> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 438](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068680) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4471-1) LSID 4471-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18912447) QID Q18912447 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Jennings, Otto Emery (1877-1964), American botanist; B.S. Agric. Ohio State Univ. 1903; Dr. phil. Univ. Pittsburgh 1911; Dr. h.c. Sci. id. 1930; from 1904-1964 at the Carnegie Museum Pittsburgh, also at the University of Pittsburgh in various functions 1911-1946; edrtor of the Bryologist 1913-1938; to his friends "?. ?." **Abbreviated name**: *Jenn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Jenn.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CM|CM]] (70.000). Duplicates [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BUT|BUT]], [[Collection EVMU|EVMU]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OS|OS]], [[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]], [[Collection WVA|WVA]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 250; BL 1: 207, 211, 212, 226, 303; Bossert p. 196; Hortus 3: 1196 ("Jennings"); Hirsch p. 140; HU 1: 489; IH 2: 317; Kew 3: 164; Langman p. 394; Lenley p. 242; LS 34904-34905; MW p. 218; NAF ser. 2.3: 37,5: 244; SBC p. 123 ("Jenn."); Tucker 1: 371. - Anon., Rev. bryol. 38: 96. 1911 h 47: 76, 77, 78. 1920; Rev. bryol. lichénol. 9: 165. 1936; 33: 621. 1965. - Boone, W., Hist. Bot. W. Virginia 174. 1965. - Henry, L. K., Trillia 12: iii-vi. 1964 (portr.); Torreya 91(6): 502-512. 1964 (portr., bibl.); Castanea 29(2): 121-123. 1964 (portr.); Proc. Penn. Acad. Sci. 38(1): 18-20. 1964 (portr.). - Murrill, W. A., Hist, found. bot. Florida 21. 1945. - Netting, Bryologist 68(3): 353-359. 1965 (portr.). - Pearth, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 44(6): 59-69. 1973 (detailed bibl.). - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide Mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. P. 482 \[ind.\]. 1963. - Polunin, N., Bot. Canad. Eastern Arctic 2: 11. 1947 (Natl. Mus. Canada, Bull. 97). - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 52. 1955. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 13: 69. 1964. - Steere, W. C., Bot. Rev. 43: 325-327. 1977. - Waller, Ohio J. Sci. 64: 303-304. 1964. #### Memorial publication Trillia no. 12, 1946-1963 #### Eponymy The "Jennings Blazing Star Prairie" in Butler County, Pa., was named in honor of Jennings in recognition of his conservation activities. ### Publications ##### n.3330. A manual of the mosses of Western Pennsylvania **Title** *A manual of the mosses of Western Pennsylvania*... with fifty-four full-page plates from drawings by the author... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (published by the author) 1913 \[press of the City Mission Publishing Company\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. mosses W. Pennsylvania*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 15 Jun 1913, p. \[i\]-v, \[1\]-429, *pl. 1-54* (in pagination). *Copies*: G, MICH, MO, USDA. *Ed. 2*: Sep 1951, p. \[i-xii\], 1-323. frontisp. map \[1, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-72* (uncol.). *Copies*: NY, US. ##### n.3331. A contribution to the botany of the Isle of Pines **Title** *A contribution to the botany of the Isle of Pines*, Cuba, based upon the specimens of plants from that island contained in the herbarium of the Carnegie Museum under date of October 1916. \[Pittsburgh, Pa.\], 1971. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. bot. Isle of Pines*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Mar 1917 (date on cover, reprint; journal publ. 28 Mar 1917), reprinted with a special cover from Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11(1,2): 19-29, *pl. 5-28*, 1917 (journal publ. rd. at Washington D.C. 30 Mar 1917). *Copies* of both reprint and journal publ.: US. ##### n.3332. Check list of mosses of Western Pennsylvania **Title** *Check list of mosses of Western Pennsylvania* included in Manual of mosses of Western Pennsylvania by Otto E. Jennings,... Pittsburgh, Pa. 1935. **Abbreviated title**: *Check list mosses W. Pennsylvania*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1935, p. \[1\]-16, index on p. 3 of cover. *Copy*: Steere. – Prepared and printed by ?. ?. Boardman and Sidney Kingman Eastwood (1890-x), fide letter Eastwood 21 Apr 1947 in Steere copy.