| Name | Townsend, John Kirk |
| Date of birth | 1809 |
| Date of death | 1851 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: PH, US] [collector note: (col. on a journey with Th. Nuttall west of the Mississippi River): PH, US.] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 138068 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d079c910-0579-4933-9ff2-0f9cb61e3f02 |
| Variant name | John Kirk Townsend |
| Author name | J. K. Townsend |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | J. K. Towns. |
| Standard/Label Name | J. K. Townsend |
| Full Name | Townsend, John Kirk |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Geography Collector | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors T-Z |