Henry William Ravenel
✓ Source-basedrisingUnited States botanist (1814-1887)
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Henry William Ravenel was an American planter and botanist. He studied fungi and cryptogams in South Carolina, discovering a large number of new species. The genus Ravenelia is named after him, along with many of the species he discovered.
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United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1814 to 1887 · aged 73
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