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### Author
Evans, Alexander William (1868-1959), American bryologist and lichenologist at Yale.
**Abbreviated name**: *A. Evans* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Evans*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Main collections at [[Collection YU|YU]]. The Heller types from Puerto Rico are at [[Collection NY|NY]], much other material also at [[Collection NY|NY]] and further at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection US|US]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 187.
- Urban, Symb. ant. 5: 6. 1908.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 518; BM 2: 548, 6: 309-310; Bossert p. 119; CSP 14: 890; GR p. 187-188; LS suppl. 7759-7760; MW p. 110, suppl. p. 62.
- Urban, Symb. ant. 5: 5-6. 1908.
- Verdoorn, Ann. bryol. 11:3. 1938 (portr.)
- Nichols, Ann. bryol. 41: 1-5. 1938 (portr.)
- Fernald, Rhodora 52: 49-51. 1950.
- Anderson, The Bryologist 63: 84-88. 1960 (portr.)
- Asahina, J. Jap. Bot. 35(2): 64. 1960.
- Hale, Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 87: 354-356. 960.
- Reeder, Taxon 9: 168-169. 1960.
- Reeder and Reeder, Rhodora 62: 245-250. 1960 (portr.)
- Schuster, The Bryologist 63: 73-81. 1960, Rev. bryol. lichénol. 29: 132-140. 1960 (portr.)
- Schuster, Rev. bryol. lichénol. 29: 132-140. 1960 (portr., bibl.)
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr, coll. New York Bot. Gard. 155-156. 1973.
#### Composite works
*NAF, Marchantiales* 14(1): 9-66. 19 Jan 1923.
#### Eponymy
*Evansia* C. Douin (1914); *Evansianthus* Schuster & Engel (1973); *Evansiolejeunea *Vanden Berghen (1948).
*Note*: *Evansia* S.A.J. Pocock (1972) is dedicated to C. R. Evans, Canadian micropalaeontologist.