# Edward Frederick Anderson

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**Edward Frederick Anderson** (Covina, California, June 17, 1932 – March 29, 2001) was an American botanist who conducted extensive explorations in Mexico.

He was a leading specialist in the [cactus family](/source/Cactaceae). He was Senior Research Botanist at the [Desert Botanical Garden](/source/Desert_Botanical_Garden), Phoenix. He chaired the [International Organization for Succulent Plant Study](/source/International_Organization_for_Succulent_Plant_Study). He was a member of the [Cactus and Succulent Society of America](/source/Cactus_and_Succulent_Society_of_America) and the [Linnean Society of London](/source/Linnean_Society_of_London). He was emeritus professor of biology at [Whitman College](/source/Whitman_College), where he taught for three decades.[1]

He collected *[Jasminocereus thouarsii](/source/Jasminocereus_thouarsii)*.[2]

## Books

- *Peyote: The Divine Cactus*. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1981, ISBN 0-8165-0613-2
- *Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand*. Dioscorides Press, Portland (Oregon) 1993, ISBN 0-931146-25-9
- *Threatened Cacti of Mexico*. Balogh Scientific Books, Kew 1994, ISBN 0-947643-70-2 con Salvador Arias & Nigel P. Taylor
- *The Cactus Family*. Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001, ISBN 0-88192-498-9

## Further reading

- Gideon F. Smith, Liz A. Slauson. "Edward F. (Ted) Anderson (1932–2001): One of the Greatest Students of Cactaceae of the 20th Century". En: Taxon 50 ( 3): 939–942

## References

1. [Timber Press Author Profile: Edward F. Anderson](http://www.timberpress.com/author/edward_f_anderson/250)

1. Jones, Shanna T. (2024-08-16). ["Meet Michiel Pillet, Cactus Conservationist"](https://knowledge.irisbg.com/hc/en-gb/articles/16055240050461-Meet-Michiel-Pillet-Cactus-Conservationist-Prickly-Prospects-Cactus-Nursery). *IrisBg*. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

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