Arthur J. Cronquist (1919–1992) was a North American botanist, a specialist on Compositae, most famous for the Cronquist system, laid down in

• An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981) and
• The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants (1988).

Two plant genera from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) have been named in his honor :

• Cronquistia R.M. King (a possible synonym of Carphochaete'' A. Gray)
• Cronquistianthus R.M.King & H.Rob. (sometimes included as a group in Eupatorium'' L.)

American botanists | Botanists | 1919 births | 1992 deaths

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