> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 440](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068682) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4476-1) LSID 4476-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324259) QID Q324259 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Jepson, Willis Linn (1867-1946), Californian botanist, in various functions at the Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley) 1887-1947, founder of the California botanical Society (1913), founder and editor of Madroño (1916-1934). **Abbreviated name**: *Jeps.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Jeps.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection JEPS|JEPS]]. – Further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 252; BL 1: 165, 168, 303; BM 2: 932; Bossert p. 197; CSP 16: 103; DSB 7: 102-103; Hirsch p. 140; Hortus 3: 1196 ("Jeps."); IH 2: 318; Kew 3: 165-166; Langman p. 394; NAF 28?(2); 339, ser. 2. 2: 162, 5: 244; NW p. 49; Rehder 5: 433; Tucker 1: 371; Zander ed. 10, p. 676. - Anon., Science 78: 597-598. 1933. - Cantelow, Leaflets western Bot. 8(5): 93. 1957. - Carew, Touring Topics 20(12): 32-34, 50. 1928 (portr.) ("The high priest of flora."). - Constance, L., Science 105: 614. 1947; Madroño 10: 128. 1950 (disp. of J's estate). - Ewan, J., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 37: 414-416. 1947; Short hist. bot. U.S. 14, 19, 110, 118, 161. 1969. - Fritz, Calif. Forester 14: 6-8. 1947, J. Calif. hort. Soc. 9: 23-26. 1948 (portr.). - Heckard, L., et al, Madroño 19(4): 97-108. 1967 (main bibl.). - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 313-314. - Humphrey, Makers N. Amer. Bot. 127-128. 1961. - Jepson, W. L., Madroño 4: 276-286. 1938 (portr., autobiogr. notes). - Keck, D. D., Madroño 9(7): 223-228. 1948 (place J. in Calif. bot.). - Mason, H., Madroño 9: 61-64. 1947. - Parsons, Sierra Club Bull. 32: 104-107. 1947. - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 172. 1963. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 330 \[index\]. 1944. - Thomas, J., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(6): 157. 1961. - Wheeler, Desert Plant Life 19: 43-45. 1947. #### Composite works - (1) Edited an undetermined number of issues of *Erythea*. - (2) Edited *Nemophila*, Berkeley, Calif., 1-14, 1919-1927. #### Eponymy *Jepsonia* J. K. Small (1896). ### Publications ##### n.3339. A flora of western middle California **Title** *A flora of western middle California*... Berkeley, California (Encina Publishing Company) 1901. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. w. Calif.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 16 Apr 1901, p. \[i\]-iv, 1-625. *Copies*: L, MO, NY, US, USDA. – The copy of Trelease at MO is inscribed (by the author) 20 Apr 1901. Stock destroyed in earthquake-fire of 1906. *Ed. 2*: 25 Jan 1911 (p. \[2\]), \[1\]-515. *Copies*: MICH, MO, U, US, USDA. – "Second edition" San Francisco (Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch). *Ref*.: M. A. H(owe), Torreya 1: 69-70. 20 Jun 1901 (rev.). - Britten, J. Bot. 39: 347-348. Oct 1901 (rev.). - Coulter, Bot. gaz. 31: 435-436. 20 Jun 1901 (rev.). ##### n.3340. A school flora for the Pacific Coast **Title** Twentieth century text-books. *A school flora for the Pacific Coast*... New York (D. Appleton and Company) 1902. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *School fl. Pacif. Coast*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Oct 1902 (p. \[iv\]), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-96. *Copies*: US, USDA. ##### n.3341. A flora of California **Title** *A flora of California*... illustrated with many original figures. San Francisco (Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch), London (Wm. Wesley & Son), Berkeley, Cal. (Students cooperative society), Leipzig (Oswald Weigel) 1909-1943, 3 vols. Qu†. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Calif.* **Notes** *Imprints*: 1(1,2) as above. 1(3) as above but without Leipzig; 1(4) San Francisco (H. S. Crocker Co. and Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch), Berkeley (as 1,1), London (as 1,1); 1 (5) San Francisco (H. S. Crocker Co.), Berkeley (Associated Students' Store), London (as 1,1); all other parts: Berkeley, Cal. (Associated Students Store). *Publ*.: The precise dates of Publication differ sometimes from those mentioned on the original covers. *Copies*: G, MICH, MO, NY, U, USDA; IDC 7565. |vol. |part |pages |*figures* |dates| | |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |8(1) |1-32 |- |not published| | |1 |33-64 |1-13 |4 Nov 1909 |(seep. 64)| | |3 |65-192 |- |30 Apr 1912 |(seep. 192)| | |6 |193-336 |14-60 |24 Oct 1921 |(see p. 336)| | |2 |337-368 |61-65 |4 Nov 1909 |(see p. 368)| | |4 |369-464 |66-91 |3 Jan 1914 |(see p. 464)| | |5 |465-528 |92-105 |11 Feb 1915 |(see p. 528)| | |7 |529-578 |106-127 |21 Jan 1922| | |8(2) |579-index |- |not published| |2 |1 |\[1\]-16, 337-684 |207-279 |17 Sep 1936| | |2 |17-176 |128-162 |15 Feb 1936| | |3 |177-336 |163-206 |20 Jul 1936| |3 |1 |17-128 |280-365 |31 Mai 1939 |(see p. 128)| | |2 |129-464 |366-451 |5 Mai 1943 |(see p. 464)| The figures are inserted plates. *Ref*.: Howe, Torreya 10: 16-18. 29 Jan 1910. ##### n.3342. The trees of California **Title** *The trees of California*... San Francisco (Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch) s.d. \[1909\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Trees Calif.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 16 Dec 1909 (p. \[4\]), p. \[1\]-228, *fig. 1-117. Copies*: MO, NY, US, USDA; IDC 7566. *Ed. 2*: 1 Sep 1923 (p. \[4\]), p. \[1\]-240, *fig. 1-124. Copies*: US, USDA. – "Second edition" Berkeley, California (Associated Students Store) s.d. ##### n.3343. The Silva of California **Title** Memoirs of the University of California volume 2 *The Silva of California*... Berkeley (The University Press). **Abbreviated title**: *Silva Calif.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Dec 1910 (p. \[2\], Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1911), p. \[1\]-480, *pl. 1-85*, with text, 3 maps, id. *Copies*: US, USDA; IDC 7567. ##### n.3344. A manual of the flowering plants of California **Title** *A manual of the flowering plants of California*... the manuscript prepared through a fund provided by James Bernard Smith and Inez Ray Smith. Illustrated with 1023 original drawings. Berkeley, Calif. (Sather Gate Bookshop) s.d. \[1923-1925\]. 16-mo. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. fl. pl. Calif.* **Notes** |Pages |dates | |pages |dates | |pages |dates| |--- |--- |---|--- |--- |---|--- |--- | |\[1\]-32 |27 Nov 1925 | |129-384 |6 Dec 1923 | |769-960 |23 Sep 1925| |24a-24h |27 Nov 1925 | |385-768 |14 Apr 1925 | |961-1170 |24 Nov 1925| |33-128 |28 Sep 1923 | | | | |1171-1238 |1925| *Copies*: G, NY, USDA. *Other issue*: 1925, Berkeley, California (Associated Students Store) *publ*. 1925, p. \[1\]-24, 24a-24b, \[25\]-1238. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U, US. *Second printing*: 1938. *Third printing*: 2 Apr 1951, Berkeley and Los Angeles (University of California Press), p. \[1\]-24, 24a-24h, 25-1238. *Copies*: NY, US, – Reprinted in facsimile 1957. *Fourth printing*: 1960, Berkeley. The dates for ed. 1 are those given on the verso of the title page. Wheeler has questioned the reliability of these dates but in the absence of proof to the contrary they should be accepted. C.V. Morton received a letter from Jepson (3 Apr 1939) stating that the Manager of the Associated Students Store had verified that the parts were received and on sale on the dates specified. The parts were indeed not advertised. See also Heckard et al. (1967). Complimentary Copies of the parts as issued were sent to K, LE and the Library of Congress. *Ref*.: Wheeler, Amer. J. Bot. 29 (Suppl.): 19-20. 1942. - Heckard et al., Madroño 19(4): 98-99. 1967. ##### n.3345. A flora of the economic plants of California for agricultural students **Title** *A flora of the economic plants of California for agricultural students* including the important crop plants, agricultural weeds, poisonous plants, honey plants, medicinal plants, chaparral shrubs, native timber trees, and the most common native plants of the spring flowering... Berkeley, California (Associated Students Store). \[1924\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. econ. pl. Calif.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Mar 1924 (p. \[2\]), p. \[1\]-223; *Copies*: MO, NY, US, USDA. ##### n.3346. General key to the families of flowering plants of California **Title** *General key to the families of flowering plants of California*... to be used in connection with Jepson's Manual of the flowering plants of California. Berkeley, California (Associated Students Store...) 1928. **Abbreviated title**: *Key fam. pl. Calif.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1928, p. 21-24b. *Copy*: NY. – A reprint of p. 21-24h of the 1925 issue of the *Manual* (no. 3344). ##### n.3347. A high school flora for California **Title** *A high school flora for California* including the more common native flowering plants and cultivated crop plants... Berkeley, California (Associated Students Store) \[1935\]. **Abbreviated title**: *High school fl. Calif.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Sep 1935, p. \[1\]-223. *Copy*: NY.