Collectors
Represented in the Herbarium -- Vascular Plants
Derived in part from Holmgren,
P. et al., A short description of the collections of The New York
Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Brittonia 8: 285-296. 1996. This
list is a work in progress.
The goal is to include all NYBG
staff members, collectors with more than 1000 collections in the
herbarium, plus all those whose collections serve as vouchers for
published botanical studies.
Names link to the Virtual
Herbarium record for the collector. The first number given
derives from Garden records; the second indicates the approximate
number of collections that have already been cataloged. Following the
link leads to database records details for these collections. The
judgment
(sometimes educated guess) as to whether the collections at NY
represent the collector's original collections or a significant subset
thereof is derived from institutional records, Index
Herbariorum and Taxonomic
Literature II.
Name
|
Organisms
|
Size
|
Region
|
Deposition
|
Alexander,
Edward
J. |
vascular
plants |
60
cataloged |
eastern U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Alexiades,
Miguel
J. |
vascular
plants (ethnobotanical studies) |
1337
cataloged |
South America |
original
herbarium, in part |
Allard, Harry
A. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1455
cataloged |
U.S., West
Indies |
original
herbarium, in part (from the Paul M. Patterson herbarium) |
Allen, John F. |
vascular
plants |
size unknown |
California |
original
herbarium |
Amorim,
André |
vascular
plants |
3633
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Anderson,
William R. |
vascular
plants |
5,900 (1400
cataloged) |
Brazilian
Planalto |
original
herbarium, in part |
Annable, Carol |
vascular
plants |
6000
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium, in part |
Arvigo, Rosa |
vascular
plants (ethnobotanical studies) |
2000
cataloged |
Belize |
significant
collections |
Atha, Daniel |
vascular
plants |
3000
cataloged |
Puerto Rico,
Republic of Georgia, U.S., Vietnam |
original
herbarium |
Atwood, Duane
N. |
vascular
plants |
3500
cataloged |
western U.S. |
significant
collections |
Balick,
Michael J. |
vascular
plants (ethnobotanical studies) |
4000
cataloged |
Belize,
Brazil, Micronesia |
original
herbarium |
Balée,
William |
vascular
plants (ethnobotanical studies) |
2000
cataloged |
South America |
original
herbarium, in part |
Bang, Miguel |
vascular
plants |
1900
cataloged |
Bolivia |
original
herbarium |
Barneby,
Rupert C. |
vascular
plants |
438
cataloged |
western U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Barnhart, John
H. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
138
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Barratt,
Joseph |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
28
cataloged |
northeastern
U.S. |
original
herbarium (from Wesleyan University) |
Beatley,
Janice C. |
vascular
plants |
453
cataloged |
Nevada |
original
herbarium |
Belem, Romeu
P. |
vascular
plants |
1800
cataloged |
Bahia,Brazil |
significant
collections |
Bechtel,
Albert R. |
vascular
plants |
4100 (300
cataloged) |
North America
|
original
herbarium (from Wabash University) |
Beck, Hans
T. |
vascular
plants |
1700
cataloged |
South America
|
original
herbarium, in part |
Bennett,
Bradley |
vascular
plants (ethnobotanical studies) |
2000
cataloged |
South America |
original
herbarium, in part |
Berger, Alwin |
vascular
plants, especially succulents |
13
cataloged |
worldwide |
original
herbarium |
Blanchet,
Jacques |
vascular
plants |
1000
cataloged |
Brazil,
mostly Bahia |
significant
collections |
Boom, Brian
M. |
vascular
plants |
1600
cataloged |
South
America, West Indies |
original
herbarium |
Britton,
Nathaniel L. |
vascular
plants |
135,000 ( 3500
cataloged) |
North
America, West Indies, Europe |
original
herbarium |
Burchell,
William J. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
200
cataloged |
Africa (St.
Helena), South America (Brazil) |
significant
collections |
Burgess,
Edward S. |
vascular
plants (especially Aster) |
200
cataloged |
North
America |
original
herbarium |
Camp,
Wendell H. |
vascular
plants |
900
cataloged |
Ecuador,
North America |
original
herbarium |
Canby,
William M. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
150,000 (350
cataloged ) |
North America |
original
herbarium (from Columbia College of Pharmacy) |
Carvalho,
André M. V. |
vascular
plants |
5000
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Chapman, Alvin
W. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
450
cataloged |
North
America, primarily southeastern U.S. |
original
herbarium (from Columbia University) |
Christ, J. H.
|
vascular
plants |
1800
cataloged |
Idaho |
original
herbarium |
Cid, C. A. |
vascular
plants |
2000
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Clemens, Mary
Strong |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
124
cataloged |
Australia,
U.S., Philippines |
significant
collections |
Clements,
Frederick E. |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
112
cataloged |
U.S. |
significant
collections |
Coulter, John
M. |
vascular
plants |
71
cataloged |
U. S. |
original
herbarium, in part (from Wabash College) |
Cowan,
Richard S. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
300
cataloged |
U.S. (eastern
states, Hawaii), Venezuela |
original
herbarium, in part |
Croat, Thomas |
vascular
plants |
2400
cataloged |
Central and
South America |
significant
collections |
Cronquist,
Arthur |
vascular
plants |
13,000 (1000
cataloged) |
U.S., Mexico |
original
herbarium |
Daly, Douglas
C. |
vascular
plants |
6100
cataloged |
South America
|
original
herbarium |
Degener, Otto
and
Degener, Isa |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1400
cataloged |
U.S.,
especially Hawaii |
original
herbarium, in part |
Delprete, Piero |
vascular
plants |
2300
cataloged |
South America
|
original
herbarium, in part |
Denslow,
Herbert M. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
29
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium (from Hobart and William Smith College) |
Donaldson,
Aris B. |
vascular
plants |
8
cataloged |
Custer's
Expedition to the Black Hills |
original
herbarium, at least in part (from Wabash College) |
Dusén
(accent), Per K. H. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
3000
cataloged |
Europe
(especially Norway) South America (especially Brazil) |
significant
collections |
Duss, Antoine |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1800
cataloged |
West Indies
(especially Guadeloupe and Martinique) |
significant
collections |
Earle,
Franklin S. |
bryophytes,
fungi,vascular plants |
2500 (1500
cataloged) |
U.S., West
Indies |
original
herbarium, in part |
Ekman, Erik |
vascular
plants |
1800
cataloged |
Argentina,
West Indies (Haiti, Navassa Island) |
significant
collections |
Elmer, Adolph
D. E. |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
2500
cataloged |
Malaysia,
Philippines, U.S. |
significant
collections |
Eiten, George |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1600
cataloged |
Brazil, U.S. |
original
herbarium, in part |
Fink, Bruce |
bryophytes,
lichens, vascular plants |
73
cataloged |
U.S. |
significant
collections |
Franklin,
Merton A. |
vascular
plants |
900
cataloged |
U.S. (Utah) |
significant
collections |
Frémont,
John C. |
vascular
plants |
297
cataloged |
western U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Fryxell, Paul
A. |
vascular
plants (mostly Gossypium and relatives) |
140
cataloged |
worldwide |
original
herbarium, in part |
Ganev, Wilson |
vascular
plants |
1400
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Gardner, George |
bryophytes,vascular
plants |
2500
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Gentry, Alwyn H. |
vascular
plants |
1200
cataloged |
South America |
significant
collections |
Glaziou, Auguste |
vascular
plants, bryophytes |
1600
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Gleason,
Henry A. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
150
cataloged |
South
America, Puerto Rico, U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Goodrich,
Sherel |
vascular
plants |
1200
cataloged |
U.S.
(especially Utah) |
significant
collections |
Granville,
Jean J. |
vascular
plants |
2700
cataloged |
French Guiana |
significant
collections |
Harper,
Roland M. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
600
cataloged |
southeastern
U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Harris,
William H. |
fungi,
bryophytes, vascular plants |
1200
cataloged |
Jamaica |
significant
collections |
Hartley,
Raymond M. |
vascular
plants |
6700
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Hasse, Hermann
E. |
bryophytes,
lichens, vascular plants |
70
cataloged |
U.S.(mostly
California) |
original
herbarium, in part |
Hassler, Emile |
vascular
plants |
1700
cataloged |
Paraguay |
Significant
collections |
Hatschbach,
Gerdt |
vascular
plants |
7100
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Heller, Amos A.
|
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
2100
cataloged |
U.S. |
significant
collections |
Henderson,
Andrew |
vascular
plants (primarily palms) |
300
cataloged |
South America
|
original
herbarium |
Henry, Augustine |
vascular
plants |
1000
cataloged |
China |
original
herbarium, in part |
Higgins, Larry |
vascular
plants |
2000
cataloged |
U.S.,
primarily Utah |
significant
collections |
Hitchcock,
Alfred S. |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
1100
cataloged |
U.S., South
America |
original
herbarium, in part |
Hitchcock,
Charles |
vascular
plants |
1100
cataloged |
western U.S. |
significant
collections |
Hoehne,
Federico |
vascular
plants |
1500
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Hoehne, Wilson |
vascular
plants |
1000
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Holmgren, Noel
H. and Holmgren,
Patricia K. |
vascular
plants |
5400
cataloged |
western U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Irwin, Howard
S. |
vascular
plants |
32,200 (4000
cataloged) |
Brazilian
Planalto, Guyana |
original
herbarium |
James, Edwin |
vascular
plants |
122
cataloged |
Western U.S.
(Major Stephen H. Long Expedition) |
original
herbarium |
Jardim, Jomar
G. |
vascular
plants |
3000
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Jenman, George
S. |
vascular
plants (especially ferns) |
15
cataloged |
South
America, West Indies |
original fern
herbarium |
Jones, Marcus
E. |
vascular
plants |
2200
cataloged |
western North
America |
significant
collections |
Kallunki,
Jacquelyn. A. |
vascular
plants |
400
cataloged |
Brazil |
original
herbarium |
Keck, David |
vascular
plants |
400
cataloged |
western U.S. |
original
herbarium, in part |
Killip,
Ellsworth P. |
bryophytes,
vascular
plants |
1600
cataloged |
South America
|
significant
collections |
Klein, Roberto
M. |
vascular
plants |
1300
cataloged |
Brazil (Santa
Catharina) |
original
herbarium |
Krukoff, Boris
A. |
vascular
plants |
13,000 (1500
cataloged) |
worldwide |
original
herbarium |
Kuntze, C. E.
O. |
vascular
plants |
32,000 (2500
cataloged) |
worldwide |
original
herbarium (non-European collections) |
Leggett, W.
H. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
60
cataloged |
U.S.
(metropolitan New York City region) |
original
herbarium (from the Torrey Botanical Club) |
Léon,
Joseph S. (Frère or Brother) |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1200
cataloged |
Cuba |
significant
collections |
LeRoy, P. V. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
15,000 (17
cataloged) |
North America
|
original
herbarium |
Lindeman, Jan
C. |
vascular
plants |
1200
cataloged |
South America |
significant
collections |
Liogier, Alain
H. |
vascular
plants |
1572
cataloged |
West Indies |
significant
collections |
Luteyn, James
L. |
vascular
plants |
4000
cataloged |
Andean South
America |
original
herbarium |
Maas, Paulus
J. M. |
vascular
plants |
1500
cataloged |
South America |
significant
collections |
Mackenzie,
Kenneth K. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
43,000 (300
cataloged) |
North America
|
original
herbarium |
Maguire,
Bassett |
vascular
plants |
60,000 (4600
cataloged) |
South
America, U.S., West Indies |
original
herbarium |
Merrill, E. D.
|
vascular
plants |
23,000 (800
cataloged) |
worldwide,
primarily Philippines |
original
herbarium, in part |
Mickel, John
T. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants (pteridophytes) |
400
cataloged |
Mexico, U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Moldenke,
Harold N. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
400
cataloged |
worldwide |
original
herbarium |
Mori, Scott.
A. |
vascular
plants |
11,000
cataloged |
Brazil,French
Guiana, Panama |
original
herbarium |
Morong,
Thomas |
fungi,
vascular plants |
20,000 (300
cataloged) |
Paraguay,
Chile, North America |
original
herbarium |
Nash, George
V. |
vascular
plants |
11,000 (1200
cataloged) |
eastern U.S.,
Haiti |
original
herbarium |
Nee, Michael |
vascular
plants |
24,000
cataloged |
Bolivia |
original
herbarium |
Neese,
Elizabeth |
vascular
plants |
2,000
cataloged |
western North
America |
significant
collections |
Nelson, Aven |
vascular
plants |
1100
cataloged |
western North
America |
significant
collections |
Newberry, John
S. |
vascular
plants |
76
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium, in part (Ives Expedition collections) |
Ottley, Alice
M. |
vascular
plants |
100
cataloged |
U.S., South
Africa |
original
herbarium (from Wellesley College) |
Parry, Charles
C. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1000
cataloged |
North America |
significant
collections |
Pennell,
Francis W. |
vascular
plants |
2100
cataloged |
western North
America |
original
herbarium, in part |
Pinzl, Ann |
vascular
plants |
1576
cataloged |
western North
America |
significant
collections |
Prance,
Ghillean T. |
vascular
plants |
29,500 3600
cataloged |
South
America, primarily Brazil |
original
herbarium, in part |
Pringle, Cyrus
G. |
vascular
plants |
3100
cataloged |
Mexico |
significant
collections |
Reitz, Padre
Raulino |
vascular
plants |
4200
cataloged |
Brazil |
original
herbarium |
Riedel, Ludwig |
vascular
plants |
3200
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Rose, Joseph N. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants (especially Cactaceae) |
1600
cataloged |
North and
South America |
original
herbarium |
Rusby, Henry
H. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1600
cataloged |
North and
South America |
original
herbarium, in part (from Columbia College of Pharmacy) |
Rydberg, Per
A. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
35,0002000
cataloged) |
U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Sant'Ana,
Sergio C. de |
vascular
plants |
1100
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Sartwell,
Henry P. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
1,670 (200
cataloged) |
North America
(especially New York) |
original
herbarium (from Hamilton College) |
Schott, Arthur
C. V. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
125
cataloged |
Mexican
Boundary Survey |
original
herbarium, at least in part |
Selby,
Augustine D. |
fungi,
vascular plants |
16
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
fungus herbarium,in part |
Shafer, John
A. |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
25,000 (1400
cataloged) |
South
America, U.S.,West Indies |
original
herbarium, in part |
Shurtleff, C.
A. |
vascular
plants |
3
cataloged |
India, U.S.,
Mexico, West Indies |
original
herbarium (from Wesleyan University) |
Silveira,
Marcos |
vascular
plants |
1300
cataloged |
Brazil
(primarily Acre) |
significant
collections |
Small, John K.
|
lichens,
vascular plants, |
70,000 (4800
cataloged |
U.S., West
Indies |
original
herbarium |
Smith, Albert
C. |
vascular
plants |
500
cataloged |
Fiji,South
America |
original
herbarium, in part |
Smith, Herbert
H. |
vascular
plants |
1200
cataloged |
Colombia |
original
herbarium, in part |
Smith, Lyman B. |
vascular
plants |
2800
cataloged |
Brazil |
significant
collections |
Spruce, Richard |
bryophytes,
lichens, vascular plants |
2000
cataloged |
Europe, South
America |
significant
collections |
Stansbury,
Howard |
vascular
plants |
36
cataloged |
western U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Steyermark,
Julian |
vascular
plants |
2800
cataloged |
U.S., South
America |
significant
collections |
Stout, Arlow B.
|
bryophytes,
vascular plants (Hemerocallis) |
24
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Sturgis,
William C. |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
3,200 (3
cataloged) |
U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Tate, George
H. H. |
vascular
plants |
400
cataloged |
Bolivia,
Brazil, Ecuador,Venezuela |
original
herbarium, in part |
Tharp,
Benjamin C. |
fungi,
vascular plants |
68
cataloged |
Texas |
original
herbarium (from University of Texas) |
Thomas,
William Wayt |
vascular
plants |
11,000
cataloged |
Brazil |
original
herbarium |
Tiehm, Arnold |
vascular
plants |
4200
cataloged |
western U.S. |
significant
collections |
Torrey, John |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
300
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Torrey,
Raymond H. |
bryophytes,
lichens, vascular plants |
57
cataloged |
eastern U.S. |
original
herbarium |
Tuckerman,
Edward |
bryophytes,
lichens, vascular plants |
30
cataloged |
New England |
original
herbarium, in part |
Underwood,
Lucien M. |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
4000
cataloged |
U.S., West
Indies, Mexico |
original
herbarium |
Walker, Jay B. |
vascular
plants |
5000
cataloged |
U.S., Belize |
original
herbarium, in part |
Watson,
Sereno |
vascular
plants |
900
cataloged |
U.S.
(Clarence King Expedition) |
significant
collections |
Welsh,
Stanley A. |
vascular
plants |
3300
cataloged |
western U.S. |
significant
collections |
Williams,
Margaret |
vascular
plants |
1500
cataloged |
western U.S. |
significant
collections |
Williams,
Robert S. |
bryophytes,
vascular
plants |
20,000 (2400
cataloged) |
Bolivia,
Philippines, Panama, North America |
original
herbarium |
Wilson, Percy |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
16,000 (300
cataloged) |
U.S., West
Indies |
original
herbarium |
Wood, Alphonso |
vascular
plants |
31
cataloged |
U.S. |
original
herbarium (from Columbia College of Pharmacy) |
Wright, Charles |
bryophytes,
fungi, vascular plants |
4100
cataloged |
China, U.S.,
West Indies |
original
herbarium, in part (from Columbia College) |
Wurdack, John
J. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants |
600
cataloged |
South
America, U.S. |
original
herbarium, in part |
Yuncker,
Truman G. |
vascular
plants |
19,000 (1000
cataloged) |
West Indies,
Central America, South Pacific, North America |
original
herbarium (from DePauw University) |
Zanoni,
Thomas A. |
bryophytes,
vascular plants, |
1600
cataloged |
U.S., West
Indies |
original
herbarium, in part |
Zundel, George
L. |
fungi,
vascular plants |
15
cataloged |
western
U.S.(primarily Utah) |
original
fungus herbarium (from University of Utah) |
Name: Links to the Virtual
Herbarium record for this collector
Size: The first number given
derives from Garden records; the second indicates the approximate
number of collections that have already been cataloged. Following the
link leads to summary details for these collections.
Deposition: The judgment
(sometimes educated guess) as to whether the collections at NY
represent the collector's original collections or a significant subset
thereof is derived from institutional records, Index
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