> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 333](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265060) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/492-1) LSID 492-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3394812) QID Q3394812 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Barnhart, John Hendley|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Barnhart, John Hendley (1871-1949), American (New York) botanist and botanical bibliographer, educated in private schools and under tutors, A.B. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) 1892 (honours in biology), A.M. id. 1893, medical study in the College of Physicians and Surgeons 1893-1896, M.D. med. Columbia University 1896, never practised medicine but dedicated himself to botany, member of the Torrey Botanical Club from 1891, dedicating himself to botanical nomenclature, bibliography, biography and the Utriculariaceae, lived mainly in the New York area, 1898-1914 in Tarrytown, N.Y., from 1914 in the Bronx, editorial assistant at the New York Botanical Garden 1903, librarian ib. 1907, bibliographer ib. 1913-1942, with the main charge of editing the North American Flora, bibliographer emeritus 1942-1949. **Abbreviated name**: *Barnhart* \[standard form in IPNI: *Barnhart*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]], dupl. [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. − Mss. material mainly at [[Collection NY|NY]], including a catalogue of his herbarium (mss. files [[Collection NY|NY]] nos. 124, 125). Wrote a brief history of the [[Collection NY|NY]] herbarium in [[Collection J|J]]. New York Bot. Gard. 42(493): 20-21. 1941. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: (b. 4 Oct 1871, Brooklyn, N.Y., d. 11 Nov 1949, Southampton, N.Y.); BFM 2373; BL 1: 201, 203, 213, 217; BM 6: 58; Bossert p. 26; CSP 13: 310; Ewan ed. 1: 157, 172; GF p. 87; GR p. 204; Hortus 3: 1188; IH 1 (ed.6): 355, 2: 56; Kew 1: 165; Langman p. 112; Lenley p. 20-23; LS 27.546a; LS suppl. 1769-1770; MW p. 31; NI 954, 1481, 1570; NW p. 40; TL-2/1: 123, see indexes. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Men Sci. ed. 1. 18. 1906 (also in eds. 2-8); New York Herald Tribune 16 Jan 1927 (NY acquired major part of B's library 2000 vols. and pamphlets); New York Sun 11 Nov 1944, p. 12; Plant Sci. Bull. 7(4): 7. 1961 (announcement of publication of B's Biogr. notes upon botanists \[our "Barnhart" in Biogr./Bibl. paragr.\]). - Barnhart, J.H., Torreya 6(5): 85-86. 1906 (on "chloronyms" i.e. naming 2 or 3 genera of plants in honour of one and the same man and doing it deliberately); J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 119. 1911 (biogr. details). - Gleason, H.A., Autobiography (mss. at NY) 1: 168, 174. 1906 (B's assistance for his theses); Thumbnail (mss. at NY) p. 15-20 (detailed description of B's activities, "an eccentric who delighted in his eccentricities"); J. New York Bot. Gard. 51: 173-174. 1950. - Murrill, W.A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 17. 1945. - Rickett, H.W., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 77(3): 163-175, *pl. 1* (portr.). 1950 (biogr., bibl.; main source; Rickett was B's successor at NYBG); Index to Bull. Torrey bot. Club 1955, p. 7-8. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 42. 1981 (letter 16 Feb 1895 to F.V. Coville in files). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 205. 1905 (on portr.). - Woodward, C.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 43: 32. 1942 (Bot. bibl. emeritus). #### Note A detailed bibliography of J.H. Barnhart was given by H.W. Rickett, John Hendley Barnhart, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 77(3): 167-175. 1950. #### Manuscripts 1895-1946, at NY, 52 boxes. #### Composite works - (1) *Helianthemum*, with J.K. Small, *in* J.K. Small, *Fl. South-East U.S.* 796-797. 22 Jul 1903 and in ed. 2. 796-797. 23 Apr 1913. - (2) *Pinguiculaceae*, id., *in* id. 1089-1092. 22 Jul 1903 and in ed. 2. 1089-1092. 23 Apr 1913. - (3) *Koeberliniaceae*, *in North Amer. Fl.* 25: 101-102. 3 Jun 1910. - (4) *Pinguiculaceae*, *in* J.K. Small, *Fl. Florida Keys* 134. 11 Aug 1913. - (5) *Lentibulariaceae*, *in* N.L. Britton and A. Brown, *Ill. Fl. north. U.S., Canada*... ed. 2. 3: 225-232. 7 Jun 1913. - (6) *Pinguiculaceae*, *in* J.K. Small and J.J. Carter, *Fl. Lancaster county* 265. 3 Sep 1913. - (7) *Lentibulariaceae*, *in* N.L. Britton and C.F. Millspaugh, *Bahama fl*. 393-395, "26"-30 Jun 1920. - (8) *Lentibulariaceae*, *in* N.L. Britton, *Descr. cuban. pl.*, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 16: 110-111. 13 Sep 1920. - (9) *Pinguiculaceae*, *in* J.K. Small, *Manual south east. flora* 1231-1238. 30 Nov. 1933. - (10) *Oedogoniales*, *in North Amer. Fl.* 11(1): 87-97. 1937. - (11) Editor of Bull. Torrey bot. Club 30-34, Jan 1903-Dec 1907. - (12) Editor, with G.V. Nash, Addisonia 1-6, 1916-1921. - (13) J.C. Arthur (q.v.), J.H. Barnhart, N.L. Britton and 20 others (see sub Arthur), *Code of Botanical Nomenclature*, New York 1904. Oct. - (14) J.C. Arthur, (q.v.), J.H. Barnhart, N.L. Britton and 15 others (see sub Arthur), *American Code of Botanical Nomenclature*... From the Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club 34: 167-178. 1907. Oct. - (15) Barnhart, J.H. and F.W. Pennell, *in* F.W. Pennell, *The Scrophulariaceae of Eastern temperate North America*, Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1: 597-628. 1935. ### Publications ##### n.20.236. Family nomenclature **Title** *Family nomenclature*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Jan 1895 (in journal, Rickett 1950), p. \[i\], \[1\]-24. *Copies*: B, FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 22(1): 1-24. 1895. ##### n.20.237. Nomenclatural notes **Title** *Nomenclatural notes*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 29 Aug 1897 (in journal), p. \[409\]-411. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 24(8): 409-411. 1897. *2*: 18 Jul 1899 (Rickett 1950), p. 376-380. *Copies*: B, FAS, NY. − Id. 26(7): 376-380. 1899. ##### n.20.238. A new species of Utricularia **Title** *A new species of Utricularia*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Sep 1898 (Rickett 1950), p. 515-516. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 25(9): 515-516. 1898. ##### n.20.239. Dates of Elliott's Sketch **Title** *Dates of Elliott's Sketch*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club ... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Dec 1901 (Rickett 1950), p. \[i\], 680-688. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 28(12): 680-688. 1901. ##### n.20.240. Balisma, Schizonotus, Sorbaria **Title** *Balisma, Schizonotus, Sorbaria*. Reprinted from The Botanical Gazette... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1901 (in journal), p. 441-442. *Copy*: FAS. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 32: 441-442. 1901. ##### n.20.241. Dates of the "Nova Genera" **Title** *Dates of the "Nova Genera"* of Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Oct 1902 (Rickett 1950), p. \[i\], 585-598. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 29(10): 585-598. 1902. ##### n.20.242. The dates of Rafinesque's New Flora and Flora telluriana **Title** *The dates of Rafinesque's New Flora and Flora telluriana*... Reprinted from Torreya ... 1907. Oct **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Sep 1907 (in journal), p. 177-182. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 7(9): 177-182. 1907. ##### n.20.243. Some American botanists of former days **Title** *Some American botanists of former days*... Reprinted from the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden... 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Aug 1909, p. \[i\], \[177\]-190. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 177-190. 1909. *Ed*. \[*2*\]: 31 Dec 1909, p. \[i\], 241-257. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Id. Torreya 9: 241-257. 1909. − Slightly amended. ##### n.20.244. Segregation of genera of Lentibulariaceae **Title** *Segregation of genera of Lentibulariaceae*... Reprinted... from Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden... 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Aug 1916, p. \[i\*\], \[i\], 39-64. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 39-64. 1916. ##### n.20.245. The first hundred years of the New York Academy of Sciences **Title** *The first hundred years of the New York Academy of Sciences*... Reprinted from the Scientific Monthly... 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1917, cover-t.p., p. \[463\]-475. *Copy*: FAS. − Reprinted and to be cited from Sci. Monthly 5: 463-475. 1917. ##### n.20.246. Historical sketch of the Torrey Botanical Club **Title** *Historical sketch of the Torrey Botanical Club*... \[Reprinted from the Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1918\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Jun 1918, p. \[i\], 12-21. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Torrey bot. Club 17: 12-21. 1918. ##### n.20.247. Brackenridge and his book of ferns **Title** *Brackenridge and his book of ferns*... Reprinted from the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Jun 1919, p. \[117\]-124. *Copy*: FAS. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 117-124. 1919. ##### n.20.248. Some fictitious botanists **Title** *Some fictitious botanists*... Reprinted... from the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 7 Oct 1919 (in journal, fide Rickett 1950), p. \[i\], 171-181. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 171-181. "September" 1919. − Note in Evening Sun 14 Oct 1919: The fictitious entries written by Theodor Lanavitch (in Appleton's Cyclopedia of American biography c. 1890). *Ref*.: O'Brien, F.M., The New Yorker 2 Mai 1936 (4 p. at NY). ##### n.20.249. The so-called generic names of Ehrhart's Phytophylacium **Title** *The so-called generic names of Ehrhart's Phytophylacium*... Reprinted... from Rhodora, Journal of the New England Botanical Club... 1920. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1920 (in journal), p. \[180\]-182. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 22: 180-182. 1920. ##### n.20.250. Biographical notices of persons mentioned in the Schweinitz-Torrey corre- spondence **Title** *Biographical notices of persons mentioned in the Schweinitz-Torrey correspondence*... \[Reprinted from the Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1921\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Jul 1921 (Rickett 1950), p. \[i\], 290-300. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Torrey bot. Club 16: 290-300. 1921. ##### n.20.251. Plant nomenclature **Title** *Plant nomenclature*... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1922, p. \[i\], \[256\]-263. *Copies*: B, FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot 60: 256-263. 1922. ##### n.20.252. European influences in American botany **Title** *European influences in American botany*... Reprinted from the Journal of the New York Botanical Gardens... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Mai 1925 (in journal), p. \[102\]-111. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. New York Bot. Gard. 26: 102-111. 1925. ##### n.20.253. Significance of John Bartram's work to botanical and horticultural knowledge **Title** *Significance of John Bartram's work to botanical and horticultural knowledge*... Reprinted from Bartonia Special Issue... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1931, p. 24-34. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 12 (Suppl.): 24-34. 1931. ##### n.20.254. John Bartram's first interest in botany **Title** *John Bartram's first interest in botany*... Reprinted from Bartonia Spceial Issue... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1931, p. \[35\]-37. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 12 (Suppl.): 35-37. 1931. ##### n.20.255. The botanical correspondents of Schweinitz **Title** *The botanical correspondents of Schweinitz*... Reprinted from Bartonia... 1934. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1934, p. \[19\]-36. *Copies*: FAS, NY. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bartonia 16: 19-36. 1936.