unstearned". The Society for the History of Natural History of which he was a founding member has created the William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize in his honour. Eponymy Stearn is the botanical authority for over 400 taxa that bear his name, such as Allium chrysonemum Stearn. Many plants have been named (eponymy) after him, including the orchid nothogenus hybrid ×Stearnara J. M. H. Shaw. A number of species have been designated stearnii after William Stearn, including: Allium stearnii Pastor & Valdés Berberis stearnii Ahrendt Epimedium stearnii Ogisu & Rix Justicia stearnii V.A.W. Graham Schefflera stearnii R.A.Howard & Proctor In light of his work on Epimedium, a cultivar was named in his honour in 1988, Epimedium 'William Stearn'. Selected publications see and See also History of botany Cambridge Botanic Garden Notes References Bibliography General books, articles and chapters Books (see Valerie Finnis) (see Flora Europaea) (see front matter) Historical sources (see Philosophia Botanica) also available here Articles Chapters , in , in , in , in Articles about Stearn Stearn bibliography Works by Stearn cited Articles Books Chapters , in , in vol. 2 , in vol. 1 , in vol. 3 , in , in vol. 5 , in vol. 3 (vol. 2: pp. 390, 410ff in 2nd. ed.) , in , in vol. 4 (vol. 2: pp. 444ff in 2nd. ed.) , in Collaborative and edited work Books and articles (see Banks' Florilegium) (see Species plantarum) (see Genera plantarum) (see Mantissa plantarum) Reviews: Review: Massachusetts Horticultural Society (see Ferdinand Bauer) , in (see William Hooker) Chapters , in vol. 2 (vol. 1: pp. 133–146 in 2nd. ed.) , in Websites Images Bibliographic notes Citations for bibliographic notes External links 1911 births 2001 deaths British botanists Employees of the Natural History Museum, London Presidents of the Linnean Society of London Linnean Medallists Veitch Memorial Medal recipients Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star People from Chesterton, Cambridge People associated with the University of Cambridge British taxonomists Deaths from pneumonia in England