> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 239](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066579) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11605-1) LSID 11605-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878904) QID Q2878904 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wheeler, Louis Cutter (1910-1980), American botanist; A.B. Univ. Calif, Los Angeles 1933; M.A. Claremont 1934; Dr. phil. Harvard 1939; instructor in botany, Univ. Missouri 1939-1940; id. The American University, Washington, D.C. 1940-1941; id. University Pennsylvania 1941-1942; asst. technologist Guayule Rubber project 1943-1944; research assistant Cal. Tech. 1945; with University of Southern California, asst. prof. botany 1945-1947, assoc. id. 1947-1956, head Dept. Bot. 1945-1953; ultimately regular professor of botany; specialist on Euphorbiaceae. **Abbreviated name**: *L.C. Wheeler* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.C.Wheeler*\] #### Herbarium and types Types at [[Collection DS|DS]]. [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection LAM|LAM]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]]; collections [[Collection LAM|LAM]], dupl. [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CI|CI]], [[Collection CPH|CPH]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NO|NO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OKLA|OKLA]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection RSA|RSA]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection USFS|USFS]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection NY|NY]] (Barnhart corr.). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 484 (b. 2 Aug 1910); Bossert p. 433; GR p. 253; Hortus 3: 1207; IH 1 (ed. 4): 104, (ed. 5): 109, (ed. 6): 158; Langman p. 800; Lenley p. 431; MW suppl. p. 394; NW p. 61; Roon p. 123; SIA 7097. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 7-10, 1944-1955; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 507-508. 1969. - Ewan, J., Taxon, 32(4): 545-548. 1983 (biogr., portr.; d. 14 Aug 1980). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 788. 1985. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 293, 362. 1937, 4: 224, 564, 565, 567. 1938, 5: 370, 371, 508. 1939, 6: 93. 1941. - Wheeler, L.C, Autobiographical material relating to Louis Cutter Wheeler, Nov 1936, 8 p. (mimeographed; cur. vit., bibl.); personal communication to senior author, giving location of types and herbarium collections, 1956. #### Composite works 324 entries on *Euphorbiaceae, in* E. Farr et al., *Index nominum genericorum*, Utrecht 1979 (see p. xix). ### Publications ##### n.17.401. Euphorbia in the Pacific States **Title** *Euphorbia in the Pacific States*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences... 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai-Aug 1936, p. 127-147. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 35(2): 127-147. 1936. ##### n.17.402. Revision of the Euphorbia polycarpa group **Title** *Revision of the Euphorbia polycarpa group* of the Southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; a preliminary treatment... Separately printed... from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Oct and 3 Nov 1936 (in journal), p. 397-416, 429-450. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 63: 397-426. 1 Oct, 429-450. 3 Nov 1936. ##### n.17.403. A miscellany of New World Euphorbiaceae **Title** *A miscellany of New World Euphorbiaceae*... Reprinted from Contrib. Gray Herb. ... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Feb 1939, p. \[35\]-52. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 35-52. 1939. *Second part*: 25 Oct 1939, p. \[48\]-78, *pl. 3-4. Copy*: NY. – Id. 127: 48-78. *pl. 3-4.* 1939. ##### n.17.404. Dichapetalaceae et Euphorbiaceae novae **Title** *Dichapetalaceae et Euphorbiaceae novae*... Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Feb 1940, p. 7-12. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 53: 7-12. 1940. ##### n.17.405. Pedilanthus and Cnidoscolus **Title** *Pedilanthus and Cnidoscolus* proposed for conservation.... Reprinted... from Contrib. Gray Herb.... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Feb 1939, p. 47-52. *Copies*: FAS, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 47-52. 1939. ##### n.17.406. Additions and amendments to the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature **Title** Notes and discussions. *Additions and amendments to the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature*... Reprinted from "The American Midland Naturalist"... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1939, p. \[i, recto of 526\], \[526\]-529. *Copies*: FAS, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 21(2): \[526\]-529. 1939. "In view of some of the past disastrous consequences of oral amendments to proposals before the botanical congress, it might be well to require any amendments proposed must be submitted in printed or typewritten form at least the day before the Section on Nomenclature meets" \[Note by F.A.S.: This was written in 1939, not after 1981\]. ##### n.17.407. Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce **Title** *Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce* in Canada and the United States exclusive of Southern Florida... \[Rhodora... 1941\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Jun 1941 (in journal), p. \[97\]-154, \[168\]-204, \[223\]-286, *pl. 654-668*, 44 maps. *Copies*: HH, U, US. – Contr. Gray Herb. 136. Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 43: 97-154, *pl. 654-656.* 6 Apr, 168-205, *pl. 657-664.* 9 Mai, 223-284, *pl. 665-668.* Jun 1941.