Charles Wilkins Short

American botanist and physician (1794-1863).

Charles Wilkins Short (October 6, 1794 – March 7, 1863) was an American botanist. He primarily worked in the state of Kentucky. Short discovered several species of plants and has six species of plants named after him. He attended Transylvania University and the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to being a botanist, he practiced medicine and taught materia medica. Short also owned a sizable herbarium. Short retired from teaching in 1849.

Abbreviations: Short
Occupations: scientific collector, professor, physician, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1794-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Woodford County
Direct attributions: 3 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 5 plants, 0 fungi

3 plants attributed, 2 plants contributed to5 plants:

Ludwigia polycarpa (Manyfruit Primrose-willow) Short & R.Peter 1835
perennial plant species in the onagraceae family
Ludwigia polycarpa, common names many-fruited false-loosestrife and false loosestrife seedbox, is a plant found in North America. It is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut, and as endangered in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
Eupatorium torreyanum (Torrey's Eupatorium) Short & R.Peter 1836
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
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Sisymbrium dentatum Torr. ex Short 1837
plant species in the brassicaceae family
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Hoya shepherdii Short ex Hook. 1861
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Hoya shepherdii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya native to the eastern Himalayas and Assam. It is known for its long, slender foliage that superficially resembles a green bean, somewhat similar to Hoya kentiana and Hoya wayetii.
Sabulina fontinalis (American Water Starwort) (Short & R.Peter) Dillenb. & Kadereit 2014
annual plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Sabulina fontinalis, commonly called American water starwort or Kentucky starwort, is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is a very rare species, endemic to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, the Kentucky River Pallisades of Kentucky, and in northern Alabama. It is found in wet limestone areas, often on cliffs or ledges where water seeps over the rocks. Sabulina fontinalis is a winter annual forming dense colonies, which produce very small green flowers in the spring. It has been taxonomically difficult to place, sometimes being included in the genera Stellaria, Sagina,
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