curated a botanical reserve in Mexico, helping discover more plant species.

Abbreviations: Glass
Occupations: botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Mexico
Dates: 1934-05-24T00:00:00Z – 1998-02-23T00:00:00Z
Birth place: New York City
Direct attributions: 36 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 58 plants, 0 fungi

36 plants attributed, 22 plants contributed to58 plants:

Acharagma (N.P.Taylor) A.D.Zimmerman ex Glass 1997
plant genus in the cactaceae family
Acharagma is a genus of cactus from northern Mexico, comprising three species.
Aztekium hintonii Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur. 1992
plant species in the cactaceae family
Aztekium hintonii, is a species of cactus in the genus Aztekium.
Turbinicarpus alonsoi Glass & S.Arias 1996
critically endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Turbinicarpus alonsoi is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Geohintonia mexicana Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur. 1992
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Turbinicarpus valdezianus (H.Moeller) Glass & R.A.Foster 1977
vulnerable plant species in the cactaceae family
Turbinicarpus valdezianus is a plant species in the Cactaceae family.
Turbinicarpus laui Glass & R.A.Foster 1975
critically endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Turbinicarpus laui is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mammillaria anniana (Bernal Cactus) Glass & R.A.Foster 1981
critically endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Mammillaria anniana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Tamaulipas state of northeastern Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is a Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.
Acharagma aguirreanum (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass 1997
critically endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Acharagma aguirreanum is a critically endangered microendemic cactus. It has a range of about one square kilometer in the calcareous semi-desert of the Sierra de la Paila in Coahuila, Mexico. Its population is estimated at less than 1000 individuals. Its only major threat is illegal collecting.
Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus (Backeb.) Glass & R.A.Foster 1977
plant species in the cactaceae family
Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
Mammillaria hernandezii Glass & R.A.Foster 1983
endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Mammillaria hernandezii is a species of cacti in the tribe Cacteae. It is native to Mexico where it has a disjointed distribution in a small area of upland tropical pine scrub. There are estimated to be fewer than 500 plants in the wild and is classified as endangered.
Mammillaria tayloriorum Glass & R.A.Foster 1975
vulnerable plant species in the cactaceae family
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Mammillaria marcosii (Biznaguita) W.A.Fitz Maur., B.Fitz Maur. & Glass 1997
critically endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Mammillaria multihamata is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae. It is a succulent cactus subshrub endemic to northeastern Mexico, where it ranges from Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí. Its natural habitat is submontane semi-desert matorral (shrubland), where it grows in steeply sloping volcanic rocky terrain at about 1200 meters elevation. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Critically Endangered, under the synonym Mammillaria marcosii.
Echinocereus nivosus Glass & R.A.Foster 1978
critically endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
Echinocereus nivosus is a species of cactus native to Mexico.
Echeveria cante Glass & Mend.-Garc. 1997
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Echeveria cante, the white cloud plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to northwestern Zacatecas state in Mexico. A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Geohintonia Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur. 1992
plant genus in the cactaceae family
Geohintonia mexicana (discovered in 1992) is a species of cacti, the only species in the genus Geohintonia. This genus is named after its discoverer George S. Hinton. As its specific epithet suggests, the plant is found in Mexico (Nuevo León), where it grows on gypsum hills near Galeana.
Mammillaria oteroi (Cactus) Glass & R.A.Foster 1975
vulnerable plant species in the cactaceae family
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Graptopetalum mendozae Glass & Cházaro 1997
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Coryphantha pulleineana (Backeb.) Glass 1968
endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
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Mammillaria fittkaui Glass & R.A.Foster 1971
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Pachyphytum machucae I.García, Glass & Cházaro 1999
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Pachyphytum garciae Pérez-Calix & Glass 1999
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. flaviflorus (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Turbinicarpus dickisoniae (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass & A.Hofer 1997
plant species in the cactaceae family
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Turbinicarpus viereckii ssp. major (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. gracilis (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele ssp. lausseri (Diers & Gerhart Frank) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Thelocactus conothelos ssp. aurantiacus (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Thelocactus conothelos ssp. argenteus (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus (Gerhart Frank) Glass 1997
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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Strombocactus disciformis ssp. esperanzae Glass & S.Arias 1996
plant subspecies in the cactaceae family
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