Conrad Vernon Morton

{{Short description|American botanist}}

Conrad Vernon Morton (24 October 1905 – 29 July 1972) was an American botanist, who did notable writings on ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VEe-tlZHvM4C&dq=%22Conrad+Vernon+Morton&pg=PA1733 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, pg 1733]

In 1938, botanists Standl. & Steyerm., published Mortoniodendron, a genus of flowering plants from Central America, belonging to the family Malvaceae in Conrad Morton's honour.{{cite web |title=Mortoniodendron Standl. & Steyerm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295063-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}} Then in 1939, botanist Robert Everard Woodson published Mortoniella a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Central America, in the family Apocynaceae, also in his honour.{{cite web |title=Mortoniella Woodson {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295062-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=29 October 2021 |language=en}} Later in 1975, botanist Wiehler published Neomortonia, a genus of flowering plant from South America, belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.{{cite web |title=Neomortonia Wiehler {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298589-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}}