Charles Russell Metcalfe

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Charles Russell Metcalfe (1904–1991) was an English botanist and explorer. He studied at the University of Cambridge and worked as a botanist at Kew Gardens. He collected plants on expeditions in West Cameroon.

Key facts
- Alma mater: University of Cambridge
- Thesis: The “Shab” disease of Lavender
- Author abbreviation (botany): CRMetcalfe
- Awards: Linnean Medal; Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Work and publications
- Anatomy of the monocotyledons (1982), co-authored with Philip Barry Tomlinson
- Anatomy of the dicotyledons (1979), with Laurence Chalk
- New research in plant anatomy (1970), with Norman Robson, David Cutler, Mary Gregory
- History of the Jodrell Laboratory as a centre for systematic anatomy (1976)

Honours and legacy
- 1971: Linnean Medal
- Metcalfia, a genus in the grass family (Poaceae), was named in his honor by Hans Joachim Conert

Metcalfe’s career focused on plant anatomy and taxonomy, and his work helped advance understanding of monocot and dicot plant structures.