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### Author
Kelsey, Francis Duncan (1849-1905), American congregational clergyman and botanist; D. Sc. College of Montana 1890; minister at Helena, Mont. until 1893; professor of botany at Oberlin College 1893-1897; pastor Central Congregational Church, Toledo Ohio 1897-1905.
**Abbreviated name**: *Kelsey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kelsey*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection OC|OC]] (727 specimens), but Montana plants at [[Collection MU|MU]], for duplicates see IH. World fair 1893 exhibit plants at [[Collection MONT|MONT]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 280; Bossert p. 208; CSP 16: 234; IH 2: 351; LS 13806-13809; Rehder 1: 127; Stevenson p. 1247; Tucker 1: 385.
- Anon., The Toledo Times 6 Jan 1905 (portr.; cutting at NY); Torreya 5(1): 16. 1905.
- Armstrong, Ohio Naturalist 1(3): 38. 1901.
- Blankinship, Montana Agric. Coll. Sci. Stud. Bot. 1: 11, 21. 1904 (1905).
- De Toni, G. B., Syll. algar. 4: iii. 1897 (under F. W. Anderson).
- Ewan, J., Rocky Mountain Naturalists 242. 1950.
- Harshberger, J., The botanists of Philadelphia 266. 1899.
- Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 54. 1955.
- Wright et al., Oberlin Alumni Magazine 1: 119-121. 1905.
#### Eponymy
*Kelseya* (S. Watson) Rydberg (1900).
#### Note
We are grateful to George T. Jones, curator of the Oberlin College Herbarium, for information on Kelsey's life and collections.
### Publications
##### n.3580. The genus Uncinula
**Title**
*The genus Uncinula*. Drawings and descriptions of all the American species... Portland, Conn. (Reprint from The Observer) 1897.
**Abbreviated title**: *Uncinula*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1897, p. \[1\]-15. *Copies*: FH, NY. – Oberlin College Laboratory Bulletin no. vii.