> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 406](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266083) of TL-2 Suppl. IV
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1831-1) LSID 1831-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21509145) QID Q21509145
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### Author
Cottam, Walter Pace (1894-x), American botanist, born at St. George, Utah, B.A. Brigham Young University 1916, M.S. 1919, teacher highschool Utah 1918-1919, Ph.D. at Chicago 1926, assistant professor of botany at Brigham Young 1920-1925, full professor 1925-1931, ass. professor University of Utah 1931-1935, professor 1935-1962, emer. since 1962.
**Abbreviated name**: *Cottam* \[standard form in IPNI: *Cottam*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BRY|BRY]], further material in [[Collection UT|UT]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 385 (b. 3 Mar 1894, St. George, Utah); Ewan ed. 1: 188, ed. 2: 49; LS suppl. 5729.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 11: 1005. 1965.
- Graham, E.H., Ann. Carnegie Mus. 26: 22. 15 Dec 1937.
- Reveal, J., *in* A. Cronquist, Intermountain Flora 1: 65-66. 1972.
- Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4(3): 154. 1982 (field notes at UT).
### Publications
##### n.27.830. new Violet from Utah
**Title**
A *new Violet from Utah*... Bulletin of the University of Utah... 1939. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *New* *Violet Utah*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 28 Jun 1939 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1\]-7, \[8\]. *Copy*: NY. – Issued as Bull. Univ. Utah 29(13). 1939 (Biological series vol. IV, no. 3).
##### n.27.831. Utah plants
**Title**
New and extended ranges for *Utah plants*... Salt Lake City (published by The University of Utah) 1940. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Utah plants*.
**Notes**
*Co-authors*: Albert Osburn Garrett (1870-1948), see TL-2/1: 918, and Bertrand F. Harrison.
*Publ*.: 29 Jun 1940 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1\]-11. *Copy*: NY. – Issued as Bull. Univ. Utah 30(16). 1940 (Biological series vol. IV, no. 5).