> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 222](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265899) of TL-2 Suppl. IV
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1702-1) LSID 1702-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4224039) QID Q4224039
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### Author
Clokey, Ira Waddell (1878-1950), American botanist, born in Illinois, studied at the Universities of Illinois and Harvard, graduated majoring in mining engineering 1903, mining in Mexico 1903-1915, in Colorado 1915-1920, studied botany at the University of Iowa 1920, master of sciences in plant pathology 1921, active in S. Nevada 1935-1942, died 13 Jan 1950 at his home in South Pasadena.
**Abbreviated name**: *Clokey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Clokey*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection UC|UC]] (102.600 specimens in "Clokey Herbarium"). – Some further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection LAM|LAM]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection NO|NO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OKLA|OKLA]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TEX|TEX]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. – *Note*: (1) Mexican and Illinois material before 1912 was destroyed by fire, duplicates preserved in other herbaria; (2) See also Ewan ed. 2, p. 44 with further details especially on his collections; some notes differ from those of Reifschneider q.v.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 359 (b. 21 Dec 1878); BL 1: 166, 290; Ewan, ed. 1: 164, 184, ed 2: 44 (major source used for our caption, 1879-1950\[sic\]); Hortus 3: 1190; IH 2: 131; Kew 1: 573; NAF 28 B (2): 324.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Northwest Botanical manuscripts, Washington State University 42. 1976.
- Lenz, L.W., Marcus E. Jones 198, 207. 1986.
- Mason, H.L., Madroño 10(7): 211-214, *pl. 13.* 1950 (obit., bibl., portr., "Mexican collections and some of his early Illinois material destroyed by fire"; no duplicates distributed).
- Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 147. 1981 (more than 880 specimens at PH).
- Reifschneider, O., Biogr. Nevada Botanists, 1844-1863: 130-131. 1961 (b. 21 Dec 1878, "Ira Waddell Clokey").
- Reveal, J.L., *in* Cronquist et al., Intermountain Flora 1: 71. 1972.
- Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 161. 1984 (botanical papers at Hunt Institution).
### Publications
##### n.26.685. hybrid Carex
**Title**
A new *hybrid Carex* from the middle *Western States*... Reprinted from Torreya... 1916. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1916 (date on p. \[199\]), p. \[199\]-200. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 16(9): 199-200. 1916.
##### n.26.686. Carex notes
**Title**
*Carex notes*... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1919. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 9 Mai 1919 (in journal), p. \[83\]-85. *Copies*: G, NY(3). – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 21(244): 83-85. 1919.
##### n.26.687. Carex notes
**Title**
*Carex notes*. *Carex apoda* sp. nov.... The American Journal of Science... 1922. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1922 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 88-91, *pl. 2* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: NY(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Sci. 3: 88-91, *pl. 2.* 1922.
##### n.26.688. A new Penstemon
**Title**
*A new Penstemon* from the Charleston Mountains, Nevada... Reprinted from Madroño... 1937. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 4 Oct 1937 (in journal), p. \[128\]-130. *Copies*: NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Madroño 4(4): 128-130. 1937.
##### n.26.689. flora
**Title**
Notes on the *flora* of the *Charleston Mountains*, Clark County, Nevada... Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci.... 1938. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Charleston Mts.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Apr 1938, p. \[1\]-11, *pl. 1-2.* *Copy*: U.B. A'dam. – Issued as Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. no. 37. 1938.
##### n.26.690. Reconsideration
**Title**
*Reconsideration* of certain members of *Penstemon subsection spectabiles*... Reprintedfrom the Southern California Academy of Sciences... 1939. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: David Daniels Keck (b. 1903), see TL-2/2: 572.
*Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1939 (in journal), p. 8-12. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 38(1): 8-12. 1939.