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### Author
Howe, Marshall Avery (1867-1936), American botanist; specialist on hepatics, marine algae and dahlias; instructor in cryptogamic botany at Berkeley 1891-1896; curator of the herbarium of Columbia college 1899-1901; Ph. D. Columbia 1898; subsequently curator (1902-1922), assistant director (1923-1935) and director (July 1935) of the New York Botanical Garden.
**Abbreviated name**: *M. Howe* \[standard form in IPNI: *M.Howe*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NY|NY]] (32.000); duplicates see IH.
*Exsiccatae*: (1) *North American Algae*, collected at San Juan, Porto Rico and the Great Rogged Islands, Bahamas: [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection UC|UC]].
- (2) *Herb. University of California. Hepaticae californiae* (ca. 1891-1896).
*Ref*.: Anon., Torreya 15: 270. 1915.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 215-216. 1971, 19(3): 345. 1975.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 280; Barnhart 2: 211; BM 2: 882, 6: 489; Bossert p. 184; CSP 15: 965; GR p. 223; Hirsch p. 129; IH 2: 289; Kew 3: 47-48; Langman p. 378; Lenley p. 232-233; LS 34795; MW p. 196; NAF ser. 2. 2: 161; NI 944; NW p. 49; Quenstedt p. 483; SBC p. 123 ("M. A. Howe"); Stevenson p. 1245; TL-2/781, 2192; Urban-Berl. p. 265, 359.
- Anon., Rev. bryol. 22: 63. 1895, 23: 80. 1896, 24: 61. 1897, 25: 15, 55, 70. 1898, 26: 85. 1899, 28: 81. 1901, 29: 15. 1902; Bryologist 40(2): 48. 1937; Fern. J. 27(1): 33. 1937; Torreya 37: 22. 1937; J. Bot. 75: 81. 1937; Hedwigia 77: (109). 1938.
- Grout, A. J., Bryologist 40(2): 33-36. 1937 (portr.).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 75, 76, 93, 94. 1969.
- Harper et al., Torreya 37: 66-67. 1937.
- House, H. D., Bibl. bot. N. Y. State 1751-1940: 37, 38. 1942.
- Howe, M. A., J. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 123-130. 1908 (coll. Algae at NY); "How D. Howe does it", Bull. Amer. Dahlia Soc. 7(39): 43-45. 1927 (on his *Dahlia* work).
- Koster, J., Taxonon 18: 554. 1969.
- Merrill, E. D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 163. 1947.
- Millspaugh, C. F., Praenunciae bahamenses 1, Field Mus. Bot. 2(3): 141. 1906. (Coll. Bahamas; see also J. New York Bot. Gard. 5: 129-136, 6: 77-85), 2. ib. 2(7): 290-291. 1909.
- Murrill, W. A., Hist, found, bot. Florida 26. 1945.
- Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. P. 479 \[index\]. 1963.
- Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 50. 1955.
- Schuster, R. M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer, 1: 59. 1966 (bibl.).
- Setchell, W. A., Natl. Acad. Sci. Biogr. Mem. 19(7): 243-269. 1938 (portr., bibl. by J. H. Barnhart; the main biography).
- Stout, J. New York Bot. Gard. 28: 25-31. 1937 (portr.).
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 5: 7. 1902.
- Verdoorn, F., Ann. bryol. 10: 152. 1937 (portr.).
- Vaughan, J. Paleontology 11 (4): 368-370. 1937 (with bibl. of papers on Calcareous algae by R. Weikert).
- Wood, R. D., Monogr. Charac. 1: 817. 1965 (bibl).
#### Composite works
- (1) Editor of *Torreya* vols. 1-8, 1901-1908, then of the *Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club* 1908-1936 (editor, later member editorial board).
- (2) *Ricciaceae*, in NAF 14(1): 9-27. 19 Jan 1923; *Sphaerocarpales*, ib. 14(1): 2-8. 19 Jan 1923 (with C. C. Haynes) (TL-2/781)."
### Publications
##### n.3086. The Anthocerotaceae of North America
**Title**
*The Anthocerotaceae of North America*... \[New York\] 1898. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Anthocerot. N. Amer.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 25 Jan 1898 (Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1898), \[1\]-24, *pl. 321-326. copy*: NY. – Reprinted from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 25(1): 1-24, *pl. 321-326.* Jan 1898, with special cover. Contributions from the Department of Botany of Columbia University, no. 129.
##### n.3087. The hepaticae and anthocerotes of California
**Title**
*The hepaticae and anthocerotes of California* by Marshall Avery Howe submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the faculty of pure science of Columbia University issued August 5, 1899 \[New York\].
**Abbreviated title**: *Hepat. Calif.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 5 Aug 1899 (Nat. Nov. Sep(1) 1899), p. \[i-iii\], \[i\]-208, *pl. 88-122*, uncol., by author.
*Copies*: G, MO, NY; IDC 7562. – Mem. Torrey Bot. Cl. 7, 1899.
*Trade ed*.: 5 Aug 1899, p. \[1\]-208, *pl. 88-122 (id.). copy*: USDA. – Idem.
*Ref*.: A. G., J. Bot. 38: 58-59. Feb 1900.
##### n.3088. The marine algae of Peru
**Title**
*The marine algae of Peru*... \[New York\] issued September 19, 1914.
**Abbreviated title**: *Mar. alg. Peru*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 19 Sep 1914; cover, p. \[i\], \[1\]-185, *pl. 1-66. copy*: US. – Memoirs Torrey bot. Club 15.