Edward Edgar Pescott

Australian botanist (1872-1954).

Edward Edgar Pescott (11 December 1872 – 31 July 1954) was an Australian naturalist. He was Principal Governor of the Burnley School of Horticulture from 1909 to 1916, and Government Pomologist for the Victorian Department of Agriculture from 1917 to 1937. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society of London. In the early 1920s, Pescott became widely known through weekly radio broadcasts.

Abbreviations: Pescott
Occupations: botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Australia
Languages: English
Dates: 1872-12-11T00:00:00Z – 1954-07-31T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Geelong
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi

1 plant attributed to1 plant:

Caladenia hildae Pescott & Nicholls 1929
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia hildae, commonly known as golden caps, or honey caladenia is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-east of mainland Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single leaf and up to four yellowish-brown to golden-brown flowers with darker tips on the sepals and petals.
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