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William C. Steere, Bryologist

W. C. Steere's 1949 Alaska Itinerary

Major Floristic Works on North American Bryophytes based on Steere Herbarium specimens

Herbaria with significant holdings of North American bryophytes

Representative List of Bryologists or Bryophyte Herbaria in the W. C. Steere Bryophyte Herbarium


(With an emphasis on those with significant North American holdings)

 


Bryologist or Herbarium
Approximate date range of collections Approximate Number of Collections Region
Allen, John  A.
mid 1800s
 3000
New England, Pacific Northwest, California
Austin, Coe. F.  (Herbarium of)
mid 1800s
2000
New Jersey, New York Metropolitan area
Beals, Alfred. T.  (Herbarium of)
early to mid 1900s
 2000
northeastern North America
Best, George N.
early to mid 20th century
 5000
North America
Breen, Ruth Schornherst (Florida State Herbarium)
 mid 20th century
  3000
southeastern U.S., primarily Florida
Britton, Elizabeth G. 1890s-1930s   10,000
North America, West Indies
Buck, William R. 1970s -present  on-going eastern U.S., tropical America
Churchill, Steven 1985-1995  3000 Central United States, Colombia
Columbia University (Columbia College) 19th century  20,000 western hemisphere
DePauw University Herbarium mid 1900s
31,000
North America, West Indies, South America
Gier, L. J. mid 20th century
5000
North America
Haring, Inez M. early-mid 1900s
4000
New York, western U.S. (especially Arizona)
Howe, Marshall. A. 1890s-1930s
2000
California, eastern North America
Jaeger, August 1800s  size unknown
worldwide
McGregor, Ronald (University of Kansas). mid 1900s  2000 Central U.S., primarily Kansas
Mitten, William (Herbarium of) 1800s
50,000
worldwide
Patterson, Paul. M. (Herbarium of)
mid 1900s
8,000

Princeton University Herbarium
late 19th and early 20th century
5,000
western hemisphere
Rau, Eugene A .  (Herbarium of)
late 1800s
ca 3000
rich in collections from early exploration of the continent
Stanford University Bryophyte Herbarium mid 20th century
5,000
mostly arctic North America
Steere, William. C. (some part of the Stanford University Herbarium 1958-1989
30,000
arctic North America, South America
Thiers, Barbara M. 1980-present
on-going
California, tropical America, Australia
Underwood, Lucien. M. (Herbarium of)
1870s-1907
size unknown
U.S., West Indies, Mexico
Uggla, Wilhelm H.
late 19th -mid 20th century
size unknown
worldwide
Welch, Winona (DePauw University Herbarium). mid 1900s  20,000 North America, primarily Indiana and adjacent states
Wellesley College Herbarium 20th century  4000 primarily North America
Williams, Robert. S. 1880s-1940s
10,000
Bolivia, Philippines, Panama, North America 
Wynne, Frances E. mid 20th century
4000
North America 

 

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