Nicholas Edward Brown (11 July 1849 Redhill, Surrey - 25 November 1934 Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification The word comes from the Greek, taxis (meaning 'order' 'arrangement' and, nomos Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are Water -retaining Plants adapted to Arid climate or Soil conditions He was also an authority on several families of plants, including (but not limited to) Asclepiadaceae, Aizoaceae, Labiatae and Cape plants. According to APG II, the Asclepiadaceae is a former Plant family now treated as a subfamily (subfamily Asclepiadoideae) in the Apocynaceae The Family Aizoaceae or Ficoidaceae (fig-marigold family or ice plant family is a taxon of Dicotyledonous Flowering plants containing 135 genera and Lamiaceae or Labiatae, also known as the mint family is a family of Plants comprising about 210 genera and some 3500 species

Background

He started work as an assistant in the Herbarium at Kew in 1873, and was Assistant Keeper from 1909-1914. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and His drawings of succulent plants were made in connection with his revision of the genus Mesembryanthemum, which appeared in 1931, and are accompanied by detailed annotations. Mesembryanthemum (meaning "midday flowering" is a Genus of Plants native to southern Africa. He was the author of important works on plant taxonomy particularly succulent plants.

He was awarded the Capt. Scott Memorial Medal by the South African Biological Society in recognition of his work on SA flora, and in 1932 an honorary D. Sc. was conferred on him by the University of the Witwatersrand. The University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg is a leading South African University situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. His publications appeared mainly in the Kew Bull. and in Flora Capensis. He married the daughter of Thomas Cooper (1815-1913), another Kew botanist.

References

1. ^ Brummitt, R. K. ; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive Gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and ISBN 1-84246-085-4.  

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