William Franklin Wight

American botanist (1874-1954).

William Franklin Wight (born 18 June 1874 in Allegan, Michigan - died 2 February 1954) was an American botanist. Wight studied at Michigan State College and Stanford University.

Abbreviations: W.Wight
Occupations: explorer, botanist
Citizenships: United States
Dates: 1874-06-08T00:00:00Z – 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Allegan
Direct attributions: 13 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 19 plants, 0 fungi

13 plants attributed, 6 plants contributed to19 plants:

Firmiana simplex (Chinese Parasol Tree) (L.) W.Wight 1909
medicinal plant species in the malvaceae family
Firmiana simplex, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, or wutong (Chinese: 梧桐; pinyin: wútóng; jap.: godō), is a tree in the family Malvaceae, formerly in the family Sterculiaceae, in the order Malvales, and native to Asia. It grows up to 16 m (52 ft) tall.
Albizia adianthifolia (West African Albizzia) (Schumach.) W.Wight 1909
plant species in the fabaceae family
Albizia adianthifolia is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as the flat-crown. Its range extends from eastern South Africa to Tropical Africa.
Sesbania bispinosa (Sesbania Pea) (Jacq.) W.Wight 1909
annual and perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
The legume Sesbania bispinosa, also known as Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Pers., is a small tree in the genus Sesbania.
Prunus munsoniana (Wild Goose Plum) W.Wight & Hedrick 1911
plant species in the rosaceae family
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Galium sparsiflorum (Sequoia Bedstraw) W.Wight 1900
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Galium sparsiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name Sequoia bedstraw. It is endemic to California, where it grows in shaded habitat in certain mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada. Galium sparsiflorum is a perennial herb forming tufts of erect stems 30 to 50 centimeters tall with woody bases. The stems are ringed with whorls of four rounded to oval leaves each up to 2.5 centimeters long. The plant is dioecious, with male plants bearing clusters of flowers and female plants with usually solitary flowers in leaf axils.
Galium ambiguum (Yolla Bolly Bedstraw) W.Wight 1900
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Yolla Bolly bedstraw is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to British Columbia, northern California and southeastern Oregon, where it often grows on serpentine soils.
Galium muricatum (Humboldt Bedstraw) W.Wight 1900
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Galium muricatum, Humboldt bedstraw, is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae. It is native to northwestern California (Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity and Siskiyou Counties) and southeastern Oregon (Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Coos Counties). Galium muricatum is a perennial herb with white flowers, spreading vegetatively to form sizable colonies. Leaves are in whorls of 4, elliptical, tapering at the tip.
Galium coloradoense (Colorado Bedstraw) W.Wight 1900
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Galium coloradoense, the Colorado bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the southwestern United States: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and southern Wyoming. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Eritrichium splendens (Showy Alpine Forget-me-not) Kearney ex W.Wight 1902
plant species in the boraginaceae family
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Solanum hendersonii hort. ex W.Wight 1877
plant species in the solanaceae family
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Eritrichium argenteum (Pale Alpine Forget-me-not) W.Wight 1902
plant species in the boraginaceae family
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Vernonia villosa W.Wight 1905
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Prunus alleghaniensis var. davisii (Davis' Plum) W.Wight 1915
plant variety in the rosaceae family
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Prunus havardii (Havard's Plum) (W.Wight) S.C.Mason 1913
plant species in the rosaceae family
Prunus havardii, called Havard's wild almond or Havard's plum, is a rare North American species of shrub tree native to western Texas in the United States and to northern Chihuahua across the Río Grande in Mexico. It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae. Its height is about 1.5 metres (5 feet). It has white flowers and stiff spiny branches.
Campanula alaskana (Alaskan Bellflower) (A.Gray) W.Wight ex J.P.Anderson 1918
perennial plant species in the campanulaceae family
Campanula alaskana, the Alaska bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, native to north-western North America (the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, Washington state). It was first described by Asa Gray in 1886 as Campanula rotundifolia var. alaskana and elevated to a full species by William Wright in 1918.
Prunus subcordata var. oregana (Greene) W.Wight ex M.Peck 1915
plant variety in the rosaceae family
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Eritrichium nanum var. argenteum (W.Wight) I.M.Johnst. 1924
plant variety in the boraginaceae family
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Centaurium centaurium (L.) W.Wight ex Piper 1906
plant species in the gentianaceae family
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Astragalus gormanii W.Wight ex M.E.Jones 1923
plant species in the fabaceae family
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