Biography
Peter MacOwan, English-born South African botanist and mycologist (Hull, England 14 November 1830 – Uitenhagen, Cape Province 30 November 1909)
DESCRIBED
Plantae
Species
Agasthoma wrightii 1890
Aspalathus argyrella 1890
Aspalathus humilis 1889 with Bolus
Athrixia fontana 1881
Babiana macrantha 1890
Berkheya caffra 1890
Berkheya debilis 1890
Bowkeria cymosa 1896
Bowkeria simplicifolia 1896
Garuleum tanacetifolium
Geissorhiza bellendenii 1892
Habenaria arachnoides 1893
Helichrysum argyrolepis 1890
Lamiostachys tubulosa 1893
Leonotis laxifolia 1893
Lobelia laxa
Moraea xerospatha 1897
Polygala confusa 1890
Polygala gymnoclada 1890
Ranunculus baurii 1881
Senecio cornu-cervi 1869
Senecio harveyanus 1890
Senecio napifolius 1890
Senecio prionites 1881
Senecio rumicifolius 1881 with Bolus
Senecio serratus 1881 with Bolus
Senecio surculosus 1869
Senecio tropaeolifolius 1867
Senecio trullifolius 1881
Senecio tysonii 1890
Stachys obtusifolia 1893
Fungi
Valid Genus
Lopharia 1881 with Kalchbrenner
Species
Aecidium chlorophyti
Aecidium rafniae
Amanita pleuropus
Chamaeceras filaris with Kalchbrenner
Dicaeoma exanthematica 1882
Dicaeoma mesembryanthemi 1892
Dicaeoma stobeae 1882
Exidia purpureocinerea with Kalchbrenner
Flammula tilopoda with Kalchbrenner
Hygrocybe discolor 1880 with Kalchbrenner
Kalchbrennera tuckii with Kalchbrenner
Lepiota polysarca with Kalchbrenner
Lepiota pterodota with Kalchbrenner
Lepiota varians 1887 with Kalchbrenner
Lopharia lirellosa 1881 with Kalchbrenner
Lysurus woodii 1880
Mycena casta
Phellorinia squamosa with Kalchbrenner
Pholiota tilopus 1881 with Kalchbrenner
Phyllotopsis salmonea with Kalchbrenner
Pleurotus sciadium with Kalchbrenner
Pocillaria fastuosus 1881 with Kalchbrenner
Pocillaria murrayi 1891 with Kalchbrenner
Stereum amoneum 1881 with Kalchbrenner
Stropharia olivaceoflava with Kalchbrenner
Uredo heteromorphae
Uromyces trollipi with Kalchbrenner
Xerotus caffrorum 1881 with Kalchbrenner
HONORS
Macowaniella Doidge 1921 (Fungi)
Macowanites Kalchbrenner 1882 (Fungi)
Macowania D. Oliver 1870 (Asteraceae)