Genera established by André Michaux: Explorer, Collector, Botanist

The Carolina Plants of André Michaux

In 1979 Dr. David Rembert Jr. of the University of South Carolina prepared a study of André Michaux's plants native to North and South Carolina that was published in CASTANEA, the Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

Dr. Rembert's authority for the list of Michaux plants native to the Carolinas the Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas by Radford, Ahles and Bell, University of North Carolina Press, 1968. This book is also the authority for plants listed on these web pages and is indicated by the letters RAB followed by page numbers.

As Dr. Rembert noted in CASTANEA, André Michaux was especially active in the Carolinas and named nearly 300 plants native to the two states. In addition Michaux named many, many other plants not found in the Carolinas, but this list is limited to his Carolina plants.

The André Michaux International Symposium gratefully acknowledges the active assistance of Dr. David Rembert Jr. in preparing this list of Michaux's Carolina plants for the web.




André Michaux established 27 new genera for plants native to the Carolinas. Authority for this list is the MANUAL OF THE VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS by Radford, Ahles and Bell, 1968. Genus is listed in italics, family in capitals, RAB=page reference in the MANUAL, and the common name, if any is in brackets. Elodea HYDROCHARITACEAE RAB 55 [Water Weed] Arundinaria POACEAE RAB 60 [Cane] Erianthus POACEAE RAB 160 [Beard Grass, Plume Grass] Dichromena CYPERACEAE RAB 189 Streptopus LILIACEAE RAB 296 [Twisted Stalk] Nolina LILIACEAE RAB 299 Xerophyllum LILIACEAE RAB 299 [Turkey Beard] Pleea LILIACEAE RAB 302 [Rush Featherling] Zigadensus LILIACEAE RAB 303 Pyrularia SANTALACEAE RAB 396 [Buffalo Nut] Eriogonum POLYGONACEAE RAB 402 [Dog-tongue, Wild Buckwheat] Polygonella POLYGONACEAE RAB 414 [Jointweed] Stipulicida CAROPHYLLACEAE RAB 436 Caulophyllum BERBERIDACEAE RAB 471 Diphylleia BERBERIDACEAE RAB 471 Schisandra SCHISANDRACEAE RAB 476 Podostemum PODOSTEMACEAE RAB 513 [Riverweed] Petalostemum FABACEAE RAB 601 Lespedeza FABACEAE RAB 613 Crotonopsis EUPHORBIACEAE RAB 663 Pachysandra BUXACEAE RAB 674 Ampelopsis VITACEAE RAB 697 Ceratiola EMPETRACEAE RAB 793 Ipomopsis POLEMONIACEAE RAB 874 Pycnanthemum LAMIACEAE RAB 917 Micranthemum SCROPHULARIACEAE RAB 943 Pinckneya RUBIACEAE RAB 978




The Carolina Plants of André Michaux In 1979 Dr. David Rembert Jr. of the University of South Carolina prepared a study of André Michaux's plants native to North and South Carolina that was published in CASTANEA, the Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society. Dr. Rembert's authority for the list of Michaux plants native to the Carolinas the Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas by Radford, Ahles and Bell, University of North Carolina Press, 1968. This book is also the authority for plants listed on these web pages and is indicated by the letters RAB followed by page numbers. As Dr. Rembert noted in CASTANEA, André Michaux was especially active in the Carolinas and named nearly 300 plants native to the two states. In addition Michaux named many, many other plants not found in the Carolinas, but this list is limited to his Carolina plants. The André Michaux International Symposium gratefully acknowledges the active assistance of Dr. David Rembert Jr. in preparing this list of Michaux's Carolina plants for the web.

André Michaux

Genera established by Michaux

The Carolina Plants of André Michaux