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### Author
Greene, Edward Lee (1843-1915), American botanist and clergyman,
**Abbreviated name**: *Greene* \[standard form in IPNI: *Greene*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection ND|ND]]-G. For the location of duplicates see IH. Greene's library is also at [[Collection ND|ND]]. – Greene stipulated in his will that specimens should never leave his herbarium (Thomas 1961).
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 359, 2: 238.
- Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 350. 1916.
- Thomas, Contr. Dudley Herb. 11: 155. 1961.
- Mcintosh, Proc. Indiana Acad. Aci. 71: 235-238. 1962.
- Crovello, Taxon 19: 67. 1970 (computerization E. L. Greene herbarium).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 81; BM 2: 730, 6: 407; Bossert p. 152; CSP 7: 831, 10: 53, 12: 291, 15: 440-441; Langman p. 332-334; LS 36119; MW p. 143; SO ind. authors 25.
- Ash, Science ser. 2. 39: 109-112. 1914.
- Anon., Science ser. 2. 42: 722. 1915.
- Bartlett, Torreya 16(7): 151-175. 1916 (portr.) (assessment of botanical works).
- Eastwood et al., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 335-338. 1916 (eulogy).
- Rose, Bot. Gaz. 61: 70-72. 1916 (portr.)
- Downing, Catholic World 106(1): 13-24. 1917.
- Jepson, Newman Hall Review Oct 1918, 6 p. (portr.)
- Jones, Contr. Western Botany 14: 49-50. 1922.
- Jones, Contr. West. Bot. 15: 25-27. 1929 ("Greene, the pest of systematic botany, has gone and relieved us from his botanical drivel").
- Main, Trans. Wisc. Acad. ser. 24: 147-185. 1929 (life and letters).
- Kistler, Madrono 3: 328-348. 1936 (the main bibl.)
- Rodgers, Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 326 \[index\]. 1944.
- Rodgers, John Merle Coulter 314 \[index\]. 1944.
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 333. 1945, ser. 2. 2: 158-159. 1955.
- Ewan, Rocky Mountain naturalists 350 \[index\], 1950.
- Ewan, *in* A century of progress in the natural sciences 50. 1955.
- Cantelow and Cantelow, Leaflets West. Bot. 8: 91. 1957.
- Dupree, Asa Gray 491 \[index\]. 1959.
- McVaugh, Edward Palmer 99. 1959.
- Humphrey, Makers of North American bot. 99-100. 1961.
- Thomas, Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 155. 1961.
- Graustein, Thomas Nuttall 467 \[index\]. 1967.
- Ewan, Short hist. bot. US 13, 20, 110. 1969.
- Thomas, Huntia 3: 29. 1969 (portr.)
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 187-188. 1973 (corr.)
#### Eponymy
*Greeneina* O. Kuntze (1891).
### Publications
##### n.2138. Pittonia
**Title**
*Pittonia*. A series of papers related to botany and botanists. Berkeley, California 1887-1905, 5 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pittonia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: In fascicles, exactly dated, between 1887 and 1905. These fascicles were smaller than the "parts." *Copy*. US.
*1*: \[i-iv\], \[1\]-311, \[312, err.\], index: \[i\]-xiv, errata slip. 1887-1889.
*2*: \[i-iv\], \[1\]-306, \[307, err., 308-310 ind.\]. 1889-1892.
*3*: 1893-1896.
*4*: \[i-iv\], \[1\]-322, \[i\]-xii. 1899-1901.
*5*: \[i-iv\], \[1\]-312. 1902-1905.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 730; IF p. 700.
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 333. 1945, ser. 2. 2: 159. 1955.
- Graustein, Thomas. Nuttall 294, 336. 1967.
##### n.2139. Illustrations of West American oaks
**Title**
*Illustrations of West American oaks*. From drawings by the late Albert Kellogg, M.D. Text by Edward L. Greene. Published from funds provided by James M. McDonald, Esq. San Francisco 1889-1890, 2 Pts- Fol.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ill. W. Amer. Oaks*.
**Notes**
*1*: \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-50. *pl. 1-24.* May 1889 (date on t.p.) but 25 Apr 1889 was date of issue fide slip by James M. McDonald in US copy. *Copies*: MO, NY, US.
*2*: \[51\]-84,*pl. 25-37*. 1890. *Copies*: MO, NY, US.
*Ref*.: NI 755.
##### n.2140. Flora franciscana
**Title**
*Flora franciscana*. An attempt to classify and describe the vascular plants of middle California. San Francisco (Cubery & Co.) 1891-1897, 4 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. francisc.*
**Notes**
|part |pages |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |
|1 |\[i-ii\], 1-128 |30 Mar 1891 |
|2 |129-280 |21 Dec 1891 |
|3 |\[i-ii\], 281-352 |1 Apr 1892|
|4 |353-480, \[2\] |5 Aug 1897|
*Copies*: UC, US.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 730; IDC 7549.
- Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. C1. 18: 158-160. 1891; 19: 68-69, 196-197. 1892.
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 333. 1945.
##### n.2141. Manual of the botany of the region of San Francisco Bay
**Title**
*Manual of the botany of the region of San Francisco Bay*, being a systematic arrangement of the higher plants growing spontaneously in the counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco in the State of California. San Francisco (Cubery & Company) 1894. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. bot. San Francisco*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 2 Feb 1894, p. \[i\]-xiii, 1-328. *Copy*: US. – The title on the original paper cover and on p. 1 reads: "Manual of the Bay-Region Botany."
*Ref*.: BM 2: 730; IDC 7551.
- Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. C1. 21: 179-181. 25 Apr 1894.
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 233. 1945.
##### n.2142. Plantae bakerianae
**Title**
*Plantae bakerianae* \[Washington, D.C. 1901\]. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl baker.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: \[i\], \[1\]-52. 22 Feb 1901; *2*: \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-42. 25 Mar 1901; *3*: \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-36. 18 Nov 1901. *Copy*: US.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 730.
- Barnhart, NAF 9(6): 437. 1916, 7(15): 1066. 1940.
##### n.2143. Leaflets of botanical observation and criticism
**Title**
*Leaflets of botanical observation and criticism*. Washington D.C. 1903-1912, 2 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Leqfl. bot. observ.*
**Notes**
|vol. |part |pages |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |\[1\]-16 |1903 |
| |2 |17-96 |1904 |
| |3 |97-160 |1905 |
| |4 |\[i-iv\], 161-253 |1906 |
|2 |1 |\[1\]-24 |1909|
| |2 |25-120 |1910|
| |3 |121-164 |1911|
| |4 |\[i-iv\], 165-275 |1912|
*Ref*.: BM 6: 407; MW suppl. p. 78.
- Rickett, NAF 28(2): 333. 1945.
##### n.2144. Landmarks of botanical history. A
**Title**
*Landmarks of botanical history. A* study of certain epochs in the development of the science of botany. Part I. – Prior to 1562 A.D. Washington (Smithsonian Institution) 1909. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Landmarks*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1909. 329 p. – Smithsonian miscellaneous Collections, part of vol. 54. – A second part, in manuscript, is now at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Important commentary on early botanical publications.
*Ref*.: Greene, Extracts from personal letters on the Landmarks of botanical history.
- Washington, D.C. 1909 (*Copy*: B).
- Howe, Torreya 10: 149-156. 1910.