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### Author
Dudley, William Russel (1849-1911), American botanist, born 1 Mar 1849 at Guilford, Connecticut, died 4 Jun 1911 at Porto Alto, California, educated at Cornell University, with the class of 1874, master's degree at the same institution 1876, instructor in botany Cornell University 1873-1876, assistant professor 1876-1892, professor of biology in the University of Indiana 1880-1893, at Strasbourg and Berlin 1886-1887, professor syst. botany at Stanford University 1893-1910.
**Abbreviated name**: *Dudley* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dudley*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection DS|DS]] (original herbarium), [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CU|CU]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection U|U]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 476 (b. 1 Mar 1849, Guilford, Conn., d. 4 Jun 1911, Palo Alto, Calif.); Bl 1: 203, 212, 294; BM 1: 485; CSP 14: 706; Ewan ed. 1: 203, 315; Hortus 3: 1192; IH 2: 170; LS 6469a, 7379-7380, 9295, 9367, 32.776-32.778a; ME 3: 245; Morren ed. 10, p. 127; NAF 7(15): 1060. 1940; NW p. 44; Rehder 5(index): 240; Stevenson p. 1241; Tucker 1: 213-214; Urban-Berl. p. 341.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Appleton, Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 2: 244. 1887 (as "Russell" incorr.); Bot. Centralbl. 52(42): 112. 13 Oct 1892, 52(47): 287. 16 Nov 1892; ÖBZ 42: 428. 1 Dec 1892; J. Bot. \[Morot\] 6(23): 464. 1 Dec 1892; Bot. Jahrb. 16(Beibl. 37): 20. 23 Dec 1892 (D. from Cornell to Stanford Univ.); Torreya 11(7): 164. 17 Jul 1911 (d.); Allg. Bot. Z. 17: 146. 15 Sep 1911 (d.); Hedwigia 51(3)(Beibl.): (243). 28 Nov 1911; Nat. Nov. 33: 366. 1911 (d.); Bot. Not. 1911: 190; Leopoldina 47: 72. 1911 (d.).
- Branner, J.C. et al., Dudley Memorial Volume, 137 p. + portr. and plates. Issued as Leland Stanford Junior University Publication. 1913 (see also composite works (1), below).
- Cooke, W.B., The fungus collections of William Russel Dudley, Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(1): 23-35. 10 Dec 1956.
- Ewan, J. et al., Leafl. W. Bot. 7(1): 73. 1953; Century 47. 1955; Short bot. U.S. 13. 1969.
- Humphrey, H.B., Makers of N. Amer. Bot. 70-71. 1961 (on D.).
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 108. 1972.
- Jordan, D.S., Science ser. 2. 34: 142-145. 1911.
- Nelson, E.C., Glasra 4: 45. 2 Apr 1980.
- Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 170. 1989.
- Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 33-35. 1969.
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 194. 1905 (portr.).
#### Composite works
- (1) *Dudley memorial volume* containing a paper by William Russel Dudley and appreciations and contributions in his memory by Friends and Colleagues, Stanford University, California (Published by the university) 1913, cover-t.p., frontisp. photo of Dudley, p. \[1\]-137, *6 unnumb. pl.* (uncol. phot.), *pl. 1-2* (uncol. draw. and phot.) 1913. *Copies*: G, U. – See also Nat. Nov. 36 (Apr. 1) 1914 no. 3211, Tucker 1: 214, Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 52(Lit.): 12. 14 Nov 1914.
- (2) *A catalogue of the flowering plants*... Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys... 1892, see TL-2/no. 14.450 Charles Otion Thurston and W.R. Dudley.
- (3) Notes on *Californian Uredineae* and descriptions of new species.... J. Mycol. 10: 52-55. 19 Mar 1904, with Charles Henry Thompson (1870-1931).
### Publications
##### n.31.870. Cayuga flora
**Title**
The *Cayuga flora*. Part I: A catalogue of the phaenogamia growing without cultivation in the Cayuga Lake Basin... Ithaca, N.Y. (Andrus & Church) 1886. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cayuga Fl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1886 (Nat. Nov. Sep (2) 1886, J. Bot. Feb 1887, Bot. Zeit. 28 Jan 1887), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-xxx, \[1\]-132, \[133\], \[i\]-v, 2 maps. *Copies*: BM, G, HH, MO, NY. – Issued as Bull. Cornell Univ. (Science) 2. 1886.
*Ref*.: Greene, E.L., Pittonia 1: 41-42. 1 Mar 1887 (rev.).
- Ludwig (Greiz), Bot. Centralbl. 31(32): 15-19 Aug 1887 (rev.).
- Anon., Bot. Gaz. 11(10): 281. Oct 1886 (rev.).
##### n.31.871. list
**Title**
A preliminary *list* of the *vascular plants* of the *Lackawanna* and Wyoming valleys... \[Proceedings and collections of the Lackawanna Institute of history and science... 1887\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1887, cover (identif.), p. \[i-ii\], \[29\]-112. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Lackawanna Inst. Hist. Sci. 1: 29-112. 1887.
##### n.31.872. Phyllospadia
**Title**
The genus *Phyllospadia*... Ithaca, N.Y. (Reprinted from the Wilder Quarter-Century Book) 1893. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1893, cover-t.p., p. \[403\]-420, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: B, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from The Wilder Quarter-Century Book, Ithaca, N.Y. 1893.
##### n.31.873. Phyllospadia
**Title**
*Phyllospadia* its *systematic characters* and distribution... (Extract from Zoe)... 1894. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 26 Feb 1894 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Mai (1) 1895), cover-t.p., p. \[381\]-385.
*Copies*: B, HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Zoe 4(4): 381-385. 1894.
##### n.31.874. trees
**Title**
Zonal distribution of *trees* and *shrubs* in the *Southern Sierra*... Reprinted from Sierra Club Bulletin... 1901. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1901 (in journal), cover-t.p., title recto of p. \[298\], p. \[298\]-312. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sierra Club Bull. 3(4): 298-312. 1901.
##### n.31.875. Sequoia gigantea
**Title**
The vitality of *Sequoia gigantea*... San Francisco (Press of Joseph Winterburn Company) \[1905\]. One binding.
**Abbreviated title**: *Sequoia gigantea*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1905, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: NY.