> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 320](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066660) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11706-1) LSID 11706-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871895) QID Q1871895 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Williams, Louis Otho (1908-x), American botanist and museum curator; B.A. Univ. Wyoming 1932, MS. 1933; Dr. phil. Washington Univ. St. Louis 1936; Research associate Harvard Univ. 1936-1946 (1942-1946 in Brazil on U.S. wild rubber project); botanist United Fruit Company and Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1946-1957; economic botanist U.S.D.A. 1957-1960; curator and chairman (1971-1973) of the Botany Department, Field Mus., Chicago 1960-1974; emeritus curator Field Mus. from 1975. **Abbreviated name**: *L.O. Williams* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.O.Williams*\] #### Herbarium and types Orchid herbarium and library at [[Collection SEL|SEL]]; further material at [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection EAP|EAP]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection LCU|LCU]], [[Collection MBG|MBG]] \[same as [[Collection MO|MO]]?\], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection TRT|TRT]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection UTC|UTC]]. – Manuscripts and letters e.g. at [[Collection F|F]], Hunt Institute (W. Popenoe papers), [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection SEL|SEL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 499 (b. 16 Dec 1908); Bossert p. 437; Ewan ed. 2: 239; Hortus 3: 1207; IH 1 (ed. 1): 93, (ed. 2): 117, (ed. 3): 150, (ed. 4): 181, (ed. 5): 45, (ed. 6): 60; Langman p. 805-806; Lenley p. 436; MW suppl. p. 395; PH 209; Rehder 3: 414; SIA see index; Zander ed. 10, p. 733, ed. 11, p. 836. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 7-14. 1944-1979; Bull. Field Mus. nat. Hist. 43(4): 5. 1972 (portr.); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 539-541. 1969; Taxon 22: 522. 1973 (retires as chairman F, continues as curator); Taxon 28: 366. 1979 (orchid libr. and herb. to SEL); Selby Bot. Gard., Bull. Dec 1978, p. 51-52 (biogr. sketch, portr., donation orchid libr. and herb.); Who's who Amer. 36-38. 1970-1975. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 796. 1985. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 293, 300, 363. 1937, 4: 453, 565. 1938. #### Composite works Collaborator, A.C. Smith, *A collection of flowering plants from Mount Roraima*, 1940, TL-2/12.172. #### Note Publications outside our period: - (1) With P.H. Allen, *Orchids of Panama*, St. Louis 1980, viii, 590, xxvi p. (see Taxon 30: 723, 1981). - (2) With P.C. Standley et al., *Flora of Guatemala*, in Fieldiana, Bot. vol. 24; 13 parts 1946-1977. - (3) *The Orchidaceae of Mexico*, Ceiba 2(1-4). 20 Jan 1951, repr. 1965. ### Publications ##### n.17.764. A monograph of the genus Mertensia in North America **Title** Washington University Doctoral dissertations. *A monograph of the genus Mertensia in North America*. A dissertation presented to the Board of graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of philosophy, June 1936... Saint Louis (Publications of Washington University) 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Mar 1937 (in journal), cover-t.p., (thesis cover), p. 17-159. *Copies*: B, HH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24(1): 17-159. 1937. ##### n.17.765. The Orchidaceae of the Rocky Mountains **Title** *The Orchidaceae of the Rocky Mountains*... Reprinted from "The American Midland Naturalist"... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1937, p. \[i, recto of 830\], 830-841. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 18(5): 830-841. 1937. ##### n.17.766. Orchid studies **Title** *Orchid studies*. I-XIV.... Botanical Museum Leaflets. Harvard University \[1937-1940\]. **Notes** *Publ*.: A series of papers published in Bot. Mus. Leafl. (BML): *1*: 1 Jul 1937, BML 5(1): 31-32. *2*: 19 Oct 1937, BML 5(3): 41-48. *3*: 2 Nov 1937, BML 5(4): 49-60. *4*: 5 Mar 1937, BML 5(7): 105-142, see also p. 143. *5*: 31 Mar 1938, BML 5(9): 164-170. *6*: 30 Jun 1938, BML 6(3): 46-64. \[*7*\]: 30 Jul 1938, BML 6(5): 77-95. \[review *Thrixspermum*\]. *8*: 30 Jul 1938, BML 6(5): 96-111. *9*: 13 Sep 1938, BML 6(7): 137-141. *10*: 8 Aug 1938, BML 7(9): 137-148. *11*: 18 Apr 1940, BML 8(5): 106-108. *12*: 5 Jun 1940, BML 8(7): 141-151. *13*: 6 Dec 1940, BML 9(1): 1-\[25\]. *14*: 2 Jan 1941, BML 9(2): 37-\[41\]. ##### n.17.767. The genus Trichoglottis in the Philippine Islands **Title** *The genus Trichoglottis in the Philippine Islands*... Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1938, cover-t.p., p. 385-397. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Phil. J. Sci. 65(4): 385-397. 1938. ##### n.17.768. Review of the genus Thrixspermum in the Philippine Islands **Title** *Review of the genus Thrixspermum in the Philippine Islands*... Cambridge, Massachusetts... 9318. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Jul 1938, p. 73-95. *Copies*: NY, US. – Issued and to be cited from Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 6(5): 73-95. 1938. ##### n.17.769. Some orchids, mainly South American **Title** *Some orchids, mainly South American*... Buenos Aires (Imprenta y Casa editora "Coni"...) 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938, p. \[i\], 473-485. *Copies*: B, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lilloa 3: 473-485. 1938. ##### n.17.770. Las Orquidaceas del Nordeste argentino **Title** *Las Orquidaceas del Nordeste argentino*... Buenos Aires (Imprenta y Casa editora "Coni"...) 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1939, p. \[i\], \[337\]-375, *pl. 1-7* with text. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lilloa 4: 337-375. 1939. ##### n.17.771. Orchidaceae Austro-Americanae **Title** *Orchidaceae Austro-Americanae* I.... Buenos Aires (Imprenta y Casa editora "Coni"...) 1939. \[1940\]. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 14 Feb 1940 (t.p. 1939), p. \[i\], 5-10, *pl. 1-3. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lilloa 5(1): 5-10, *pl. 1-3*. 1940. *2*: 23 Dec 1940, Lilloa 5(2): 219-223. *1 pl*. 1940. *3*: 12 Nov 1941, Lilloa 6: 241-246, *pl. 1-2*. 12 Nov 1941.