> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 274](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265951) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1744-1) LSID 1744-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20973529) QID Q20973529 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Collins, Guy N. (1872-1938), American botanist, born in Mertensia, N.Y., long-time employed at the United States Department of Agriculture, travelled widely in Africa, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Puerto Rico. **Abbreviated name**: *G.N. Collins* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.N.Collins*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]] (1071, orig.), [[Collection USDA|USDA]], further material in [[Collection BM|BM]] (203 pl. Florida), [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection MN|MN]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (Brom.) #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 368 (b. 9 Aug 1872, Mertensia, NY, d. 14 Aug 1938, Lanham, Md.); BJI 2: 30; BL 1: 230, 291; IH 2: 50, 134, 137, 696; Tucker 1: 165. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci., ed. 1: 65. 1906; Science ser. 2. 88: 183. 1938. - Fairchild, D., J. Heredity 29(11): 403-408. 1938 ("plant explorer and geneticist, 9 Aug 1872-14 Aug 1938"). - Knobloch, I.W., The plant collectors of Northern Mexico 8. 1979 (biogr. notes); Phytologia Memoirs 6: 17. 1938. - Smith, A.R., Flora of Chiapas, Pteridoph. 6: 18 Sep 1981 (coll. US, 1907). #### Composite works - (1) With O.F. Cook (first author), q.v., *Economic plants of Porto Rico*, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: i-vi, 57-269, *pl. 13-60*, 27 June 1903. ### Publications ##### n.27.017. ornamental species **Title** An *ornamental species* of *Bidens*... Printed... The Plant World... 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1900 (date on p. \[159\]), p. \[159\]-162. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Plant World 3(11): 159-162. 1900. ##### n.27.018. Seeds of commercial saltbushes **Title** *Seeds of commercial saltbushes*... Washington 1901. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Seeds commerc. Saltbushes*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1901 (Nat. Nov. Apr (1) 1902), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-28, *pl. 1-8* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: G(2), HH. – Issued as Bull. no. 27, U.S.D.A., Division of Botany. ##### n.27.019. mango in Porto Rico **Title** The *mango in Porto Rico*... Washington (Departement of Agriculture) 1903. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mango Porto Rico*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Jan 1903 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-389, *pl. 1-15* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: G, HH; IDC 931/2. – Issued as Bull. 28, U.S.D.A., Bureau pl. industr., 1903. *Ref*.: Gagnepain, F., Bull. Soc. bot. France 50(Bibl.): 495-497. 15 Dec 1903 (rev.). ##### n.27.020. avocado **Title** The *avocado*, a salad fruit from the tropics... Washington (Department of Agriculture) 1905. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Avocado*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1905 (Nat. Nov. Nov (2) 1905), p. \[1\]-52, *8 pl. Copy*: HH (fide Tucker 1: 165). – Issued as Bull. 77, U.S.D.A., Bureau pl. industr., 1905. ##### n.27.021. Indian Corn from China **Title** A new type of *Indian Corn from China*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Indian Corn*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Dec 1909 (date on cover-t.p.; Nat. Nov. Mai (2) 1910), cover-t.p., *pl. 1* (uncol. phot.), p. \[1\]-30, *pl. 2* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: G. – Issued as Bull. 161, U.S.D.A., Bureau pl. industr., 1909. ##### n.27.022. Hybrids of Zea tunicata **Title** *Hybrids of Zea tunicata* and Zea *ramosa*... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1917 (read 16 Mar 1917, date on p. \[345\]), p. \[345\]-349. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 3: 345-349. 1917. ##### n.27.023. Hybrids of Zea ramosa **Title** *Hybrids of Zea ramosa* and Zea *tunicata*... Journal of Agricultural Research... 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Jun 1917 (date on p. 383), cover-t.p., p. 383-396, *pl. 13-21* (uncol. phot. with text). *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Agric. Res. 9(11): 383-396, *pl. 13-21.* 1917. ##### n.27.024. Variability in **Title** *Variability in* the linkage of two *seed characters of Maize*... Washington \[D.C.\] (Government Printing Office) 1927. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Variabil. seed char. Maize*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1927 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-64. *Copy*: L. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Dept. Bull. 1468.