> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 389](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258867) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3388-1) LSID 3388-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13218562) QID Q13218562 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Griffiths, David|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Griffiths, David (1867-1935), Welsh-born American mycologist, agrostologist and horticulturist, born 16 Aug 1867 in Aberystwyth but grew up in South Dakota, B.S. 1892 and M.S. 1893 South Dakota Agric. College (now South Dakota State Univ.), Brookings, Ph.D. 1900 Columbia Univ., New York, New York, Prof. of Botany, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson 1900-1901 where he became interested in cacti and xerophytic plants of s.w. U.S.A. and Mexico, asst. agrostologist 1901, agriculturist 1907 and horticulturist 1918 until retirement, all Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S.D.A., died 19 Mar 1935 in Washington (Takoma Park), D.C. **Abbreviated name**: *D. Griffiths* \[standard form in IPNI: *Griffiths*\] #### Herbarium and types Mexico: [[Collection MO|MO]]. U.S.A.: [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PUR|PUR]], [[Collection SDC|SDC]], [[Collection US|US]] (7438 incl. 5000 cacti; orig.), [[Collection WS|WS]], [[Collection YU|YU]]. *– *Exsiccatae*: *West American Fungi* (cent. i-iv, nos. 1-400, Takoma Park; 1-100. 1901; 101-400. 1902), sets at [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]], [[Collection B|B]] (complete), [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection DAOM|DAOM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MONT|MONT]], [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NHES|NHES]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OC|OC]], [[Collection OSC|OSC]], [[Collection OTB|OTB]] \[[[Collection OTF|OTF?]]\], [[Collection PUR|PUR]], [[Collection RUTPP|RUTPP]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]]. – Mss. in SIA (David Griffiths Collection, ca. 1900-1920: glass plate negatives of cacti). #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 5: 442; APN p. 242; Barnhart 2: 86; BM 2: 736, 6: 410; Bossert p. 153; CSP 15: 463; Desmond p. 271, ed. 2: 300; Ewan ed. 1: 220, ed. 2: 91; Ewan Pap. p. 84; Hawksworth p. 183; Hirsch p. 105; Hortus 3: 1194; IH 2: 240; Kelly p. 92, 251; Langman p. 336; Lenley p. 189; LS 10.391-10.414, 33.786-33.787; LS suppl. 10.048; MW p. 144; NAF 7(15): 1066, 9(6): 437; Pennell p. 608; Portr. 3: 507; RUS 1: 116, 2: 188, 3: 272, 4: 273-274; Strid p. 140, ed. 2: 193; TL-2/1: 1006-1007; Tucker 1: 302, 782, 3: 127; Urban-Berl. p. 276, 351; Zander ed. 17: 950. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 475. 1931; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 97: 247. 1935; Flor. Rev. 75(1948): 28. 1935. - Barnhart, J., 1911. J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 129. - Blankinship, J.W., 1905. Montana Coll. Agric. Sci. Stud., Bot. 1(1): 14. - Dörfler, I., 1902. Botaniker-Adressbuch, ed. 2: 252; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 332. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 86. - Humphrey, H.B., 1961. Makers of North Amer. Bot.: 101-102. - McVaugh, R., 1972. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 9(3): 242. - Pfister, D.H., 1985. Mycotaxon 23: 118. - Taylor, W.A., 1935. Science, ser. 2, 81: 426-427. - Taylor, W.A., 1935. Year Book Amer. Amaryllis Soc. 2: 23-25. (portr.) #### Eponymy *Griffithsochloa* G.J. Pierce (1978). ### Publications ##### n.37.203. northwestern Erysiphaceae **Title** Some *northwestern Erysiphaceae*... New York... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Mar 1899 (issue date on t.p., p. 144 signed 1 Mar 1899), t.p., p. 138-144. – *Copies*: FH (n.v.), NY(2), USDA-Mycol. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(3): 138-144. 1899. – Alternate series, Contr. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ., nr. 154. – Apparently also published in Contr. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ., vol. 7 (1898-1901). ##### n.37.204. common parasite **Title** The *common parasite* of the *powdery mildews*... New York... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Apr 1899 (in journal, p. 188 signed 1 Mar 1899), p. 184-188, *pl. 358* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: FH (n.v.), NY, USDA-Mycol. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(4): 184-188, *pl. 358.* 1899. ##### n.37.205. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to a better *knowledge* of the *Pyrenomycetes*... New York... 1899-1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 17 Aug 1899 (on t.p.), A study of miscellaneous species,... p. 432-444, *pl. 365-366* (uncol. heliotype). *Copies*: FH (n.v.), NY (n.v.), USDA, USDA-Mycol. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(8): 432-444, *pl. 365-366.* 1899. \[*2*\]: 18 Apr 1901 (in journal), A new species of Ergot,... p. 236-241. *Copies*: FH (n.v.), NY (n.v.), USDA, USDA-Mycol. – Id. 28(4): 236-241. 1901. *Note* \[*Parts I-II*\]: Alternate series, Contr. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ., nr. 160. ##### n.37.206. Concerning **Title** *Concerning* some *West American Fungi*... Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club ... 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Mai 1902 (on cover), p. 290-301. *Copies*: NY, USDA-Mycol. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29(8): 290-301. 1902. *Note*: This is one of a series of papers with this title published in Id. to 1907, each with new species of fungi. ##### n.37.207. Illustrated studies **Title** *Illustrated studies* in the *genus Opuntia* I-IV... Missouri Botanical Garden... 1908-1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 9 Nov 1908 (cover-t.p), cover-t.p., p. 259-272, *pl. 21-28* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 259-272, *pl. 21-28.* 1908. \[*2*\]: 22 Mar 1909 (cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 81-95, *pl. 2-13* (*pl. 2*, uncol. draw., *3-13*, uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY, U. – Id. 20: 81-95, *pl. 2-13.* 1909. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(Lit.): 41. 3 Aug 1909 (rev.). \[*3*\]: 22 Dec 1910 (cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 165-174, *pl. 19-28* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY. – Id. 21: 165-174, *pl. 19-28.* 1910. - \[*4*\]: 14 Feb 1912 (cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 25-36, *pl. 1-17* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY, US. – Id. 22: 25-36, *pl. 1-17.* 1912. - *Note*: Parts I-IV printed in advance from the Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. ##### n.37.208. spineless **Title** The "*spineless*" *prickly pears* \[Opuntia\]... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Jan 1909 (issue date on cover-t.p., "Letter of transmittal" p. \[3\] signed 4 Nov 1908), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-24, *pl. 1* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH, LC (n.v.). – Issued as U.S.D.A., Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull., nr. 140. 1909. ##### n.37.209. grama grasses **Title** The *grama grasses*: *Bouteloua* and related genera... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Feb 1912 (note on verso of t.p. of journal), p. i-xi, 343-428, *pl. 67-83. Copies*: BM, HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US. *Microfilm*: Ann Arbor, Michigan (Univ. Microfilms International), \[19–\], 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.). – Issued as Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 14(3): 343-428, *pl. 67-83.* 1912. *Note*: The monograph was based on his dissertation. *Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48(Lit.): 39. 1912 (rev.). ##### n.37.210. thornless prickly pears **Title** The *thornless prickly pears* \[Opuntia\]... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Mar 1912 (cover-t.p.), cover t.p. \[=p. 1\], p. \[2\]-20. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Farmers' Bull., nr. 483. 1912. ##### n.37.211. Native pasture grasses **Title** *Native pasture grasses* of the United States... Washington, D.C.... U.S. Dept. of Agriculture... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Bidwell, George Leslie (1880-1937), "Chief of the Cattle-Food and Grain Investigation Laboratory", U.S.D.A.; and Goodrich, Charles Edward, "Assistant Chemist, Bureau of Chemistry", U.S.D.A. *Publ*.: 26 Mai 1915 (issue date), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-52, *pl. 1-9* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY(2). – Issued as U.S.D.A. Bull., no. 201. 1915. ##### n.37.212. Cacti **Title** *Cacti*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Thompson, Charles Henry (1870-1931), see IH 2: 1013. *Publ*.: Jun 1929 (cover-t.p., p. \[i\] dated 13 Jun 1929), cover-t.p., p. 1-25, \[i, Organization of the U.S.D.A.\], *pl. 1-19* (*pl. 1* col. draw., *2-19* uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Circ., nr. 66. 1929. *Note*: A revision and enlargement of Thompson, C.H., *Ornamental cacti*: their culture and decorative value. Bull. U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr., no. 262. 1912.