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### Author
Ames, Oakes (1874-1950), American orchidologist, professor of economic botany at Harvard University
**Abbreviated name**: *Ames* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ames*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection AMES|AMES]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 355, 2: 34.
- Day, Rhodora 3: 68. 1901.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 50; BM 6: 20; Bossert p. 10; Kew 1: 51-52; Langman p. 85-86; MW p. 4, suppl. p. 5; NI 23.
- Day, Rhodora 3: 68. 1901.
- Backer, Verklarend woordenboek 22. 1936.
- Mangelsdorf, in Ames, Orchids in retrospect ix-xv. 1948 (also: bibl. on p. 159-172).
- Sax, J. Arnold Arb. 31: 335-349. 1950 (portr., bibl.)
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 162(2): 223-228. 1951.
- Coleman, Victorian Naturalist 67: 184-185. 1951 (portr.)
- Schultes, Rhodora 53: 67-78. 1951.
- Rollins, Taxon 1: 4. 1951.
- Rouleau, Rhodora Index 1-50: 277. 1953.
- Schultes, Bot. Mus. Leaflets 22: 253-255. 1969 (portr.) (on Blanche Ames).
- Sutton, Arnoldia 32(1): 9-12. 1972.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 6. 1973.
#### Memorial volume
Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University, vol. 16, 1949-1951 (portr.)
#### Eponymy
*Amesia* A. Nelson & Macbride (1913); *Amesiodendron* Hu (1936).
### Publications
##### n.112. Orchidaceae
**Title**
*Orchidaceae*: illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceae issuing from the Ames Botanical Laboratory North Easton, Massachusetts, Boston, New York (1, 2: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; 3-7, Boston, The Merrymount Press) 1905-1922. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orchidaceae*.
**Notes**
|vol.|pages|*plates*|dates|
|---|---|---|---|
|1|\[i\]-vii, \[1\]-156|*1-16*|Feb-Mar 1905\*|
|2|\[i\]-xi, \[1\]-288|*17-25*|18 Feb 1908|
|3|\[i\]-\[viii\], \[1\]-\[99\]|*26-59*|30 Sep 1908|
|4|\[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-\[288\]|*60-79*|20 Jun 1910|
|5|\[i\]-\[xiv\], \[1\]-\[271\]|(no pl.)|2 Sep 1915|
|6|\[i\]-\[xiv\], \[1\]-\[335\]|*80-101*|18 Oct 1920|
|7|\[i\]-\[ix\], \[1\]-174|*102-114*|5 Apr 1922|
\*Nat. Nov. Apr 1905; p. iv: Feb 1905. *Copy*: HH. – Plates by Blanche Ames.
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 51; Langman p. 85; MW p. 4; NI 23.
##### n.113. An enumeration of the orchids of the United States and Canada
**Title**
*An enumeration of the orchids of the United States and Canada* prepared for the American Orchid Society. Boston 1924. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Enum. orchids U.S. & Canada*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1924 (preface 2 Feb 1924), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-120.
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 51.