| Name | Fairbrothers, David E. |
| Start Date | 1925 |
| End Date | 2012 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: CHRB] [collector note: CHRB] Research: Plant Chemosystematics. "Author of world's first red list of endangered species (which was the NJ flora list he put together, which happened to get published with a red cover, and now we have Red Lists globally). This red list and his work in New Jersey helped to pass the Endangered Species Act into law by US Congress in the 1970s." (vide Lena Struwe). Example of Name Published: Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum (Bigelow ) J.D.Montgom. & Fairbrothers in Brittonia 22: 149. 1970 |
| ASA Botanist ID | 130740 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a6636054-8671-4345-9497-226b0d402d85 |
| Variant name | David E. Fairbrothers |
| Author name | Fairbrothers |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Fairbrothers |
| Standard/Label Name | D. E. Fairbrothers |
| Full Name | Fairbrothers, David E. |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Geography Collector | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum. Part 1: The Herbaria of the World. Eighth Edition. Bronx, NY |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum, ed. 8 |
| Citation as Collector | Death year from Lena Struwe (CHRB) |
| Citation as Author | Obituary in: Taxon 62: 420-421. 2013 (via Gerry Moore; USDA) |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Collector Teams: | D. E. Fairbrothers, E. Norman & L. Marcano Berti |
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