> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 283](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265960) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1751-1) LSID 1751-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21508902) QID Q21508902 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Combs, Robert (1872-1899), American botanist, born 12 Feb 1872, Lyon County, Kansas, died 11 Apr 1899, Phoenix, Arizona, Ph.D. University Kansas 1892, collected in Cuba 1895-1896, assistant at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and 1898 field agent of U.S. Div. Agrostology. **Abbreviated name**: *Combs* \[standard form in IPNI: *Combs*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ISC|ISC]] (orig., destroyed), further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection F|F]](1310), [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]] (Cuba 677, Iowa 100), [[Collection KSC|KSC]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LS|LS]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (695), [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]], [[Collection Y|Y]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 370 (b. 12 Feb 1872, Lyon county, Kansas, d. 11 Apr 1899, Phoenix, Ariz.); BL 1: 226; Hortus 3: 1190; IH 2: 135; Kew 1: 594; LS 5461, 32.303; Tucker 1: 166. #### Biofile - Anon., Hedwigia 38(4/5)(Beibl.): (249). 1899 (d. 11 Apr 1899); Allg. Bot. Z. 5: 104. 1899 (d.); Bot. Not. 1900: 46 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 78(22): 288. 17 Mai 1899 (d.). - Leon, J.S.S., Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. nat. 3: 199. 1918. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 141-165. 1981 (plants collected). - Pennell, F.W. and J. H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 684. 1935. - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 144. 1984. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1(1): 32-33. 1898, 3(1): 32. 1902. ### Publications ##### n.27.071. Cuban medical plants **Title** Some *Cuban medical plants*... Milwaukee, Wis. (Pharm. Review Publishing Co.) \[1897\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1897, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-18. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Pharm. Rev. 15: 87-91, 109-112, 136. 1897. – Also issued as Contr. Bot. Dept. Iowa College Agric. Mech. Arts 5: 1-20. 1897. *Rev*.: Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 32. 6 Nov 1898. ##### n.27.072. Plants collected **Title** *Plants collected* in the district of *Cienfuegos*, province of Santa Clara, Cuba, in 1895-1896... \[St. Louis... 1897\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Sep 1897 (date on p. 491), cover-t.p., 1 uncol. map, p. 393-491, *pl. 29-38* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: G, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7(17): 393-491, *pl. 29-38*, map. 1897.