| Name | Edson, Howard Austin |
| Date of birth | 1875 |
| Date of death | 1960 |
| Remarks | [collector note: BPI] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 108044 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f0409922-e394-419f-a7b5-770bcebbc6e0 |
| Variant name | Howard Austin Edson |
| Author name | Edson |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Edson |
| Standard/Label Name | H. A. Edson |
| Full Name | Edson, Howard Austin |
| Geography Collector | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Fungi and Lichens |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors E-H |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Collector Teams: | Baxter & Edson |