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### Author
Coulter, John Merle (1851-1928), American botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. M. Coulter* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.M.Coult.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Mainly at [[Collection US|US]]. For duplicates see IH.
*Ref*.: IH 2: 140.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 125. 1973 (corr.)
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 306. 1975.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 387; BL p. 291 \[index\]; BM 1: 394, 6: 236; CSP 9: 590, 14: 378; Jackson p. 535 \[index\]; Kew 1: 630; Langman p. 223-224; LS 6001-6004, LS suppl. 5765, 5766.
- Harshberger, Botanists of Philadelphia 327, 359. 1899.
- Blankinship, Montana Agric. Coll. Sci. Studies 1(1): 8, 18. 1905.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 193. 1905 (portr.)
- Caldwell et al., Science ser. 2. 70: 299-301. 1929 (bibl.)
- Rendle, J. Bot. 67: 82-84. 1929.
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 141: 139-141. 1930.
- Cowles, Proc. Indiana Acad. 39: 26-30. 1930 (portr.)
- Trelease, Biogr. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci 14(4): 92-123. 1930 (portr., bibl.)
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 324. 1945.
- Rodgers, John Merle Coulter, missionary in science, Princeton 1944, x, 321 p. (2 portr.) – See also review by Ewan in J. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 97. 1945.
- Rodgers, Amer. Bot. 1873-1892, p. 326. 1944, Liberty Hyde Bailey 493. 1949.
- Humphrey, Makers North Amer. Bot. 57-60. 1961.
- Smit, Hist. life sciences 902. 1974.
#### Composite works
Founder and editor of the *Botanical Gazette* (1875-1928). See Gray, *Manual* ed. 7 (1890) and T. C. Porter and J. M. Coulter, *Synopsis of the flora of Colorado *(1874).
#### Note
Coulter's *Evolution of sex in plants* (1914), was reprinted in facsimile in 1973 (Hafner, New York) with a new introduction by F. Drouet.
#### Eponymy
*Coulterella* G. Vasey & J. N. Rose (1890); *Coulterina* O. Kuntze (1891). – *Note*: *Coulterella* Zebrowski (1937) is dedicated to Moses Stanley Coulter (1853-x), American mycologist.
### Publications
##### n.1253. Manual of the botany
**Title**
*Manual of the botany* (Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta) *of the Rocky Mountain region, *from New Mexico to the British boundary. New York, Chicago (Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company) \[1885\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. bot. Rocky Mt.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1885 (p. viii: 1 Jan 1885; Nat. Nov. Jan 1886), p. \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\]-452, \[1, add.\], \[glossary:\] 1-28. *Copies*: NY, US.
*Ed. 2*: *New Manual of botany of the Central Rocky Mountains* (vascular plants). New York, Cincinnati, Chicago (American Book Company) \[1909\]. Oct. *Publ*.: 22 Dec 1909, p. \[1\]-646. *Copy*: NY. – *Co-author*: Aven Nelson (1859-1952).
*Ref*.: BM 1: 394, 6: 236; Kew 1: 630; IDC 7522.
- Blankinship, Montana Agr. Coll. Sci. Stud. 1(1): 18. 1905.
- Rogerson, NAF ser. 2. 5: 235. 1965.
##### n.1254. Revision of North American Umbelliferae
**Title**
*Revision of North American Umbelliferae*. Crawfordsville, Indiana 1888. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rev. N. Amer. Umbell.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Joseph Nelson Rose (1862-1928).
*Publ*.: Dec 1888 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-144, *pl. 1-9*, uncol. liths. *Copies*: B, MICH, NY, US.
*Ref*.: BM 6: 236; Kew 1: 630.
- Coulter and Rose, Notes on Umbelliferae of E. United States, Bot. Gaz. vols. 12-24, 1887-1897 (see Rickett 1945).
- Coulter and Rose, A synopsis of Mexican and Central American Umbelliferae, Proc.
- Washington Acad. Sci. 1: 111-159, *pl. 3-13.* 8 Jan 1900.
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 324. 1945.