> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 111](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333250) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9009-1) LSID 9009-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16027658) QID Q16027658 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schaffner, John Henry (1866-1939), American botanist; A.B. Baker Univ. 1893; M.S. ib. 1896; at Univ. Michigan 1894-1895, at South Dakota 1895-1896; at Chicago 1896-1897; assistant botanist Ohio State Univ. 1897-1899; asst. prof. bot. ib. 1899-1902; assoc. prof. bot. 1902-1911; prof. bot. 1911-1939; head of Botany Dept. 1908-1918. **Abbreviated name**: *J.H. Schaffn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.H.Schaffn.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OS|OS]] (Equisetum); other material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Archival material in [[Collection GH|GH]] and SIA. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 221 (b. 8 Jul 1866, d. 27 Jan 1939); BJI 2: 153; BL 1: 142, 206, 207, 317; Bossert p. 351; CSP 18: 486; Ewan ed. 2: 194; Hirsch p. 261; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 1 (ed. 6): 384, (ed. 7): 342, 2: (files); Kelly p. 207; Kew 4: 614-615; LS 23836-23838a; MW p. 433; NW p. 57; Rehder 5: 763; SIA 223; TL-2/3572; Tucker 1: 627, 2: xxxiv, 3: 270. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. 1: 280-281. 1906, ed. 2: 411. 1910, ed. 3: 602. 1921, ed. 4: 860. 1927, ed. 5: 978. 1933, ed. 6: 1241. 1938; New York Times 28 Jan 1939; Torreya 39: 88. 1939 (d.); Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 42: 53. 1939 (obit. not.; portr.); Who's who Amer. 7: 1840. 1912-1913, 8: 2061. 1914-1915, 9: 2164. 1916-1917, 10: 2389. 1918-1919, 12: 2724-2725. 1922-1923, 13: 2825. 1924-1925, 14: 1686. 1926-1927, 15: 1840. 1928-1929, 17: 2028. 1932-1933, 18: 2092-2093. 1934-1935, 19: 2150. 1936-1937, 20: 2194. 1938-1939, 21: 2277. 1940-1941. - Cattell, J.M. et al., eds., Amer. men Sci. ed. 1: 280-281. 1906, ed. 2: 411. 1910, ed. 3: 602. 1921, ed. 4: 860. 1927, ed. 5: 978. 1933, ed. 6: 1241. 1938. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 19. 1969. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers of North American Botany 219-221. 1961. - Murrill, W.A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 42. 1945. - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 88. 1955. - Stuckey, R.L. & W.A. Wentz, Ohio J. Sci. 74: 23. 1974 (coll. *Equisetum* at OS), Taxon 32: 328. 1938. - Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 13: 73. 1978. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 17, 350. 1936, 3: 370. 1937, 4: 452. 1938, 5: 281. 1939 (d.); Man. Pteridol. 639 \[index\]. 1938. - Waller, A.E., Castanea 4: 64-66. 1939 (obit.); Chron. bot. 6(6): 139-140. 1940 (obit., portr.); Ohio J. Sci. 41: 252-286. 1941 (main biogr., portr., bibl., corr.). #### Composite works Co-author with H.A. Gleason and W.A. Kellerman, *Spring fl. Ohio* ed. 2, 1906, TL-2/3572. ### Publications ##### n.10.483a. The life cycle of a gymnosperm **Title** *The life cycle of a gymnosperm*... Reprint from Gamophyllous, vol. iii, no. 3, February 1903. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1903, p. \[17\]-21, \[22, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1* (uncol.). *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Gamophyllous 3(3): \[17\]-21. 1903. ##### n.10.483b. Some morphological peculiarities of the Nymphaeaceae and Helobiae **Title** *Some morphological peculiarities of the Nymphaeaceae and Helobiae*.... \[Ohio Naturalist 4(4)\] 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1904, p. 83-92, *pl. 5-7* (uncol.). *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio Natural. 4(4): 83-92, *pl*. 5-7. 1904. ##### n.10.483c. Ecological study of Brush Lake **Title** *Ecological study of Brush Lake*,... Columbus, Ohio (Spahr & Glenn, printers) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Otto Emery Jennings (1877-1964), see TL-2/2: 438, and Frederick Jared Tyler (1875-?). *Publ*.: 1 Dec 1904, cover, frontisp., p. \[i-iv\], \[151\]-165. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Ohio State Acad. Sci. 4(4): 151-165. 1904. ##### n.10.483d. Key to the genera of Ohio woody plants **Title** *Key to the genera of Ohio woody plants* based on leaf and twig characters... The Ohio Naturalist vol. 5, no. 8. June 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1905, p. 364-373. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio Natural. 5(8): 364-373. 1905. ##### n.10.484. Trees of Ohio **Title** *Trees of Ohio* and surrounding territory including the area westward to the limits of the prairie and south to the thirty-seventh parallel... Columbus, Ohio (published by the \[Ohio State\] Academy \[of Science\]). 1909. **Abbreviated title**: *Trees Ohio*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Apr 1909, p. \[71\]-191. *Copies*: HH, MO, USDA. – Proc. Ohio State Acad. Sci. 5(3), special paper no. 15. – Preliminary to Field man. trees. 1914. ##### n.10.484a. The Gymnosperms of Ohio **Title** *The Gymnosperms of Ohio*... \[The Ohio Naturalist, vol. x, no. 1\] Nov., 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1909, p. 9-12. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio Natural. 10(1): 9-12. 1909. ##### n.10.484b. The nature and development of sex in plants **Title** *The nature and development of sex in plants*... Presidential address delivered before the Ohio Academy of Science, Nov. 26, 1909, at Delaware, Ohio. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Apr 1910 (in journal), p. \[1\]-26. *Copy*: US. – Preprinted or reprinted from Proc. Ohio Acad. Sci. 5: 327-350. 1910. ##### n.10.485. The pteridophytes of Ohio **Title** *The pteridophytes of Ohio*... Columbus, Ohio (published by the \[Ohio State\] Academy \[of Science\]) 1910. **Abbreviated title**: *Pterid. Ohio*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Jan 1910, p. \[i-ii\], 265-305. *Copy*: MICH. – Proc. Ohio State Acad. Sci. 5(5): special paper no. 16. ##### n.10.486. Catalog of Ohio vascular plants **Title** Ohio biological survey *Catalog of Ohio vascular plants* arranged according to the phyletic classification; with notes on the geographical distribution in the state, based mainly on specimens in the State Herbarium, Botanical Laboratory, The Ohio State University... Columbus (published by the Ohio State University) 1914. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Ohio vasc. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1914 (p. 129: 1 Jan 1914; US rd 18 Jul 1914; NAF 28B: 356; Nat. Nov. Oct 1914), p. \[125\]-247. *Copies*: G, HH, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US(2), USDA. – Issued as Bull. Ohio biol. Survey 1(2): 125-247. 1914. *Ed. 2*: 9 Jan 1932 (date on cover; Nat. Nov. Jan 1933), p. \[87\]-215. *Copies*: HH, MICH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. "*Revised Catalog of Ohio vascular plants*..." Columbus (id.) 1932. Bull. Ohio biol. Survey 25 (vol. 5(2): 87-215. 1932, Ohio State Univ. Bull. 36(9). *Additions*: Ohio J. Sci. 33: 288-294. 1933, 34: 165-174. 1934, 35: 297-303. 1935, 36: 195-203. 1936, 37: 260-265. 1937, 38: 211-216. 1938, 39: 232-234. 1939 (last add., no. 7 by Schaffner & J.H. Jones). ##### n.10.487. Field manual of trees **Title** *Field manual of trees* including Southern Canada and the Northern United States to the southern boundary of Virginia, Kentucky and Mossouri; westward to the limits of the prairie... Columbus, Ohio (R.G. Adams & Co.) 1914. **Abbreviated title**: *Field man. trees*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914 (Bot. Centralbl. 12 Mai 1914; Torreya 8 Jun 1914; Torrey bot. Club Bull. 29 Mai 1914), p. \[1\]-154. *Copy*: USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1922 (Torreya Nov-Dec 1922), p. \[1\]-154. *Copy*: USDA. *Ed. 3*: 1926 (Torreya 28 Dec 1926), p. \[1\]-154. *Copy*: USDA. *Ed. 4*: 1936 (rev. Torreya 24 Dec 1936), p. \[1\]-160. *Copy*: USDA. – Fourth revised edition. *Ref*.: Hastings, G.T., Torreya 26: 115-116. 1926, 36: 148-149. 1936. ##### n.10.488. the grasses of Ohio **Title** Ohio biological survey *the grasses of Ohio*.... Columbus (published by the Ohio State University) 1917. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. Ohio*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1917 (cover journal issue), p. \[i-iii\], 256-329, \[330-331\]. *Copies*: MICH, US.– Ohio State Univ. Bull. 21(28), 1917; Ohio biol. Survey Bull. 9 (vol. 2(5)). 1917. ##### n.10.488a. Observations on the grasslands of the central United States **Title** *Observations on the grasslands of the central United States* Columbus (The Ohio State University Press) 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1926, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-56. *Copy*: US. – Issued as Ohio State Univ. Stud., Contr. Bot. 178, 1926. ##### n.10.489. Field manual of the flora of Ohio **Title** *Field manual of the flora of Ohio* and adjacent territory... Columbus, Ohio (R.G. Adams & Company) 1928. 16-mo. **Abbreviated title**: *Field man. fl. Ohio*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1928 (p. 6: 1 Jan 1928; Fern J. 10 Feb 1929 "just publ."), p. \[i\]-iii, 4-638. *Copies*: G, HH, MICH(2), NY, PH, US, USDA. *Ref*.: Hastings, G.T., Torreya 29(1): 17-18. 7 Mar 1929 (rev.). ##### n.10.489a. The fundamental nature of the flower **Title** *The fundamental nature of the flower*... Bulletin Torrey botanical Club... 1937. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1937, p. 569-582, *pl. 12-3. Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 64: 569-582. 1937. ##### n.10.489b. Chinese species of Equisetum **Title** *Chinese species of Equisetum*... Bull. Fan. Inst. Biol., Bot. Ser., ix. no. 2, June 30. 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Liang-Ching Li. *Publ*.: 30 Jun 1939, cover-t.p., p. \[125\]-132, 133 (Chinese summary). *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Fan. Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. Ser. 9(2): \[125\]-133. 1939.