George Sydney Bunting

George Sydney Bunting (1927-2015) was an American botanist best known for his work describing the flora of Venezuela, Mexico, and aroids in particular. Throughout his career he scientifically described at least 195 new species, including the monotypic genus Jasarum and many species of Anthurium, Philodendron, and Spathiphyllum, a revision of which was the subject of his PhD thesis. Some of his early work described plants in cultivation, and later work collecting and describing species in habitat was done through the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University, and at Jardin Botanico de Maracaibo.

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