James L. Reveal

James Lauritz Reveal
Botanist James L. Reveal, August 23, 2009
Born	March 29, 1941 Reno, Nevada
Died	January 9, 2015(2015-01-09) (aged 73) Ithaca, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Utah State University
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	University of Maryland
Author abbrev. (botany)	Reveal

James Lauritz Reveal (March 29, 1941 – January 9, 2015)^[1] was a U.S. botanist best known for his contributions to the genus Eriogonum and for his work on suprageneric names. His website, at PlantSystematics.org,^[2] also presents material on plant taxonomy including the Reveal system.^[3] He published extensively on North American flora, was a member of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, and was one of the authors of the APG II and APG III classifications.

At the time of his death, Reveal was a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, adjunct professor at Cornell University's Department of Plant Biology and honorary curator at the New York Botanical Garden.^[4]