James Graham Cooper

American surgeon and naturalist (1830-1902).

James Graham Cooper (June 19, 1830 – July 19, 1902) was an American surgeon and naturalist. Cooper was born in New York. He worked for the California Geological Survey (1860–1874) with Josiah Dwight Whitney, William Henry Brewer and Henry Nicholas Bolander. He was primarily a zoologist, but he also made significant botanical collections from San Diego to Fort Mohave, Arizona in 1861. Cooper was active in the California Academy of Sciences, eventually becoming Director of the Museum. He obtained his medical degree in 1851 and practiced in New York City until 1853. Spencer F. Baird, the Assistan

Abbreviations: J.G.Cooper
Occupations: zoologist, surgeon, malacologist, botanist
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1830-06-19T00:00:00Z – 1902-07-19T00:00:00Z
Birth place: New York City
Direct attributions: 2 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 3 plants, 0 fungi

2 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to3 plants:

Frangula purshiana (Cascara Buckthorn) (DC.) A.Gray ex J.G.Cooper 1857
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Frangula purshiana (cascara, cascara buckthorn, cascara sagrada, bearberry, and in Chinook Jargon, chittem stick and chitticum stick; syn. Rhamnus purshiana) is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to central California, and eastward to northwestern Montana. The dried bark of cascara was used as a laxative in folk medicine by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, and later worldwide in conventional medicines until 2002.
Phelypaea carnosa J.G.Cooper 1859
plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Glehnia littoralis (American Silvertop) (J.G.Cooper) F.Schmidt ex Miq. 1867
perennial and medicinal plant species in the apiaceae family
Glehnia is a genus of plants in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Glehnia littoralis, commonly known as beach silvertop and American silvertop. The genus was named after Baltic German botanist Peter von Glehn.
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