> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 9](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266316) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12335-1) LSID 12335-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451753) QID Q451753 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Brandegee, Mary Katherine Layne Curran|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Brandegee, Mary Katherine (Layne, later Curran) (1844-1920), American (California) botanist and plant collector, born in W. Tennessee, from 1853 in California, early schooling at a seminary in Folsom, Calif., married Hugh Curran (Irish) 1866-1874, came to San Francisco 1875, studied medicine at the University of California 1875-1878, M.D. 1878, took interest in botany from 1879, curator of the herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences 1883, married Towns===h===end Stith Brandegee 1889, the couple moved to San Diego 1894 setting up their own botanical library and herbarium, returned to Berkeley 1906 continuing botanizing without official appointment. **Abbreviated name**: *K. Brandegee* \[standard form in IPNI: *K.Brandegee*\] #### Herbarium and types Most collections now at [[Collection UC|UC]] together with those of her husband. Further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]]([[Collection A|A]], [[Collection GH|GH]]); [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NMC|NMC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 240; BL 1: 166; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 93; Kew 1: 339; NW p. 41; Rehder 5(index): 114; TL-2/1: 302-303; Tucker 1: 105; Urban-Berl. p. 332; Zander ed. 10, p. 639, ed. 11, p. 727. #### Biofile - Abir-Am, P.G. and D. Outram, eds., Uneasy careers and intimate lives. Women in science 1789-1979. 84, 85, 91. 1987. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 55(34): 256. 1893 (curator herb. CAS, editor of "Zoe"). - Bonta, M.M., Women in the field, America's College Station, Texas 1991 (see index). - Cantelow, E.D. and H.C., Leafl. W. Bot. 8: 86. 1957 ("A remarkable woman", epon. *Lupinus Layneae*, sic). - Crosswhite, F.S. and C.D., Desert plants 7(3): 128-139, 158-162. 1985 (detailed account, portr.). - Dupree, H. and M.L. Gade, *in* E.T. James et al., Notable American women 1607-1950. 1: 228-229. 1971 (detailed account, further refs.). - Ewan, J., Not so wild a Fantasy, typescript, 4 p. 1957 copies with J. Ewan and FAS (rebuttal to Herre, A.W.C.T. s.d.; see also J. Ewan 1942); Amer. Midland Natural. 27: 772-789. 1942 (critical evaluation of K. Brandegee in her botanical relations and methods). - Ewan, J. et al., Leafl. W. Bot. 7(3): 55, 58, 59. 1953 (botany at CAS); A century of progress in the natural sciences 1853-1953: 1-63. 1955. - Jaeger, F.C., Calico print. Mar 1953, p. 8-9, 33 ("Bold Kate Brandegee"). - Jones, M.E., Contr. W. Bot. 18: 12-18. 1933; Cact. Succ. J. 41: 266-269. 1969 (biogr.). - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. bot. 324 \[index, 7 entries\]. 1944. - Setchell, W.A., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 13(9): 155-178, *pl. 13-14.* 1929 (account of the two Brandegees, portraits and bibliography). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 61. 1981, 5(3): 196. 1984 (archival mat.). - Thomas, J.H., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(6): 150. 1961; Huntia 3: 26, 32, 33. 1969. ### Publications ##### n.22.529. Catalogue of the plants of San Francisco **Title** *Catalogue of the plants of San Francisco*... from Zoe... 1892. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Mar 1892 (in journal; also dated Jan 1892, sic), cover-t.p., p. \[334\]-390, \[391-394 allotria\], *pl. 17.* *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Zoe 2(4): 334-390, \[391-394\], *pl. 17.* 1892. *Additions*: Apr 1892, Zoe 3: 49-50. 1892. ##### n.22.530. Flora **Title** *Flora* of *Bouldin Island*... \[Reprinted from Zoe... 1893\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1893, p. \[211\]-218. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Zoe 4(3): 211-218. 1893. ##### n.22.531. Studies in Portulacaceae **Title** *Studies in Portulacaceae*... Extract from Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci.... \[1894\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Mar 1894 (date on p. 86), cover-t.p., p. \[86\]-91, *pl. 4* (uncol., by Alice Eastwood). *Copies*: B, BKL, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2. 4: 86-91, *pl. 4.* 1894. ##### n.22.532. Studies in Ceanothus **Title** *Studies in Ceanothus*... Extract from Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci.... \[1894\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Jun 1894 (on p. 173), cover-t.p., p. \[173\]-222. *Copy*: B, BKL, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2. 4: 173-222. 1894. ##### n.22.533. Notes on Cacteae **Title** *Notes on Cacteae* I-III... \[publ. in Erythea and Zoe\] 1897-1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: *1*: 24 Nov 1897, Erythea 5: 111-123. 1897. – No reprint seen. *2*: Jun 1900 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Zoe 5(1): 1-9. 1900. *3*: Jul 1900 (in journal), Zoe 5(2): 31-35. 1900. – No reprint seen. \[*4*:\] Aug 1905 (in journal), Zoe 5(10): 189-195. 1905. – No reprint seen. *Note*: Reprinted with index as Cactologica Bibliotheca Classica xxvii: 1-59. 1992. (Reprint Haan 1992). ##### n.22.534. Variation in Oenothera ovata **Title** *Variation in Oenothera ovata*... University of California Publications in Botany... 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Jun 1914 (in journal), p. \[41\]-50, *pl. 8-9* (uncol.). *Copies*: NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. ser. 2. 6(3): 41-50, *pl. 8-9.* 1914.