Named After Him
The World Register of Marine Species lists 44 marine genera and species named after him with the epithet nuttalli. Various plants and birds were named after Nuttall, including Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii by his friend William Gambel, and Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli and Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii by John James Audubon. He is also commemorated in the Pacific Dogwood Cornus nuttallii, Nuttall's Larkspur, Nuttall's Oak Quercus texana, the Catclaw briar Mimosa nuttallii, Nuttall's violet Viola nuttallii, and Nuttall's Rayless Goldenrod Bigelowia nuttallii.
The Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is named after him.
The standard author abbreviation Nutt. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Read more about this topic: Thomas Nuttall
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