Reid Venable Moran

U.s. botanist (1916–2010).

Reid Venable Moran (June 30, 1916 – January 21, 2010) was an American botanist and the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1957 to 1982. Moran was the world authority on the Crassulaceae, a family of succulent plants, and in particular the genus Dudleya, the subject of his Ph.D. dissertation. He named at least 18 plants new to science — some in that family and some not — and published many papers elucidating relationships within the Crassulaceae. As a mark of the respect he earned among his peers, more than a dozen plants have been named for him. Jane Goodall describ

Abbreviations: Moran
Occupations: scientific collector, curator, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1916-06-30T00:00:00Z – 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Los Angeles
Direct attributions: 125 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 144 plants, 0 fungi

125 plants attributed, 19 plants contributed to144 plants:

Schlumbergera truncata (Crab Cactus) (Haw.) Moran 1953
vulnerable plant species in the cactaceae family
Schlumbergera truncata, the false Christmas cactus, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to a small area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests. It is the parent or one of the parents of the houseplants called Christmas cactus, Thanksgiving cactus or zygocactus, among other names.
Selenicereus megalanthus (Yellow Dragonfruit) (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran 1953
plant species in the cactaceae family
Selenicereus megalanthus, synonym Hylocereus megalanthus, is a cactus species in the genus Selenicereus that is native to northern South America, where it is known, along with its fruit, by the name of pitahaya. The species is grown commercially for its yellow fruit, but is also an impressive ornamental climbing vine with perhaps the largest flowers of all cacti. The yellow skinned fruit of S. megalanthus has thorns, unlike the green, red or yellow skinned dragon fruits of S. undatus, S. monacanthus and their cultivated hybrids. S. megalanthus is commonly known as "yellow dragon fruit",
Echeveria laui Moran & J.Meyrán 1976
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Echeveria laui is a slow-growing perennial succulent plant native to the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a popular decorative plant due to its distinctive pink color.
Dudleya stolonifera (Laguna Beach Liveforever) Moran 1949
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya stolonifera is a succulent plant known by the common name Laguna Beach liveforever or Laguna Beach dudleya. This is a rare plant which is endemic to the coastline of Orange County, California. It is known from only about six populations in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, totaling about 30,000 individuals. It is federally listed as a threatened species of the United States.
Dudleya edulis (Fingertips) (Nutt.) Moran 1943
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya edulis is a species of perennial, succulent flowering plant of the Crassulaceae, known by the common names fingertips, lady-fingers, mission lettuce, or simply the San Diego dudleya. The common name "fingertips" denotes the finger-like shape of the leaves; the specific epithet edulis (meaning "edible") refers to the Kumeyaay people's traditional foraging and consumption of the plant's young scapes. Dudleya edulis is native to the dry, coastal cliffs and chaparral hills of Southern California and northern Baja California, where it has adapted to absorb as much moisture as possible from
Mammillaria coahuilensis (Boed.) Moran 1953
endangered plant species in the cactaceae family
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Dudleya viscida (Sticky Dudleya) (S.Watson) Moran 1943
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya viscida is a rare succulent plant known by common name as the sticky liveforever, sticky dudleya or the San Juan stylophyllum. It is endemic to California, where it is found on rocky slopes. It is unique among the genus Dudleya in that it has sticky, fragrant leaves, a trait only shared with Dudleya anomala.
Dudleya virens (Bright Green Dudleya) (Rose) Moran 1943
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya virens, the green liveforever or bright green dudleya, is an uncommon species of perennial, succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to several coastal southern California and Baja California locations.
Dudleya traskiae (Santa Barbara Island Liveforever) (Rose) Moran 1942
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya traskiae (originally spelled Dudleya traskae) is a rare succulent plant known by the common name Santa Barbara Island liveforever. Dudleya is endemic to Santa Barbara Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky bluffs. The plant has a basal rosette of flat, spade-shaped fleshy leaves up to 15 centimeters long, which are pale green to yellowish. It erects tall stems bearing dense, rounded inflorescences of many bright yellow flowers.
Dudleya blochmaniae (Blochman's Liveforever) (Eastw.) Moran 1953
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya blochmaniae is a summer-deciduous succulent plant known by the common names Blochman's liveforever or Blochman's dudleya. This species of Dudleya survives part of the year with no aboveground presence, surviving as underground corm-like roots in deciduous months. It is characterized by white, star-shaped and spreading flowers that emerge after sufficient rainfall. It is found along the Pacific coast of the California Floristic Province, from the vicinity of San Luis Obispo in California to Punta Colonet in Baja California.
Sedum goldmanii (Rose) Moran 1996
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Graptopetalum fruticosum Moran 1968
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Echeveria lilacina (Ghost Echeveria) Kimnach & Moran 1980
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Echeveria lilacina, common name ghost echeveria or Mexican hens and chicks, is a species of succulent plants in the genus Echeveria belonging to the family Crassulaceae.
Dudleya variegata (Variegated Liveforever) (S.Watson) Moran 1953
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya variegata is a deciduous succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae known by the common names variegated liveforever, variegated dudleya or rarely San Diego Hasseanthus. A cryptic plant that survives part of the year dormant underground from starch reserves in a corm, after sufficient rainfall, leaves will emerge, soon giving way to small inflorescences with yellow star-shaped flowers. It is native to Baja California and adjacent San Diego County in California, where it grows in several habitat types, including chaparral and vernal pools.
Dudleya nesiotica (Santa Cruz Island Dudleya) Moran 1953
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya nesiotica is a very rare succulent plant known by the common name Santa Cruz Island liveforever. This Dudleya is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. This is a squat plant growing in mats on the rocky, exposed ground of the windswept island. It is a federally listed threatened species.
Dudleya multicaulis (Many-stemmed Dudleya) (Rose) Moran 1953
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya multicaulis is a succulent plant known by the common name manystem liveforever or many-stemmed dudleya. This Dudleya is endemic to southern California, where it is rare and seriously threatened as its habitat is altered by humans. Many occurrences of this species have been extirpated. This species is characterized by a few short, fingerlike cylindrical leaves with pointed tips, and its erect peduncle, which is topped with a branching inflorescence bearing up to 15 flowers on each long, thin branch. The flowers, which appear in late spring, have pointed yellow petals and long stamens.
Dudleya densiflora (San Gabriel Mountains Dudleya) (Rose) Moran 1943
plant species in the crassulaceae family
Dudleya densiflora is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae known commonly as the San Gabriel Mountains liveforever or San Gabriel Mountains dudleya. A very rare plant confined to the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California, it is known only from three to five spots in the mountain range, with an estimated 1,700 individual plants remaining. Growing in the cracks of the granite slopes of three canyons in this single mountain range, it is threatened by human activity such as rock quarrying and off-trail recreation.
Castela emoryi (Crucifixion Thorn) (A.Gray) Moran & Felger 1968
plant species in the simaroubaceae family
Castela emoryi, with the common names crucifixion thorn, Emory's crucifixion-thorn, and Spanish: chaparro amargosa, is a shrub species in the genus Castela of the family Simaroubaceae.
Acanthogilia gloriosa (Baja Phlox) (Brandegee) A.G.Day & Moran 1986
plant species in the polemoniaceae family
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Sedum furfuraceum Moran 1961
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Sedum burrito (Baby Burro's Tail) Moran 1977
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Salvia pseudomisella (Socorro Island Sage) Moran & G.A.Levin 1989
plant species in the lamiaceae family
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Pachyphytum kimnachii Moran 1967
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Pachyphytum glutinicaule Moran 1963
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Pachyphytum fittkaui Moran 1971
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Navarretia fossalis (Moran's Nosegay) Moran 1977
plant species in the polemoniaceae family
Navarretia fossalis is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name spreading navarretia.
Lenophyllum latum Moran 1994
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Graptopetalum pentandrum Moran 1971
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Echeveria prolifica Moran & J.Meyrán 1978
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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Echeveria chapalensis Moran & C.H.Uhl 1989
plant species in the crassulaceae family
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