> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 545](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333684) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9526-1) LSID 9526-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21394007) QID Q21394007 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Seymour, Frank Conkling (1895-x), American botanist; son of A.B. Seymour. **Abbreviated name**: *F. Seym.* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Seym.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MO|MO]] (coll. after 1953), [[Collection WIS|WIS]] (incl. the A.B. Seymour herb.); other material at [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection DUKE|DUKE]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection MAINE|MAINE]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MCJ|MCJ]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MU|MU]], [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection VT|VT]]; Nicaragua material (1968-1976) e.g. at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection VT|VT]]. – *Field notes* at [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MO|MO]]. #### Bibliography and biography BL 1: 186, 318; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342; Roon p. 102; SIA 95. #### Biofile - Anon., Taxon 7: 117. 1958 (private herbarium acquired by WIS, includes A.B. Seymour herb.), 22: 707. 1973 (post 1953 herb., 20.000 specimens, acquired by MO; main basis of The flora of New England, 1969). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 661. 1985. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4: 162. 1982 (field notes). #### Note Seymour published his main work in 1969: *The flora of Mew England*, a manual for the identification of all vascular plants, including ferns and fern allies and flowering plants growing without cultivation in New England. Rutland, Vermont (The Charles E. Tuttle Company...), xvi, 596 p. *Copies*: FAS, G. – See Taxon 19: 130-131. 1970 (rev.). – Also: *The flora of Vermont*, ed. 4, Burlington, Vermont, 1969, vii, ix, 393 p. *Copy*: PH.