What is Lyman David Benson?
{{No sources}} [[File:Lyman Benson.jpg|thumb|292x292px]] '''Lyman David Benson''' (1909–1993) was an American botanist and author of [[Taxon]] names. He created the ca. 500 names for cacti as well as 14 other taxon names. == Works == * 1957. Plant Classification. Ed. Heath, Boston. 688 pages. * 1969. The Cacti of Arizona. 3ª ed. U.Arizona, Tucson. 218 pages. ISBN 0-8165-0509-8 * 1969. The Native Cacti of California. Ed. Stan. U, Stanford. 243 pages. ISBN 0-8047-0696-4 * 1981. Trees and Shrubs of the Southwestern Deserts. Ed. Univ. of Arizona. ISBN 0-8165-0591-8 * 1982. The Cacti of the United States and Canada. Stanford University Press. 1044 pages. ISBN 0-8047-0863-0 <gallery> File:Gardenology.org-IMG 0931 hunt07mar.jpg|Justicia candicans File:Celtis reticulata kz02.jpg|[[Netleaf hackberry|Celtis reticulata]] </gallery> {{wikispecies}} {{Authority control}} {{People-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Benson, Lyman David}} [[Category:American botanists]] [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]]