> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 98](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264825) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/179-1) LSID 179-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1669326) QID Q1669326 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Ames, Oakes|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Ames, Oakes (1874-1950), American botanist at Harvard, graduated 1898, M.Sc. 1899; honorary D.Sc. Washington University 1938; assistant director Botanical Garden Harvard University 1899-1909, instructor in botany 1900-1910, director of the Botanical Garden 1909-1922, asst. professor of botany 1915-1926, curator Botanical Museum 1923-1927, professor of botany 1926-1932, chairman of the Council of botanical collections and supervisor of the biological laboratory and botanical garden in Cuba as well as of the Arnold Arboretum 1927-1935; supervisor Botanical Museum 1927-1937, Arnold professor of botany 1932-1935; research professor of botany 1935-1941, director of the Botanical Museum 1945-1950; outstanding orchidologist and economic botanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Ames* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ames*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection AMES|AMES]]; further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]]. #### Library Oakes Ames: Harvard, Blanche Ames: Texas Research Foundation. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 22; Barnhart 1: 50 (b. 26 Sep 1874, d. 28 Apr 1950); BM 6: 20; Bossert p. 10; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 1(ed. 6): 355, 2: 34; Kew 1: 51-52; Langman p. 85-86; Lenley p. 6; MW p. 4; MW suppl. p. 5; NI 23; Rehder 3: 514; TL-2/1: 41-42, TL-2/4: 9438, 5: ccliv; Urban-Berl. p. 324; Zander ed. 10, p. 628, ed. 11, p. 712. #### Biofile - Ames, O., Orchids in retrospect. A collection of essays on the Orchidaceae, Cambridge, Mass. 1948, xix, 172 p. (with an essay on A. by Mangelsdorf on p. ix-xv; bibliogr. A. on p. 159-172). - Anon., The Sun (New York) 5 Jan 1908; Bronx Home News 10 Jan 1908; Borough Record and Times (New York), 12 Jan 1908 (large collection of living orchids donated by A. to New York Botanical Garden); Proc. Linn. Soc. 162(2): 223-228. 1951; Orchids at Christmas: Oakes and Blanche Ames, Cambridge, Mass., Bot. Mus. Harvard Univ. 1975, 50 p. - Arditti, J. (ed.), Orchid biol. 1: 27, 29, 42, 136, 150, 159, 171. 1977. - Coleman, E., Vict. Natural. 67: 184-185. 1951 (portr.). - Correll, D.S., Taxon 32(3): 442. 1983 (Texas Research Foundation acquired Mrs. Ames' library, 4000 nos.). - Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 68. 1901. - Garay, L.A., Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 23(4): 159. 1972 (epon.: *Amesiella*), 30: 26-35. 1984 (on A.'s Orchid herb.); Orquídea 6(1): 20-36. 1976 (on orchid herb. A.). - Nash, G.V., J. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 221, 250-252. 1907 (on the collection of living orchids donated to NYBG). - Plimpton, P.A., Oakes Ames, jottings of a Harvard botanist, Cambridge, Mass. 1979, 401 p.; Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 52(9): 953-956. 1983 ("Orchids in Bronze"; biogr. sketch of Dr. and Mrs. A). - Robinson, B.L., *in* Development of Harvard Univ. 344, 347. s.d. - Rollins, R.C., Taxon 1: 4. 1951. - Rouleau, E., Rhodora index 1-50: 277. 1953. - Sax, K., J. Arnold Arb. 31: 335-349. 1950 (portr., bibl.). - Schultes, R.E., Rhodora 53: 67-78. 1951 (obit.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 162(2): 223-229. 1951 (id.). - Schweinfurth, C., Orch. Rev. 6(1): 5-6. 1955 (on Mrs. Ames as a bot. illustrator). - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 232, 334, 346-347. 1970; Arnoldia 32(1): 9-12. 1972 (portr.). - Wilder, S.E., Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 30: 35-41. 1984 (on A's Economic Herbarium) #### Composite works - (1) Contributed numerous treatments of orchid genera to L.H. Bailey, Cyclop. Am. Hortic. 1900. #### Eponymy (addition) *Oakes-amesia* C. Schweinfurth & P.H. Allen 1948, ING: 1189. ### Publications ##### n.19.148. A new species of Habenaria from Cuba **Title** *A new species of Habenaria from Cuba*... Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. – 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Sep 1903 (in journal), p. \[117-118\]. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 16: 117-118. 1903. ##### n.19.149. Propositions de changement aux lois de la nomenclature botanique **Title** *Propositions de changement aux lois de la nomenclature botanique* de 1867 dont l'adoption est recommandée au Congrès International de Nomenclature botanique projèté à Vienne en 1905 par les botanistes attachés à l'Herbier Gray, à l'Herbier Cryptogamique et au Musée Botanique de l'Université de Harvard... Cambridge, Massachusets, U.S.A..... 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prop. changem. lois nom.* **Notes** *Signatories*: Oakes Ames, William Gibson Farlow, Merritt Lyndon Farlow, George Lincoln Goodale, Jesse More Greenman, Edward Charles Jeffrey, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Arthur Bliss Seymour, Roland Thaxter. *Publ*.: 9 Jun 1904 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-32. *Copies*: B, FAS. *Note*: Proposals submitted to the Vienna Congress (1905) in opposition to the "American school of nomenclature": J.C. Arthur, N.L. Britton et al. Text in French, English and German. – See also a (different) European set of proposals by J. Amann et al. 15 Jan 1904, published under the same title. ##### n.19.150. contribution **Title** A *contribution* to our knowledge of the *Orchid flora* of *Southern Florida*... Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. (printed by E.W. Wheeler) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. Orch. fl. S. Florida*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Feb 1904 (copy at G so stamped), p. \[1\]-22, \[23\], *pl. 1-12* (11 uncol. ills. Mrs. O. Ames and 1 photogr.). *Copies*: G, L, MO, NY. – Contr. Ames bot. Lab. no. 1. ##### n.19.151. Notes on orchids new to Florida **Title** *Notes on orchids new to Florida*... Proceedings of the Biological society of Washington... 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Jan 1906, p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 1-2. 1906. – Further additions to his *Additions to the Orchid flora of Florida*, ib. 17: 115-117. 1904. ##### n.19.152. Habenaria orbiculata **Title** *Habenaria orbiculata* and H. macrophylla. Spiranthes ovalis... From Rhodora... 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1906 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-7. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 8(85): 10-16. 1906. ##### n.19.153. Descriptions of new species of Acoridium **Title** *Descriptions of new species of Acoridium* from the Philippines \[Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington... 1906\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Sep 1906 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 143-153. *Copies*: B, G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 143-153. 1906. ##### n.19.154. Orchidaceae halconenses **Title** *Orchidaceae halconenses*: an enumeration of the Orchids collected on and near Mount Halcon, Mindoro, chiefly by E.D. Merrill... Manila (Bureau of printing) 1907. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Elmer Drew Merrill (1876-1956), TL-2/3: 425-429. *Publ*.: Jul 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 311-337. *Copies*: G(2), L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. sect. C., Bot. 2(4): 311-337. 1907. – See TL-2/5863. – Bibliographic research by Frederic Tracy Hubbard (1875-1962). ##### n.19.155. Notes on Habenaria **Title** *Notes on Habenaria*... Reprinted from Rhodora, Journal of the New England Botanical Club... 1908. Oct.. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Mai 1908 (in journal, date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 70-71. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 10(112): 70-71. 1908. ##### n.19.156. Orchidaceae **Title** *Orchidaceae*... Reprinted from Gray's New Manual of Botany... 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Sep 1908 (in A. Gray, Man. Bot. ed. 7. 1908), cover-t.p., p. \[304\]-319. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from A. Gray, New Manual of Botany 304-319 \[ed. 7\]. 1908. – See TL-2/2125 (ed. 7). ##### n.19.157. Nomenclatorial changes in Corallorrhiza **Title** *Nomenclatorial changes in Corallorrhiza*... Reprinted from Rhodora,... 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1909 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p. on recto of p. 102\], \[102\]-160. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 11(125): 102-160. 1909. – Issued as Contr. Ames Bot. Lab. no. 7. ##### n.19.158. Notes on Philippine orchids **Title** *Notes on Philippine orchids* with descriptions of new species, I-VI... Manila (Bureau of Printing 1909-1912. Oct. **Notes** *1*: Nov 1909 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[593\]-600. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. sect. C, Bot. 4(5): 593-600. 1909. *2*: Dec 1909 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 663-676. – Id. 4(6): 663-676. 1909. *3*: Mar 1911 (date on p. 35, cover Feb 1911), cover-t.p., p. 35-36. – Id. 6(1): 35-36. 1911. *4*: Mai 1912 (date on cover; issue journal for Apr 1912), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-27. – Id. 7(1): 1-27. 1912. *5*: Sep 1912 (date on cover, p. 125: Aug 1912), cover-t.p., p. 125-143. – Id. 7(3): 125-143. 1912. *6*: Dec 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 407-441, *pl. 13.* – Id. 8(6): 407-441, *pl. 13.* 1913. *Copy*: L. ##### n.19.159. A new Ponthieva **Title** *A new Ponthieva* from the Bahamas: Ponthieva Brittoniae sp. nov.... Reprinted from Torreya... 1910. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Apr 1910 (in journal), p. \[1\]. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 10(4): 90-91. 1910. ##### n.19.160. Two species of Habenaria from Cuba **Title** *Two species of Habenaria from Cuba*... Reprinted from Torreya... 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Jan 1912 (in journal), p. \[i, recto of 11\], \[11\]-12. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 12(1): 11-13. 1912. ##### n.19.161. Orchidaceae novae **Title** *Orchidaceae novae* et criticae *Insularum Philippinarum*... Manila (Philippine Islands) 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1912 (in journal), cover, p. \[i, t.p.\], \[1549\]-1588. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5 (art. 77): 1549-1588. 1912. ##### n.19.162. The Orchids of Guam **Title** *The Orchids of Guam*... Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[11\]-16. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. sect. C, Bot. 9(1): 11-16. 1914. ##### n.19.163. A list **Title** *A list* of the most important *plants from which arrow poisons are prepared*... School of tropical medicine, Harvard University Lecture guide (Tropical Medicine: Botany). – \[Cambridge, Mass.\] 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1915 (on p. 1; rd. at NY 3 Jul 1915), p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.19.164. Schedulae Orchideanae **Title** *Schedulae Orchideanae*. Numbers 1-10. Boston, Massachuetts 1922-1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sched. Orch.* **Notes** *Preface material*: 4 Oct 1930, p. \[i\]-xl. *1*: 18 Nov 1922, p. 1-24. *2*: 6 Jan 1923, p. 1-38, *pl. 1.* *3*: 30 Jan 1923, p. 1-27. *4*: 4 Mai 1923, p. 1-60, *pl. 2-3.* *5*: 6 Jun 1923, p. 1-42. *6*: 3 Nov 1923, p. 1-99. *7*: 27 Mar 1924, p. 1-36, *pl. 4-20.* *8*: 7 Mar 1925, p. 1-84, *pl. 21-24.* *9*: 22 Jul 1925, p. 1-62. *10*: 4 Oct 1930, p. 1-116. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.19.165. Enumeration of Philippine Apostasiaceae **Title** *Enumeration of Philippine Apostasiaceae* and Orchidaceae... Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Dec 1924 and 7 Apr 1925 (in journal; reprint on or after 7 Apr 1925), cover-t.p., p. 252-463. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from E.D. Merrill, *Enum. Philipp. fl. pl. *1(3): 252-368. 28 Dec 1924 and 1(4): 369-463. 7 Apr 1925. ##### n.19.166. New or noteworthy Philippine orchids **Title** *New or noteworthy Philippine orchids* I-VI... Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1931-1936. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Eduardo Quisumbing (1895-x). *1*: Apr 1931 (date on cover), p. \[i\], 369-383, *pl. 1-16* (photogr., *pl. 1* col.). *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. 44(4): 369-383, *pl. 1-16.* 1931. *2*: Feb 1932 (date on cover), p. \[i\], 197-220, *pl. 1-29.* (photogr. and drawings; *pl. 1-3* col.). *Copy*: U. – Id. 47(2): 197-220, *pl. 1-29.* 1932. *3*: Dec 1932 (in journal), p. \[i\], 483-504, *pl. 1-28* (*pl. 1* col., *pl. 2-28* uncol.). 1932. *Copies*: G, L. – Id. 49(4): 483-504, *pl. 1-28.* 1932. *4*: Dec 1933 (date on cover), p. \[i\], 443-473, *pl. 1-17* (photogr. and drawings, *pl. 1-3* col.). *Copy*: U. – Id. 52(4): 443-473, *pl. 1-17.* 1933. *5*: 29 Jun 1935 (date in journal p. iv), Id. 56: 453-469. 1935. *6*: Jan 1936 (date on cover), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-9* (*pl. 1* col., *pl. 2-9* uncol.) *Copy*: G. – Id. 59: 1-14, *pl. 1-9.* 1936. ##### n.19.167. Additions to the Orchid flora of the United States **Title** *Additions to the Orchid flora of the United States*... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Feb 1932 (on p. 3), p. 3-4. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 45: 3-4. 1932. ##### n.19.168. Additional notes on the Orchids of the New Hebrides **Title** *Additional notes on the Orchids of the New Hebrides* and Santa Cruz Islands... Journal of the Arnold Arboretum... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1933 (p. \[101\]), cover-t.p., p. \[101\]-112. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Arnold Arb. 14: 101-112. 1933. ##### n.19.169. The genus Epidendrum **Title** *The genus Epidendrum* in the United States and Middle America.... Cambridge, Massachusetts (Botanical Museum) 1936. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Epidendrum*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1936 (p. x: Jul 1936), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-233, \[235\]. *Copy*: MO. *Photogr. reprint*: 1976. *Copy*: U. ##### n.19.170. Additions to the genus Acoridium **Title** *Additions to the genus Acoridium*... Leiden (N.V. Boek- en Steendrukkerij Eduard IJdo) 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Jun 1937 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[66\]-77. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Blumea suppl. 1 (J.J. Smith Jubilee vol.): 66-77. 1937. ##### n.19.171. Economic annuals and human cultures **Title** *Economic annuals and human cultures*... Cambridge, Massachusetts (Botanical Museum of Harvard University) 1939. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Econ. annuals*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1939 (t.p. date 1939; preface Dec 1939), p. \[i-ix\], \[1\]-153, \[1-5, sixteen drawings by Blanche Ames\]. *Copy*: U. *Facsimile reprint*: 1953, p. \[i-ix\], \[1\]-153, \[1-5, id.\]. *Copy*: FAS. – "Reprinted in 1953 without change in text or pagination " on p. \[iv\].