> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 430](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266107) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17479-1) LSID 17479-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535104) QID Q535104 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Coville, Frederick Vernon|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Coville, Frederick Vernon (1867-1937), American botanist, born at Preston, New York, studied at Cornell University, A.B. 1887, assistant with the Arkansas Geological Survey 1887, instructor in botany at Cornell 1887-1888, assistant botanist at U.S.D.A. 1888-1893, id. botanist 1893-1937, on the Death Valley expedition 1890-1891, advisor Carnegie Institution 1902-1905, acting director of the National Arboretum 1929-1937. **Abbreviated name**: *Coville* \[standard form in IPNI: *Coville*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]], further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]] (Holzinger), [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (Underwood), [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 389 (b. 23 Mar 1867, Preston, N.Y., d. 9 Jan 1937, Washington, D.C.); BJI 1: 12, 2: 31; BL 1: 131, 167, 209, 291; BM 1: 395, 6: 237; Bossert p. 86; CSP 14: 387; Ewan ed. 2: 50; Hortus 3: 1191; IF p. 691; IH 2: 142; Kew 1: 634; Langman p. 224; LS 6121-6122; LS suppl. 5789, 5790; MW p. 85; NAF 22(3): 193-225 and 22(6): 558-560 add.; NW p. 43; Stevenson p. 1239; TL-2/1: 561-562 and see indexes; Tucker 1: 176-177; Urban-Berl. p. 338; Zander ed. 10, p. 648, ed. 11, p. 737. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20(4): 170.1893 (asst. USDA); Bot. Centralbl. 54(17): 127. 18 Apr 1893 (in Charge of Botanical Division of USDA); Torreya 37(1): 23. 1937 (obit.). - Cantelow, E.D. et H.C. Cantelow, Leafl. Western Bot. 8: 89. 1957. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 16, 117, 118. 1969. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 359. 1938. - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 292 (C. collected on the Harriman Exp. 1899), 315-316 (id.). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. Bot. 60-62. 1966. - Jaeger, E.C., Source-book biol. names, terms, ed. 3. 310. 1966. - Knobloch, I.W., The plant collectors of Northern Texas 9-10. 1979. - Lack, H.W. and O. v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 417. 1983 (letters to Keck at UPS-UB). - Lenz, L.W., Marcus E. Jones 470 (index). 1986. - Maxon, W.R., Science, ser. 2. 85(2203): 280-281. 19 Mar 1937 (obit.). - McVaugh, R., Edward Palmer 423. 1969. - Murrill, W.A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 43. 1945. - Pennel, F.W. and J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 604.1935 (collections). - Pieters, A.J., Asa Gray Bull. 3: 37. 1895. - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 75: 80-81. 1937. - Reveal, J.L., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain Flora 1: 59, 64-65. 1972. - Rickett, H.W., Index to Bull. Torrey bot. Club vols. 1-75, p. 25. - Sargent, C.S., Silva 14: 67. 1902. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80(3): 506. 1977 (collections). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4(3): 154. 1982 (list collections). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 77-78. 1981 (botanists mentioned in Arch. Hunt Institution with C.), 5(3): 113, 162.1984 (id.). - Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3(1): 18, 32. 1979 (expl. Western U.S.A.). - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 4(1): 74-75. 1938 (biogr. data, portr.). #### Composite works - (1) The *botanical explorations* of Thomas *Nuttall* in California... Washington 1899. Oct., *in* Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 33: 109-121. 1901. – See TL-2/3: 782. - (2) *in* A.H. Brooks, *List of plants*, collected in *Seward Peninsula* by A.J. Collier, *in* Reconn. Cape Nome... Alaska in 1900, p. 167-174. Washington 1901. – B L 1: 131. - (3) *in* A.H. Brooks, The *Mount McKinley region*, Alaska, *in* U.S. Geol. Surv. prof. Paper 70: 208-211. 1911. - (4) *Standardized plant names*, American joint committee on horticultural nomenclature, Salem, Mass., see TL-2/7074. For a second edition see W.A. Dayton (1932). ### Publications ##### n.27.961. Revision **Title** *Revision* of the United States species of the genus *Fuirena*... Reprinted from Bulletin of the Torry \[sic, not Torrey\] bot. Club \[1890\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Jan 1890(in journal), cover-t.p.,p. \[1\]-8, *pl*. 98 (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 17(1): 1-8, *pl. 98.* 1890. ##### n.27.962. Descriptions of new plants from Southern California **Title** *Descriptions of new plants from Southern California*, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona... Washington (Published by the Biological Society of Washington) 1892. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 May 1892 (date on cover-t.p., read 16 Apr 1892), cover-t.p., p. 65-80. *Copies*: BKL, HH, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 7: 65-80.1892. ##### n.27.963. rediscovery **Title** The *rediscovery* of *Juncus Cooperi*... Reprinted from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1892. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Oct 1892 (in journal), p. 309-311. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 19(10): 309-311. 1892. ##### n.27.964. Juncus marginatus **Title** *Juncus marginatus* and its varieties... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1893. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Dec 1893 (date on p. 121), p. 121-128. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 8: 121-128. 1893. ##### n.27.965. Juncus scirpoides **Title** *Juncus scirpoides* and its immediate relatives... Reprinted from The Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1895 (in journal), p. \[302\]-305. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 22(7): 302-305. 1895. ##### n.27.966. botanical explorations **Title** The *botanical explorations* of Thomas *Coulter* in Mexico and California... From the Botanical Gazette... 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Thomas Coulter (1793-1840), see TL-2/1: 559-560 and this suppl. *Publ*.: 16 Dec 1895 (in journal), p. 519-531, *pl. 35* (uncol. map). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 20(12): 519-531, *pl. 35.* 1895. ##### n.27.967. Directions **Title** *Directions* for *collecting specimens* and information illustrating the *aboriginal* user of plants... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Direct. coll. spec.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1895, cover-t.p., p. \[1, t.p.\]-8. *Copies*: B, G, MO, NY, US. – Issued as Part I of Bull. U.S. natl. Mus. no. 39. 1895. ##### n.27.968. Botany **Title** *Botany* of *Yakutat Bay*, Alaska... with a field report... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1895 \[i.e. 1896\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Yukatat Bay*. **Notes** *Co-author*: for Field Report: Frederick Funston (1865-1917) on p. 325-333. *Publ*.: 15 Jan 1896 (in journal), p. \[i\], iii, 325-353, i-ii \[index\]. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(6). 1896. ##### n.27.969. Crepis occidentalis **Title** *Crepis occidentalis* and its allies... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Aug 1896 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-iv, 559-565, *pl. 21-26* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: B, HH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(9): i-iv, 559-565, *pl. 21-26.* 1896. ##### n.27.970. Juncus confusus **Title** *Juncus confusus*, a new rush from the Rocky Mountain Region... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14Nov 1896 (date on p. 127), p. 127-130. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 10: 127-130. 1896. ##### n.27.971. Ribes erythrocarpum **Title** *Ribes erythrocarpum*, a new currant from the vicinity of Crater Lake, Oregon... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Nov 1896 (date on p. 131), p. 131 -132. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 10: 131-132. 1896. ##### n.27.972. Collomia mazama **Title** *Collomia mazama*, a new plant from the vicinity of Crater Lake, Oregon... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Mar 1897 (date on p. 35), p. 35-37. *Copies*: G, L, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 35-37. 1897. ##### n.27.973. itinerary **Title** The *itinerary* of *John Jeffrey*, an early botanical explorer of Western North America ... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: John Jeffrey (1826-1854 disappeared), see IH 2: 315. *Publ*.: 23 Mar 1897 (date on p. 57), p. 57-60. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 57-60. 1897. ##### n.27.974. technical name **Title** The *technical name* of the *Camas plant*... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Apr 1897 (date on p. 61), p. 61-65. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 61-65. 1897. ##### n.27.975. plants used by the Klamath Indians **Title** Notes on the *plants used by the Klamath Indians* of Oregon... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1897. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. used Klamath Indians*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Jun 1897 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i\], iii, v, 87-108, i-ii (index). *Copies*: G, MO, U, US. – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5(2). 1897. *Ref*.: Malinvaud, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 44: 603-604. Apr 1901 (rev.). ##### n.27.976. Forest growth **Title** *Forest growth* and sheep grazing in the *Cascade mountains* of Oregon... Bulletin U.S.D.A., Forestry... 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *For. growth Cascade Mts.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898, p. \[1\]-54. *Copy*: MO. – Issued as Bull. U.S.D.A., Div. Forestry no. 15. 1898. ##### n.27.977. List **Title** *List* of *plants* collected by Mr. and Mrs. Leonhard *Stejneger* on the Commander Islands during 1895 and 1897... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1899. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Joseph Nelson Rose (1862-1928), see TL-2/4: 884-887. *Collectors*: Mr and Mrs Leonhard Hess Stejneger, see IH 2: 950. *Publ*.: 1899, cover-t.p., p. 352-361. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean part 4: 352-361. 1899. ##### n.27.978. tree willows **Title** Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. iv. The *tree willows* of *Alaska*... Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Oct 1900 (date on p. 275), cover-t.p., p. 275-286, *pl. 15* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 2: 275-286. 1900. ##### n.27.979. Ribes mescalerium **Title** *Ribes mescalerium*, an undescribed currant from New Mexico and Texas... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Dec 1900 (date on p. 195), p. 195-198. *Copies*: NY(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 13: 195-198. 1900. ##### n.27.980. Ribes Coloradense **Title** *Ribes Coloradense*, an undescribed currant from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado ... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Mar 1901 (date on p. 1), p. 1-6. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 1-6. 1901. ##### n.27.981. Juncus Columbianus **Title** *Juncus Columbianus*, an undescribed rush from the Columbia plains... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Jun 1901 (date on p. 87), p. 87-89. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 87-89. 1901. ##### n.27.982. The willows of Alaska **Title** Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. xxiv. *The willows of Alaska*... Washington D.C. (Published by the \[Washington\] Academy \[of Sciences\] 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Aug 1901 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 297-362, *pl. 33-42* (heliotyped drawings). *Copies*: HH, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 297-362, *pl. 33-42.* 1901. ##### n.27.983. Harrimanella **Title** Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. xxvi. *Harrimanella*, a new genus of Heathers... Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Dec 1901 (date on p. 569), cover-t.p., p. 569-576. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 569-576. 1901. – *Harrimanella*, see ING 2: 781. 1979. ##### n.27.984. Ribes aureum and Ribes lentum **Title** *Ribes aureum and Ribes lentum*... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Mar 1902 (date on p. 23), p. 23-29. *Copies*: NY(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 15: 23-29. 1902. ##### n.27.985. Desert botanical laboratory **Title** *Desert botanical laboratory* of the Carnegie Institution... Washington D.C. (Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1902. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Desert bot. lab.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1865-1958), see TL-2/3: 216-217. *Publ*.: 1903, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-58, 29 *pl. Copies*: HH, MO. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. no. 6.1903. – Bibliography on p. 46-58 by William Austin Cannon (b. 23 Sep 1870). *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 34(Lit): 2. 17 Jun 1904. ##### n.27.986. Arcterica **Title** *Arcterica*, the rarest genus of heathers... Reprinted from The Botanical Gazette... 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Apr 1904 (in journal), p. \[299\]-302. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 37(4): 299-302. 1904. ##### n.27.987. Desert plants as a source of drinking water **Title** *Desert plants as a source of drinking water*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904, cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 499-505, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2), NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Smithsonian Report for 1903: 499-505, *pl. 1-2.* 1904. ##### n.27.988. Wokas **Title** *Wokas*, a primitive food of the Klamath Indians... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904, cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 725-739, *pl. 1-2* (col. draw.), *3-13* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: G, L, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Report U.S. natl. Mus. for 1902: 725-739, *pl*. *1-13*. 1904. ##### n.27.989. formation of Leafmold **Title** The *formation of Leafmold*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914, cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 333-343. *Copies*: L, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Smithsonian Report for 1913: 333-343. 1914. – Also earlier (same title) in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3: 77-89. 1913. ##### n.27.990. Columbia Juncaceae **Title** Notes on district of *Columbia Juncaceae*... Washington (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington) 1918. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Sidney Fay Blake (1892-1959), see TL-2/1: p. 227-228 and suppl 2: 190-195. *Publ*.: 16 Mai 1918 (date on p. 45), p. 45-46. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31: 45-46. 1918. ##### n.27.991. influence of cold in **Title** The *influence of cold in* stimulating the *growth of plants*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1920. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Oct 1920 (date on cover-t.p., read 27 Apr 1920), cover-t.p., p. 151-160, *pl. 20-35* (uncol. phot. with text). *Copies*: B, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Agric. Res. Washington 20(2): 151-160, *pl. 20-35.* 1920. *1921-issue*: 1921 (date on t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 281-291, *pl. 1-27.* *Copies*: L, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Smithsonian Report for 1919: 281-291, *pl. 1-27.* 1921. ##### n.27.992. Grossularia echinella **Title** *Grossularia echinella* a spiny-fruited Gooseberry from Florida... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Apr 1924 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 71-74, \[76\], *pl. 1* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Agric. Res. 28(1): 71-76, *pl. 1.* 1924. ##### n.27.993. aluminum sulphate on Rhododendrons **Title** The effect of *aluminum sulphate on Rhododendrons* and other acid-soil plants... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1927. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1927, cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], 369-382, *pl. 1-13* (uncol.phot.). *Copies*: L, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Smithsonian Report for 1926: 369-382, *pl. 1-13.* 1927. ##### n.27.994. new species of Maurandia **Title** A *new species of Maurandia* from Death Valley... Reprinted from Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Conrad Vernon Morton (1905-1972), see TL-2/3: 598-599. *Publ*.: 15 Jun 1935 (date on p. \[291\]), p. \[291\]-293. *Copies*: B, G, L, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 25(6): 291-293. 1935. ##### n.27.995. Eriogonum intrafractum **Title** *Eriogonum intrafractum*, a new species and new subgenus from Death Valley, California... Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Conrad Vernon Morton (1905-1972), see TL-2/3: 598-599. *Publ*.: 15 Jul 1936 (date on p. \[303\]), p. \[303\]-306. *Copies*: B, G, L, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Washington Acad. Sci. 26(7): 303-306. 1936.