> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 107](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259153) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/13574-1) LSID 13574-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21338088) QID Q21338088 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Davis, Kary Cadmus (1867-1936), American botanist, born 7 Oct 1867 at Decatur, Ill., died 4 Feb 1936, B.S. Kansas College 1891, M.S. 1894, Kansas State Norm School 1892, teacher high school Minn. 1892-1898, first person in U.S.A. to receive a Ph.D. in agriculture at Cornell 1900, Minn. State Norm School St. Cloud 1900-1901, prof. hort. and instr. bot. West Virginia and Exper. Station 1901-1902, professor Dunn. Co., School agric. Wisc. 1902-1907, dean 1907-1908 at State School Agric., Canton, New York, 1908-1913 at New Jersey Col., idem in Peabody Col. for Teachers 1914. **Abbreviated name**: *K.C. Davis* \[standard form in IPNI: *K.C.Davis*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WS|WS]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 426 (b. 7 Oct 1867, Decatur, Ill., d. 4 Feb 1936); BM 1: 255; CSP 14: 498-499; Hortus 3: 1191; Kew 2: 28; Rehder 5(index): 213. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 5: 267. 1933; Science ser. 2. 83: 277. 20 Mar 1936. ### Publications ##### n.29.247. woody plants **Title** Key to the *woody plants* of *Mower county*, in Southern Minnesota, in their winter condition... Austin, Minnesota... 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Woody pl. Mower Cy.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1895 (Bot. Gaz. 18 Feb 1896), p. \[1-7\]. *Copies*: HH \[pamphlet\], NY. – See Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23(1): 29. 30 Jan 1896. ##### n.29.248. North American Ranunculaceae **Title** A taxonomic study of *North American Ranunculaceae*. A treatment of the members of this natural order, whether found in gardens or native in North America (including Mexico)... published by the author, and presented to the University Faculty of Cornell University as a thesis for the degree of doctor of philosophy... June 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1900, p. \[1\]-173 \[not officially paged, numbers stamped in\]. *Copies*: BKL, G, HH, NY. *Note*: A thesis composed of a number of reprints from several periodicals. ##### n.29.249. Native and garden Delphiniums **Title** XXV. *Native and garden Delphiniums* of the North America. XXVI. Native and cultivated *Ranunculi* of North America and segregated genera. XXVII. A synonymic conspectus of the native and garden *Thalictrums* of North America... From Minnesota Botanical Studies... 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Aug 1900 (date on cover), cover (for 3 titles), p. 431-457, 459-507, 509-523. *Copies*: BKL, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Minnesota Bot. Studies 2: 431-457, 459-507, 509-523. 1900. – This publication is also part of the above-mentioned thesis.