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### Author
Fernald, Merritt Lyndon (1873-1950), American botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Fernald* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fernald*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection GH|GH]]. – Duplicates in many herbaria, see IH.
*Ref*.: IH. 1 (ed. 6): 358, 2: 194.
- Day, Rhodora 3: 222. 1901.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 536; BL 1: 295 \[index\]; BM 6:321; Bossert p. 124; CSP 14: 970-971, 18: 242; IF suppl. 2: 35, 3: 208-209, 4: 321; Langman p. 278; MW p. 117-118, suppl. p. 65-67; Zander ed. 10, p. 658.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 195. *pl. 148.* 1905 (portr.)
- Pease, Rhodora 53: 33-39. 1951 (portr.)
- Rollins, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 78: 270-272. 1951 (portr.)
- Rollins, Taxon 1: 3-5. 1951.
- Bartlett, Rhodora 53: 44-55. 1951 (on Fernald and Gray's Manual).
- Fogg, Rhodora 53: 39-43. 1951 (as a teacher).
- Griscom, Rhodora 53: 61-65. *1951* (in the field).
- Rollins, Rhodora 53: 56-61. 1951 (as a botanist").
- Correll, Castanea 16: 117-123. 1951.
- Schubert, Proc. Linn. Soc. London, sess. 163(1): 78-82. 1952.
- Rouleau, Rhodora Index vols. 1-50, p. 315-323. 1953 (bibl.)
- Le Gallo, Le Naturaliste Canadien 80: 143-157, 176-185. 1953 (portr.)
- Merrill, Biogr. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 28: 45-98. 1954 (portr., bibl.)
- Humphrey, Makers N. Amer. Bot. 85-89. 1961.
- Ewan, Short hist. bot. US 164 \[index\]. 1969.
- Ewan, DSB 4: 583-584. 1971.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Gray's Manual*, ed. 7, Aug-Sep 1908 (with B. L. Robinson), ed. 8, 29 Jun 1950 (with B. G. Schubert).
- (2) Editor of *Rhodora* 1899-1950, editor-in-chief 1929-1950.
#### Eponymy
*Fernaldia* Lynge (1937); *Fernaldia* Woodson (1932).