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### Author
Johnston, Ivan Murray (1898-1960), American botanist at the Arnold Arboretum; Ph. D. Harvard 1925; in Chile 1925-1926; from 1922-1931 assistant at Gray herbarium with Robinson and Fernald; 1931-1938 research associate Arnold Arboretum; ass. professor of botany Harvard 1938-1960; ass. dir. Arnold Arboretum 1948-1953; specialist on Boraginaceae.
**Abbreviated name**: *I. M. Johnst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *I.M.Johnst.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection A|A]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection UC|UC]]. – Duplicates in many herbaria (see IH).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 259; BJI 2: 86; BL 1: 128, 151, 168, 235, 247, 257, 303; Bossert p. 199; Hortus 3: 1196 ("I. M. Johnst."); IF suppl. 4: 326; IH 2: 325; Kew 3: 180-181; Langman p. 397-398; MW suppl. p. 146; NW p. 49; Plesch p. 283; Zander ed. 10, p. 676.
- Anon., Plant Sci. Bull. 6(4): 7. 1960.
- Correll, D.S., Taxon 10(1): 1-8. 1961 (portr., bibl.).
- Ewan, J., Rocky Mountain naturalists 240. 1950; Short hist. bot. U.S. 43, 122. 1969.
- Howard, R. A., J. Arnold Arb. 42(1): 1-9. 1961 (portr., bibl. by Lazella Schwarten).
- Lanjouw, J., Taxon 9: 220.1960.
- McVaugh, R., Edward Palmer xii, 164, 319. 1956.
- Merrill, E. D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 167. 1947.
- Munz, P., Aliso 5(1): 1-3. 1961.
- Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 209. 1963.
- Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 52. 1955.
#### Note
Correll (1961): "I have never met anyone who displayed more zest for life and living than did Ivan Murray Johnston... His was a brilliant, complicated and, to some, controversial personality."
#### Composite works
Pulle, *Fl. Suriname, Boraginaceae*, 4(1): 306-333. Jul 1936.
#### Eponymy
*Ivanjohnstonia* S.M.A. Kazmi (1975); *Johnstonella* A. Brand (1925); *Sinojohnstonia* H. H. Hu (1936). *Note: Johnstonia* M. B. Ellis (1971) commemorates A. Johnston, who collected the material in 1960.
### Publications
##### n.3379. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California
**Title**
*Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California* in 1921. The *botany* (the vascular plants). San Francisco (published by the Academy) 1924. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Mai 1924, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci ser. 4. 12(30): 951-1218, map. 1924. *Copies*: NY.
US. – Has also history expl. To be cited from journal.
##### n.3380. A study of the Nolanaceae
**Title**
*A study of the Nolanaceae* \[Philadelphia 1936\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Study Nolanac*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr 1936 (submitted 8 Jan 1936), p. \[i\]. \[1\]-87- *Copy*: U. – Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 71(1). 1936.
##### n.3381. The preparation of botanical specimens for the herbarium
**Title**
*The preparation of botanical specimens for the herbarium*. Jamaica Plain, Mass. (published by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard university) 1939.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prep. bot. spec*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1939, p. \[1\]-33, *pl. 1-5. Copy*: US.