> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 724](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355811) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6905-1) LSID 6905-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536268) QID Q536268 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nelson, Edward William (1855-1934), American naturalist; explorer of Alaska, the Arctic and Mexico; with the USDA 1890-1929; Dr. phil. l.c. George Washington Univ. 1920. **Abbreviated name**: *E. W. Nels.* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.W.Nelson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]]; duplicates in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 544; BM 3: 1410, 7: 908; CSP 10: 907, 17: 480-481; Hirsch p. 211; IH 2: (in press); Langman p. 538; NW p. 53. - Anon., Amer. men Sci. ed. 1: 232. 1906; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 24(7): 327-328. 1974 (obit.); Natl. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 26: 434-435. 1937 (portr., biogr.). - Cantelow, E. D. & H. C., Leaflets W. Bot. 8(5): 96. 1957 (b. 8 Mai 1855, d. 19 Mai 1934). - Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. naturalists 271-272. 1950; *in*Cent. sci. San Francisco 56. 1955. - Friedmann, H., Dict. Amer. bot., 21: 571-572. 1944 (b. 8 Mai 1855, d. 19 Mai 1934; biogr.). - Goldman, E. A., The Auk 52: 135-148, *pl*. 7. 1935 (biogr., portr.); Smithson. misc. Coll. 115: i-xiii, 1-476. 1951 (on exploration of Mexico and Guatamala 1892-1906 by Nelson and Goldman; itin.; localities). - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 303. (Alaska). - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 48 (pl. K). - Knobloch, I. W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 47. 1979. - McVaugh, R., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 9: 285-286. 1972 (itin. Mexico). - Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 74. 1946 (1948). - Morton, C. V. & R. E. Schultes, Anal. Inst. Biol. Mexico. 13: 47-51. 1942 (coll. localities in Oaxaca). - Robinson, H. & Brettell, R. D., Phytologia 27(1): 54, 1973 (*Nelsonianthus*). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 375. 1975. #### Eponymy *Nelsonianthus* H. E. Robinson et R. D. Brettell (1973); *Neonelsonia* Coulter et Rose (1895). The derivation of *Nelsoniella* Cookson et Eisenack (1960) is not given by the authors.