| Name | Best, George Newton | 
| Date of birth | 1846 | 
| Date of death | 1926 | 
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: NY (7,797); additional material at PH] [collector note: NY] | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 138064 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/95f56d06-4f5b-4511-abf6-82d49d5ef693 | 
| Variant name | George Newton Best | 
| Author name | Best | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Best | 
| Standard/Label Name | G. N. Best | 
| Full Name | Best, George Newton | 
| Geography Author | United States of America | 
| Specialty Author | Bryophytes | 
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes | 
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author | Taxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2)/S | 
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors A-D | 
| Member of teams/groups |  | 
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by G. N. Best | 
| Collections in | [no date] (4),  1861 (1),  1889 (1),  1890 (1),  1891 (2),  1892 (3),  1893 (2),  1894 (2),  1896 (2),  1899 (2),  1901 (2),  1905 (2),  1907 (2),  1908 (1),  1910 (3) | 
| Author Teams: | Best & Grout |