> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 757](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068999) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5280-1) LSID 5280-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11926090) QID Q11926090 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lapham, Increase Allen (1811-1875), American pioneer naturalist and botanist; from 1836 businessman at Milwaukee; state geologist of Wisconsin 1873-1875. **Abbreviated name**: *Laph.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lapham*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WIS|WIS]] (24.000); other material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection DWC|DWC]] (66), [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]] (Tuckerman herb.), [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection US|US]]. *Ref*.: Arthur, J. C, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 8: 52-53. 1881. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 355. Mai 1975. - Gordon, Bartonia 22: 8. 1943. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 314; Barnhart 2: 345; BM 3: 1059; Clokie p. 197; DAB (by L. P. Kellogg); GR p. 228; IH 1(ed. 6): 361, 2: 412; Jackson p. 366; Kew 3: 367; Lasèguep. 338,478; Lenley p. 462; ME 1: 202, 3: 611 \[index\]; Merrill p. 570, 703; Pennell p. 611; PR 5072-5074 (ed. 1: 5560); Quenstedt p. 251; Rehder 5: 490; Tucker 1: 412; Urban-Berl. p. 367. - Anon., Pop. Sci. Mo. 22: 835-840. 1883; Bull. Essex Inst. 8: 42-43. 1877; Bot. Gaz. 27: 415. 1899 (bust at Milwaukee); Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 6: 59-60. 1875. - Bate, A. W., Biogr. sketches of Increase Allen Lapham... Milwaukee 1891 (portr.). - Clarke, J. M., James Hall of Albany 286, 289, 290, 293, 361. 1923. - Ewan, J., Rocky Mountain naturalists 247. 1950. - Hoy, Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci. 3: 264-267. 1876. - J. D. D., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 11(64): 333-334. 1876 (review of a biographical sketch of L. by S. S. Sherman, 80 p. 1876). - Mann, Charles, Increase Allen Lapham, a memorial Milwaukee, s. d., 21 p. - Noland, Trans. Wise." Acad. Sci. Arts Letters 54(A): 95-106. 1965. - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 488 \[index\]. 1963. - Rodgers, A. D., John Torrey 125. 1942; Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 11, 49. 1944. - Sherman, S. S., Increase Allen Lapham LL. D. A biographical sketch read before the Old Settlers' Club, Milwaukee, 1876, 80 p. (portr., bibl.). - Winchell, Amer. Geologist 13(1): 1-38. 1894 (portr.). #### Handwriting Amer. Geologist 13(1): frontisp. 1894. #### Eponymy *Laphamia* A. Gray (1852. ### Publications ##### n.4211. A catalogue of plants, found in the vicinity of Milwaukee **Title** *A catalogue of plants, found in the vicinity of Milwaukee*, Wisconsin territory. By I. A. Lapham. Milwaukee: W. T. (printed at the Advertiser office.) 1838. 16-mo. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Milwaukee*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1838, p. \[1\]-15. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Supplement*: Nov 1840, p. \[17\]-23 *Copies*: MO, NY. List only, based on Eaton's *Manual*, ed. 7, 1836. Preceded by "*A catalogue of plants* and shells found in the vicinity of Milwaukee on the West side of Lake Michigan," Milwaukee 1836, 12 p. (n.v.). – Further notes on the botany of Wisconsin in Lapham, I. A., *Topographical and geological description of Wisconsin*, Milwaukee 1843, 96 p.; and his *A geographical and topographical description of Wisconsin*,... Milwaukee (P. C. Hale) 1844, 255 p., ed. 2. 1846, 208 p. ##### n.4212. Plants of Wisconsin **Title** *Plants of Wisconsin* \[Philadelphia 1850\] Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Wisconsin*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1850 (read 14 Aug 1849; 1850 date of publ. of journal issue), p. \[1\]-43 *Copies*: MO, NY. – Reprinted from Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. \[for 1849\] 2: 19-59. 1850. ##### n.4213. The grasses of Winconsin **Title** *The grasses of Winconsin*, and the adjacent states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, the territory of Minnesota, and the regions about Lake Superior. \[Madison, Wisconsin 1853-1854\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grasses Wisconsin*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1853 or 1854, Trans. Wise. State Agric. Soc. 3: \[397\]-488, *pl. 1-12.* 1853 \[or 1854\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. – We have seen no copies with independent pagination. *Ref*.: BM 3: 1059 ("1854"); ME 3: 139 ("1853"); PR 5074. - Kellerman, W. A., in Geology of Ohio plants 61. 1895.