> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 659](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333798) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9770-1) LSID 9770-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1922675) QID Q1922675 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, Albert Charles (1906-x), American botanist; Dr. phil. Columbia Univ. 1933; collaborator for field research at the Smithsonian Institution 1926-1928; assistant curator New York Botanical Garden 1928-1933; associate curator ib. 1934-1940; curator of the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum 1940-1948; curator of the division of phanerogams of the U.S. natl. Mus. of the Smithsonian Institution 1948-1956; program director for systematic biology National Science Foundation 1956-1958; director of the U.S. national Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution 1958-1962; assistant secretary Smithsonian Institution 1962-1963; director of research University of Hawaii 1963-1965; Wilder professor of botany ib. 1965-1971; vice-president International Association for Plant Taxonomy 1959-1964; member of the editorial committee of the International Code of botanical nomenclature. **Abbreviated name**: *A.C. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.C.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types Types mainly at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BISH|BISH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. – Collections at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection B|B]] (partly extant), [[Collection BISH|BISH]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MAD|MAD]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MEDEL|MEDEL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SUVA|SUVA]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection YU|YU]]. – *Field notes* Guyana 1937-1938 in [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Much archival material in [[Collection US|US]]. *Letters* at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 289 (b. 5 Apr 1906); BJI 2: 166; BL 1: 108, 244, 318; Bossert p. 372; Hortus 3: 1204; IF suppl. 3: 218, suppl. 4: 399; IH (ed. 1): 102, (ed. 2): 126, (ed. 3): 162, (ed. 4): 180, (ed. 6): 7, 364, (ed. 7): 116, 147, 343; Langman p. 703-704; Lenley p. 377; MW p. 326; PH 209, 558; Roon p. 105; SIA see index; SK 4: cxxxv, chi; TL-2: 781; Tucker 3: 285; Zander ed. 10, p. 718. #### Biofile - Amer. men sci. eds. 5-15, 1933-1982; Anon., Taxon 5: 2, 3. 1956 (portr.), 7: 251. 1958 (app. Smithsonian), 12: 354. 1963 (app. Hawaii); Who's who Amer. 30-42, 1958-1983. - Briquet, Mrs. John, Letter to E.D. Merrill, 15 Feb 1932, at NY ("We had the visit last week of Albert C. Smith of your botanical garden, student of Mr. Gleason, who came to spend one evening at home with Dr. Becherer... We thought it would scarcely be possible to send over a more distinguished and refined young man. We so much regretted Mr. Briquet's absence... it was the first time we received a foreign botanist since his death..."). - Cowan, R.S., Taxon 28: 659. 1979 (rev. of his *Fl. vit. nov.*). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 19, 22. 1969. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 677. 1984. - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14: 217, 252, 357. 1954 (botany Cook's voy.); Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 30(1): 283-284. 1947 (Pacific Isl. bot. bibl.). - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 92-93. 1955. - Smith, A.C., J. New York Bot. Gard. 31: 81-93. 1930 (a collecting trip across Peru), 35: 261-280. 1934 ("plant collecting in Fiji"), Trop. Woods 41: 1-5. 1935 (id.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 148: 5-7. 1935 (id.); Fl. vit. nov. 1: 75-76, 76-77, 79-80, 82-83. 1979 (coll. Fiji). - Steenis, C.G.G.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 2: 43. 1947 (work in Fiji), 4: 84. 1948 (app. ass. cur. U.S. Natl. Herb.), 13: 552. 1957 (app. NSF), 14: 625. 1959 (app. dir. Nat. Hist. Mus., Smiths.), 18: 978. 1963 (asst. secr. Smiths. 1 Nov 1962), 19: 1107. 1964 (dir. res. Hawaii Univ. 25 Nov 1963), 21: 1383. 1966 (Wilder professor of botany). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 87. 1981 (mss. material at HU). - Theobald, W.L., Bull. Pacif. bot. Gard. 9(4): 78-83. 1979 (biogr. sketch, portr., Robert Allerton award 1979). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 35, 313, 347, 348. 1936, 3: 174, 284, 293, 310, 311. 1937, 4: 278, 452, 547. 1938, 5: 173, 176, 234, 368, 369, 372. 1939, 6: 91, 172, 186. 1941, 7: 230. 1943. #### Composite works NAF, *Mayacaceae* 19(1): 1-2. 27 Nov 1937; *Araliaceae* 28B(1): 3-41. 30 Dec 1944. #### Note Major later publication: *Flora vitiensis nova*, a new flora of Fiji (Spermatophytes only), Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii, vol. I. Jan 1979, vol. 2, 1981. #### Eponymy *Alsmithia* H.E. Moore et al. (1982). ### Publications ##### n.12.159. Studies of South American plants **Title** *Studies of South American plants* I... New York 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: A series of publications in various journals. Sets of reprints: FAS, G, HH, NY, U, US. *1*: 1 Oct 1931, cover-t.p., p. 87-110. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 58: 87-110. 1 Oct 1931. – Contr. N.Y. Bot. Gard. no. 322. *2*: 1 Dec 1932, cover-t.p., p. 513-524. – Id. 59: 513-524. 1 Dec 1932. – Contr. N.Y. Bot Gard. no. 335. *3*: 1 Feb 1933, cover-t.p., p. 99-121. – Id. 60: 99-121. 1 Feb 1933. – Contr. N.Y. Bot. Gard. no. 336. *4*: Jan 1935, Phytologia 1(3): 126-132. *5*: Jun 1936, p. 307-316. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 63: 307-316. Jun 1936. *6*: Apr 1939, p. 231-249. – Id. 66: 231-249. Apr 1939. *7*: Mai-Jun 1939, p. 25-32. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trop. Woods 58: 25-32. 1939. *8*: Jun 1939, p. 407-412. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 26: 407-412. 1939. *9*: Jul 1940, p. \[541\]-547. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 27(7): 541-547. 1940. *10*: 1 Feb 1943, p. \[460\]-471. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Arnold Arb. 24: \[460\]-471. 1943. *11*: 1946, J. Arnold Arb. 27: 86-120. 1946. *12*: 23 Jan 1950, Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 29(8): \[i\]-v, 317-393, vii-viii. 1950. *13*: Jul 1953, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 43(7): \[203\]-212. 1953. *14*: Jul 1953, Amer. J. Bot. 40(7): 469-476. 1953. *15*: Oct 1953, Amer. J. Bot. 43(8): 573-577. 1956. *16*: Apr 1956, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 46(4): 113-115. 1956. ##### n.12.160. List of plants collected **Title** *List of plants collected*, with descriptions of new genera and species... from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Nov 1931, cover-t.p., p. 299-315. *pl. 22-23. Copies*: FAS, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from H.A. Gleason, The Tyler-Duida Expedition, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 58: 299-315. *pl. 22-23*. 1931. ##### n.12.161. Ericaceae **Title** *Ericaceae*... from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Dec 1931, p. \[i, recto of 436\], \[436\]-444, *pl. 36. Copies*: FAS, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from H.A. Gleason, The Tyler-Duida Expedition, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 58: 436-444. *pl. 36*. 1931. ##### n.12.162. The American species of Thibaudieae **Title** *The American species of Thibaudieae*... Washington (United States Governemnt \[sic\] Printing Office) 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Jun 1932, p. \[i\]-vii, 311-547. *pl. 1-19*, ix-xiii. *Copies*: B, BR, FAS, G, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. *Thesis issue*: 1933 (date on thesis cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-vii, 311-547, *pl. 1-19*, ix-xiii. *Copy*: MICH. – Cover-t.p.: "*The American species of Thibaudieae* Albert C. Smith submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the Faculty of pure science, Columbia University, New York 1933 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 28: 311-547, *pl. 1-19*. 1932". *Additions*: Bull. Torrey bot. Club 63: 307-316. Jun 1936 (Studies on South American plants 5). ##### n.12.163. The genera Sphyrospermum and Disterigma **Title** *The genera Sphyrospermum and Disterigma*... separate, without change of paging, from Brittonia... 1933... New York, N.Y. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1933, cover-t.p., p. 203-232. *Copies*: FAS, G, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Brittonia 1(4): 203-232. Dec 1933. ##### n.12.164. Plantae krukovianae **Title** *Plantae krukovianae*... \[Bull. Torrey bot. Club... 1933\]. Oct. **Notes** *Senior author* \[*1, 2*\]: Henri Allan Gleason (1882-1975), see TL-2/1: 950-951); *collector*: Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983), see TL-2/2: 680. \[*1*\]: Bull. Torrey bot. Club 60(5): 349-365. 1 Mai 1933, 60(6): 379-396. *pl. 21-22*. 1 Jun 1933. *2*: lb. 61(4): 191-196. 1 Apr 1934. *3*: \[by Gleason alone\]: Phytologia 1(2): 106-111. 4 Aug 1934. *4*: \[by A.C. Smith\] Phytologia 1(3): 113-126. Jan 1935. *5*: \[id.\] Brittonia 2(2): 145-164. Mai 1936. *6*: \[id.\] J. Arnold Arb. 20: \[288\]-303. 19 Jul 1939. ##### n.12.165. Hornemannia **Title** *Hornemannia*, a much-described West Indian genus... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1935, p. 9-11. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 22: 9-11. Jan 1935. ##### n.12.166. The genus Espeletia **Title** *The genus Espeletia*: a study in phylogenetic taxonomy... separate, without change of paging, from Brittonia... 1935... New York, N.Y. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*. Minna Frotscher Koch (1894-x). *Publ*.: Mai 1935, cover-t.p., p. 479-530, *pl. 1-2. Copies*: FAS, G, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Brittonia 1(7): 479-530, *pl. 1-2*. Mai 1935. ##### n.12.167. Some American plants used as fish poisons **Title** *Some American plants used as fish poisons*... \[Washington, D.C. 1935\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Amer. pl. fish pois.* **Notes** *Senior author*: Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890-1968), TL-2/3636-3638. *Publ*.: 6 Feb 1935 (p. 27), p. \[1\]-27. *Copy*: G. – Mimeographed. ##### n.12.168. Fijian plant studies **Title** *Fijian plant studies*... Honolulu, Hawaii (published by the Museum) 1936. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 28 Nov 1926, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-166. Issued as and to be cited from B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 141, 1936. *2*: 20 Jul 1942, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-148. Issued as Sargentia 1, 1942, by A.C. Smith and collaborators. *Copies*: BR, G, GB, HU, LD, M, MO, NY, Univ. Illinois, US. *Facsimile reprint* no. 1: 1971, Bull. B.P. Bishop Museum no. 141. ##### n.12.169. Notes on North American Araliaceae **Title** *Notes on North American Araliaceae*... Reprinted from Brittonia... 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Wendell Holmes Camp 1904-1963. *Publ*.: Nov 1936, p. 247-261. *Copies*: FAS, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Brittonia 2(3): 247-261. 1936. ##### n.12.170. The American species of Myristicaceae **Title** *The American species of Myristicaceae*... Separate... from Brittonia... 1937... New York, N.Y. Oct. **Notes** *Collaborator*: Roger Philip Wodehouse (1889-x). *Publ*.: Dec 1937, cover-t.p., p. \[393\]-510. *Copies*: U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Brittonia 2(5): 393-510. Dec 1937. (Heading on p. 392, however: reprinted from Brittonia, May, 1938, vol. 2, no. 5, pages 393-510 sic). *Supplementary notes on Myristicaceae*: p. 339-340. *Copy*: FAS. – Id. Brittonia 3(2): 339-340. Oct 1939. ##### n.12.171. Notes on a collection of plants from British Guiana **Title** *Notes on a collection of plants from British Guiana*... Cincinnati, Ohio (Lloyd Library) 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1919, cover-t.p., p. 161-218. *Copies*: G, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lloydia 2: 161-218. 1939. ##### n.12.172. A collection of flowering plants from Mount Roraima **Title** *A collection of flowering plants from Mount Roraima* and adjacent Venezuela, British Guiana and Brazil. \[Bull. Torrey bot. Club 1940\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1940, p. 283-299. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 67: 283-299. 1940. – Collaborators: L.O. Williams, P.C. Standley, L. Croizat, J.D. Dwyer, E.P. Killip, H.A. Gleason, R.E. Woodson, S.F. Blake. Collector: Albert S. Pinkus.