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### Author
Palmer, Ernest Jesse (1875-1962), English-born American botanist and forester; came to the U.S. in 1878; collector for the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Arnold Arboretum; on the staff of the Arnold Arboretum 1921-1948; student of *Crataegus*.
**Abbreviated name**: *E.J. Palmer* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.J.Palmer*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Main sets at [[Collection A|A]] and [[Collection MO|MO]]; duplicates in many herbaria, e.g. [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection DUR|DUR]], [[Collection HPH|HPH]], [[Collection MOR|MOR]], [[Collection RSDR|RSDR]], [[Collection SMS|SMS]], [[Collection UMO|UMO]]. – Manuscript material in Smithsonian Archives.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 44; BJI 2: 129; BL 1: 164, 165, 188, 193, 194, 216, 311; Bossert p. 299; Desmond p. 476; Ewan ed. 2, p. 167; Hortus 3: 1201 ("Palmer"); IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 216; Langman p. 563; Lenley p. 321; MW suppl. p. 275, 292; NAF ser. 2. 5: 251; Pennell p. 615; PH 209; Roon p. 85; Tucker 1: 536; Urban-Berl. p. 380; Zander ed. 10, p. 699, ed. 11, p. 797.
#### Biofile
- Allen, C.K., Garden J. 12: 135, 139. 1962 (obit.); portr.; Dr. sci h.c. Univ. Missouri to be conferred upon him in June 1962 (P. died Feb 1962)).
- Bernstein, E.B., Journal of the Arnold Arboretum index vols. 1-10. 48. 1973.
- Deam, C.C., Fl. Indiana 1118. 1910.
- Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index coll. Edinb. herb. 116. 1970.
- Kobuski, C.E., J. Arnold Arb. 43(4): 351-358. 1962 (obit., portr.; bibl. by Lazella Schwarten and Elizabeth M. Palmer); Rhodora 64: 194-200. 1962 (obit.; portr.; b. 8 Apr 1875, d. 25 Feb 1962).
- Rouleau, E., Rhodora, Index to volumes 1-50. 375. 1953.
- Sargent, C.S., J. Arnold Arb. 6: 1-128. 1925.
- Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 286, 289, 295, 297-298, 325, 329. 1970.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 295. 1937, 7: 373. 1943.
#### Composite works
*Crataegus, in* M.L. Fernald, Gray's *Manual of Botany*, ed. 8, p. 767-801. 1950; *id*., in Gleason, H.A., *The New Britton and Brown* 2: 338-375. 1952. – See also his *Synopsis of North American Crataegi* edited by Sargent (1925).
### Publications
##### n.7233. An annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of Missouri
**Title**
*An annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of Missouri*... \[Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. vol. 22, 1935\].
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909-x).
*Publ*.: 30 Sep 1935, reprinted with special cover and original pagination (*copies*: MO, NY, USDA). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 375-756, *pl. 15-21.* 1935.
*Ferns and fern allies*: ib. 22: 105-122. 1932.
*Additions*: ib. 25: 775-794. 1938 (reprint with special cover and original pagination: USDA).