Stephen Thayer Olney (February 15, 1812 – July 27, 1878) was an American manufacturer and botanist with expertise in the genus Carex.
[3] He issued the exsiccata Carices Boreali-Americanae ex coll.
variorum, distribuit S. T. Olney anno 1870.
[4] The monotypic plant genus Olneya (Olneya tesota, desert ironwood) was named in his honor by his friend and fellow botanist Asa Gray.
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