Frederick Claude Stern

British botanist (1884–1967).

Sir Frederick Claude Stern (18 April 1884 – 10 July 1967) was a botanist and horticulturalist, known for developing the gardens at Highdown Gardens, for creating several cultivars of garden plants and for his publications on peonies, snowdrops and gardening. He also tried to promote the interests of the Jewish community.

Abbreviations: Stern
Occupations: businessperson, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 3 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 4 plants, 0 fungi

3 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to4 plants:

Paeonia clusii (Clusius' Peony) Stern 1940
perennial plant species in the paeoniaceae family
Paeonia clusii is a relatively low (25–50 cm) species of herbaceous peony with scented, white or pink flowers of up to 12 cm in diameter. In the wild, the species can only be found on the islands of Crete and Karpathos (subsp. clusii), and Rhodes (subsp. rhodia). It has pinkish-purple stem up to 30 cm long and glaucous dissected leaves. P. clusii blooms in mid-spring.
Narcissus atlanticus Stern 1950
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
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Galanthus rizehensis (Snowdrop) Stern 1956
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
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Paeonia ludlowii (Tibetan Tree Peony) (Stern & G.Taylor) D.Y.Hong 1997
plant species in the paeoniaceae family
Paeonia ludlowii is a deciduous shrub of medium height, belonging to the tree peony section Moutan of the genus Paeonia, and endemic to southeast Tibet. In Tibet it is known as ≠'lumaidao' meaning "God's flower". The vernacular name in Chinese is 大花黄牡丹 (da hua huang mu dan) meaning "big yellow-flowered peony". In English it is sometimes called Tibetan tree peony or Ludlow's tree peony. It has pure yellow, slightly nodding, bowl-shaped flowers, and large, twice compounded, light green leaves.
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