Clifford Charles Townsend (1926–2018), British botanist.

IPNI standard form: C.C.Towns. (outdated: C. C. Townsend)

Taxon names authored

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• 63 taxon names authored by Clifford Charles Townsend

Publications

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• Townsend, C.C. 1964. Notes on Umbelliferae of Iraq: I. Kew Bulletin 17(3): 427–439. DOI: 10.2307/4113801 JSTOR Reference page. 

• Aellen, P. & Townsend, C.C. 1972. Fadenia - a new genus of Chenopodiaceae from Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 27(3): 501–503. Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1973. Notes on Amaranthaceae: 1. Kew Bulletin 28(1): 141–146. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Notes on Amaranthaceae: 2. Kew Bulletin 29(3): 461–475. DOI: 10.2307/4107987 Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1974. Amaranthaceae. In: Flora of Pakistan Vol. 71. 49 pp. eFloras 2008 Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1975. A new species of Achyranthes (Amaranthaceae) from Thailand. Kew Bulletin 30(2): 223–224. DOI: 10.2307/4103156 . Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1975. The genus Celosia (subgenus Celosia) in tropical Africa. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 38(2). 123 pp. Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1977. Notes on Amaranthaceae 3. Publications from the Cairo University Herbarium 7-8: 63–82. Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1979. The Genera Dasysphaera and Volkensinia: Notes on Amaranthaceae: IV. Kew Bulletin 33(3): 417–419. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1979. A Further New African Species of Psilotrichum. Notes on Amaranthaceae: VI. Kew Bulletin 34(2): 210. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1979. A Second Species of Nelsia Schinz. Notes on Amaranthaceae: VII. Kew Bulletin 34(2): 235–236. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1979. The Generic Position of Centema stefaninii Chiov. Notes on Amaranthaceae: VIII. Kew Bulletin 34(2): 237–238. DOI: 10.2307/4109991 Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1980. Achyranthes, Achyropsis, and Pandiaka: Notes on Amaranthaceae: IX. Kew Bulletin 34(3): 423–433. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1980. A Peculiar New Psilotrichum from Socotra: Notes on Amaranthaceae: X. Kew Bulletin 35(1): 134. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1980. Contributions to the Flora of Iraq. XIII. Notes on some genera of Chenopodiaceae. Kew Bulletin 35(2): 291–296. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1980. A New Psilotrichum from Somalia with a Note on Centemopsis: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XI. Kew Bulletin 35(2): 377–378. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1982. A New African Centemopsis: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XIII. Kew Bulletin 36(4): 681–682. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1982. A New Species of African Celosia and a New Conspectus of Hermbstaedtia. Notes on Amaranthaceae: XIV. Kew Bulletin 37(1): 81–90. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1983. The Generic Position of Chionothrix hyposericea: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XV. Kew Bulletin 38(3): 345–346. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1984. Two New Species of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae) from Bahia, Brazil: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XV. Kew Bulletin 39(1): 117–120. DOI: 10.2307/4107858 JSTOR . Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1984. A New Genus and Species of Amaranthaceae from Somalia. Notes on Amaranthaceae: XVI. Kew Bulletin 39(4): 775-777. DOI: 10.2307/4107744 Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1985. Amaranthaceae. In Polhill, R.M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 136 pp. A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Boston. ISBN 90-6191-313-6 Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1985. A New Species of Cyathula from the Central African Republic. Notes on Amaranthaceae: XVII. Kew Bulletin 40(1): 35–37. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1988. 132. Amaranthaceae. Pp. 28–133 in Launert, E. (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 9, part 1. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London. Online Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1988. Two New Species of Amaranthaceae from South America: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XVIII. Kew Bulletin 43(1): 103–106. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1988. A Second Species of Pseudoplantago, from Venezuela: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XIX. Kew Bulletin 43(1): 107–110. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1990. Three New Species of Psilotrichum from Somalia: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XX. Kew Bulletin 45(4): 661–665. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1990. A Third Species of Pleuropterantha: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XXI. Kew Bulletin 45(4): 733–734. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1991. A New Genus of Amaranthaceae from Somalia: Notes on Amaranthaceae: XXII. Kew Bulletin 46(1): 101–103. DOI: 10.2307/4110746 Reference page. 

• Townsend, C.C. 1991. A New Suffruticose Psilotrichum from Tanzania. Notes on Amaranthaceae: XXIII. Kew Bulletin 46(3): 573–576. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Leach, G.J., Townsend, C.C. & Harley, M.M.. 1993. Omegandra, a new genus of Amaranthaceae from Australia. Kew Bulletin 48(4): 787–793. JSTOR Reference page. 

Eponyms

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• Pfaffia townsendii Pedersen (1990)