> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 10](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264765) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/46-1) LSID 46-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698829) QID Q2698829 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Abrams, LeRoy|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Abrams, LeRoy (1874-1956), American (Sheffield, Iowa) botanist, at the University of South California 1895, at Stanford University 1896, A.B. Stanford Jun 1899; acting professor of botany at the University of Idaho 1899-1900, graduate student and assistant with W.R. Russel at Stanford 1900-1902, MA. 1902, instructor in botany ib. 1902-1904; graduate fellow in botany Columbia University working at the New York Botanical Garden 1904-1905 with N.L. Britton, J.K. Small and P.A. Rydberg; assistant curator at the National Museum, Washington, D.C. 1905-1906; assistant professor of botany at Stanford 1906-1912, associate professor 1912, full professor 1920, head of the Department of Botany ib. 1933-1934, director of the Natural History Museum ib. 1934-1940, emeritus professor of biology ib. 1940-1956, continuing his work on the Illustrated flora of the Pacific States. **Abbreviated name**: *Abrams* \[standard form in IPNI: *Abrams*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DS|DS]] (at [[Collection CAS|CAS]]); duplicates [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MT|MT]], [[Collection NMC|NMC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]]; (Field notes at [[Collection CAS|CAS]] (fide Stieber 1982). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 8 (further refs.); BFM 1580; BL 1: 162, 166; BM 6: 2; Bossert p. 2; Ewan ed. 1: 147, 199, ed. 2: 1; Hirsch p. 1187 (abbr. "Abrams"); IF suppl. 4: 330; IH 2: 26; Kew 1: 4; Langman p. 66; Lenley p. 1; NAF 28 B(2): 317 (by H.W. Rickett); TL-1: 1; TL-2/1: 2-3 (nos. 5-6), see also 12.186; Tucker 1: 28. #### Biofile - Anon., The Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University p. 1, 2, Mai 1972 (mimeogr. document in TL-2 files). - Anon., Torreya 4(5): 77. 1904 (appointed fellow in botany in Columbia Univ.), 15(2): 40. 1915 (on descr. manual Pacific Coast trees); Nat. Nov. 27: 427. 1905 (app. asst. curator U.S. Natl. Mus., Washington, D.C.), 28: 889. 1906 (app. asst. prof. bot.); Northwest botanical manuscripts... Washington State University, Pullmann Library 19. 1976. - B\[acigalupi\], R.C. and H.L. M\[ason\], Madroño 12(8): \[2 p.\] unnumbered ahead of p. 225. 1954 (portr., tribute from the California Botanical Society: 80-th birthday; mentions schoolday friendship with Harvey Monroe Hall). - Barnhart, J.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 117. 1911 (curr. vit.); Torreya 23(4): 69-71. 1923 (detailed review of Ill. fl. Pacific States vol. 1, see TL-2/6). - Eastwood, A., Torreya 5(3): 45-47. 22 Mar 1905 (review of Fl. Los Angeles, see TL-2/5). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 24, 101, 110, 118. 1969. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 1984: no. 190. - Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6: 1. 1983 (rep. to Mexican coll.). - Lenz, L.W., Aliso 9(1): 35 (portr. in group at RSA), 55 (RSA Garden councillor), 68-69 (trip), 70 (in camp, portr.). - McGregor, E.A., Madroño 18(4): 97-104. 1965 (collecting trip of 1908, mts. and Nojave Desert S. Calif.). - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 143. 1981 (coll. in PH). - Moldenke, H.N., J. New York Bot. Gard. 42(493): 23. 1941 (review of revised edition ("corrections") of Ill. fl. Pacific States vol. 1, 1940, see TL-2/6). - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 1. 1955. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4(3): 152. 1982 (field notes now at CAS). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 11-12. 1981 (papers 1920-1954, list of correspondents). - Thomas, J.H., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(6): 147. 1961 (brief curr. vit., first collections ca. 1898, last 1940, mentions a tribute publ. by the Calif. Bot. Soc., Bacigalupi and Mason 1954 eponymy: *Cupressus abramsiana* Wolf, *Eriastrum abramsii* (Elmer) Mason); Huntia 3: 34, 36, 37. 1969 (expl. Wash., Ore., Calif.). - Wiggins, I.L., Taxon 6(3): 61-63. 1957 (main biogr. account, b. 1 Oct 1874, d. 15 Aug 1956; our intr. paragraph is based on this account). - Wilson, A., J. Calif. Hort. Soc. 17: 147-151. 1956 (obit., portrait in group, err. b. "1873"; reminiscenses of a student ca. 1923). #### Composite works - (1) *The Gymnosperms growing in the grounds of Leland Stanford Jr. University*, *in* Dudley Memorial Volume, Stanford Univ. Publ. 81-110. 1913 (TBC 18 Jun 1913). - (2) *Uva-Ursi*, *in* J.W. Small, *Ericaceae*, N. Amer. Fl. 29(1): 31 Aug 1914. ### Publications ##### n.18.816. Studies on the flora of Southern California **Title** *Studies on the flora of Southern California*... New York (from the Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club...) 1905-1910. 3 parts. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 21 Oct 1905 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[537\]-541. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 32: 537-541. 1905. *2*: 10 Jul 1907 (in journal), p. \[263\]-265. – Id. 34: 263-265. 1907. *3*: 31 Mar 1910 (in journal), p. \[149\]-153. – Id. 37: 149-153. 1910. *Copy*: B. ##### n.18.817. Two new Southwestern species of Pentstemon **Title** *Two new Southwestern species of Pentstemon*... From the Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club... 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Aug 1906 (in journal), p. 445-446. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 33: 445-446. 1906. ##### n.18.818. A phytogeographic and taxonomic study of the Southern California trees and shrubs **Title** *A phytogeographic and taxonomic study of the Southern California trees and shrubs* ... 1910. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Sep 1910 (data of thesis issue still lacking; Nat. Nov. Apr (2) 1911), p. \[i, iii\], 300-485, *pl. A-J. Copies*: MO, NY. – Also published in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6(21): \[i\], \[299\]-485, 10 lvs. of plates. – Separately published with same pagination as Thesis (Ph.D.), Columbia University. 1910. *Ref*.: Vaupel, F., Bot. Jahrb. 45 (Lit.): 61. 1911 (review).