Ivan Murray Johnston

I. M. (Ivan Murray) Johnston (February 28, 1898–May 31, 1960), was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University. His plant collections are housed in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, in Claremont, and also in the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University.

His areas of interest, were, among others: Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes

Honours
In 1925, German botanist August Brand, named a genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Boraginaceae), from South America and southern states in USA, as Johnstonella in his honour. Then in 1933, botanist O.E.Schulz named a genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Brassicaceae), from Chile as Ivania. In 1936, botanist Hsen Hsu Hu published Sinojohnstonia, which is a genus of flowering plants from China, belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Lastly in 1975, another botanist Syed Muhammad Anwar Kazmi, named a monotypic genus of flowering plants (belonging to the family Boraginaceae), from the Western Himalaya region, Ivanjohnstonia also named in his honour.

Taxa named by Johnston

 * Fitzroya cupressoides
 * Leucophyllum frutescens
 * Astragalus sprucei
 * Euplassa
 * Euplassa occidentalis
 * Fuchsia hypoleuca
 * Brunnera macrophylla

Literature

 * R.E.G.Pichi Sermolli, 1 March 1991
 * James S Miller, Mary Sue Taylor und Erin Rempala: Ivan M. Johnston's Studies in the Boraginaceae. Missouri BG, 2005. ISBN 1-930723-44-X
 * Donovan S. Correll: Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960). In: Taxon, Vol. 10, Nr. 1 (Jan., 1961), Seiten 1-8
 * J. Lanjouw: Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960). In: Taxon, Vol. 9, Nr. 7 (Sep., 1960), Seite 220
 * Robert Jan 'Roy' van de Hoek: Restoration and Recovery for Elna Bakker and Ivan Johnston. "R&R" for the Playa del Rey Frogs and Plants. 2005