| 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 |