> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 450](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068692) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4519-1) LSID 4519-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729850) QID Q729850 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.