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Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, Missouri as the only child of the businessman Leo L. Steyermark and Mamie I. Steyermark (née Isaacs). [2] He studied at the Henry Shaw School of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1933.
In 1913, Nelson Cunliff became Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for St. Louis City. Public floral conservatories gained popularity in the city in the 1910s, when pollution and smog threatened much of the city's flora. Due to high levels of smoke and soot within the city, he began a survey to determine which plants could survive the ...
The genus name of Steyermarkia is in honour of Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988), an American botanist. [3] The Latin specific epithet of guatemalensis means coming from Guatemala, where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. Vol.22 on page 216 in ...
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It includes flora taxa that are native to Missouri. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Missouri" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is defined by its political boundaries.
Steyermarkina is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. [1] [3]The genus name of Steyermarkina is in honour of Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988), an American botanist.
The introductory volume has been singled out as both a useful addition to the flora and a valuable work in its own right. [6] Writing in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany, S. Bridgewater considered the first volume "an excellent way of starting a Flora" and "a highly desirable book for anyone with a love of botany and South America". [7]