> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 69](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265266) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/648-1) LSID 648-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6098735) QID Q6098735 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Benedict, Ralph Curtis (1883-1965), American botanist (pteridologist), studied at Syracuse University, Ph. D. ib. 1906, id. Colombia University 1911, student and aid at the New York Botanical Garden 1906-1908, assistant curator 1909, research scholar 1910-1911, lecturer in botany Fordham University Medical School 1910, instructor in botany at N.Y. University School of Applied Science 1911, taught in New York City High Schools 1912-1931, chairman Biology Department Stuyvesant High School 1919-1928, id. Haarem High 1928-1931, instructor in botany 1931-1938, one of the organizers of the American fern Society. **Abbreviated name**: *Benedict* \[standard form in IPNI: *Benedict*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 161 (b. 14 Jun 1883, Syracuse, N.Y.); BJI 2: 10; Hortus 3: 1188; IF suppl. 1: 75, 2: 34; IH 2: 67; Kew 1: 210; LS suppl. 2313; NW p. 40. #### Biofile - Allison, B.R., Amer. Fern J. 56: 1-2. 1966 (obit., b. 14 Jun 1883, Syracuse, N.Y., d. 5 Aug 1965, Brooklyn, N.Y.). - Barnhart, J.H., J. New York bot. Gard. 12: 119-120. 1911 (curr. vitae up to 1911). - Cheney, R.H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 94: 107-108. 1967 (obit., portr.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 160. 1969. - Gagnepain, F., *in* P.H. Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine, Prélim. Vol. 35. 1944. - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 1870-1948. 9. 1955. #### Composite works - (1) *Ophioglossaceae* (with L.M. Underwood), N. Amer. Fl. 16(1): 3-13. 6 Nov 1909. - (2) *Osmundaceae*, N. Amer. Fl. 16(1): 27-28. 6 Nov 1909. - (3) *Ceratopteridaceae*, N. Amer. Fl. 16(1): 29-30. 6 Nov 1909. ### Publications ##### n.20.833. The genus Antrophyum **Title** *The genus Antrophyum* – I. Synopsis of subgenera, and the American species... New York (from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club) 1907. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Oct 1907 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 445-458. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Contr. N.Y. Bot. Gard. no. 98. 1907, reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 34(10): 445-458. 1907. ##### n.20.834. The genus Ceratopteris **Title** *The genus Ceratopteris*: a preliminary revision... New York (Reprinted... from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club...) 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Sep 1909 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 463-476. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Contr. N.Y. Bot. Gard. no. 126. 1909, reprinted and to be cited Bull. Torrey bot. Club 36(9): 463-476. 1909. ##### n.20.835. A revision of the genus Vittaria **Title** *A revision of the genus Vittaria* J.E. Smith... New York (Reprinted... from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club...) 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Aug 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 391-410. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Contr. N.Y. Bot. Gard. no. 171. 1914, reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 41(8): 391-410. 1914. *Ref*.: Jongmans, W.J., Bot. Centralbl. 131(20): 518. 16 Mai 1916 (rev.). ##### n.20.836. Nephrolepis **Title** I. *Nephrolepis*: a description of the species and horticultural varieties, with a general discussion of the genus. II. Cooperation with florists offered by the Brooklyn Botanical Garden... Reprinted,... from the new Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture... 1915. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Dec 1915, cover-t.p., p. 2131-2135. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 4: 2131-2135. 1915. ##### n.20.837. Some horticultural fern variations **Title** *Some horticultural fern variations*... Reprinted... from American Fern Journal... 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Mar 1916, p. \[i, t.p., recto of \[8\], \[8\]-15, *pl. 2-3.* *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Fern J. 6(1): 8-15, *pl. 2-3.* 1916.