> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 141](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189612) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7451-1) LSID 7451-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5645546) QID Q5645546 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Peck, Morton Eaton (1871-1959), American botanist; B.A. Cornell College, Iowa, 1895; at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon 1908-1941, ultimately as chairman of the Department of Biology; botanical explorer of British Honduras and, for over fifty years, of Oregon; D. Sc. Cornell 1940, LL.D. Willamette 1955. **Abbreviated name**: *M. Peck* \[standard form in IPNI: *M.Peck*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WILLU|WILLU]] (35.000) (on permanent loan at [[Collection OSC|OSC]]), other material e.g. at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BH|BH]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OSC|OSC]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. – Field note books in Smithsonian Archives. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 62; BL 1: 180, 210, 312; Bossert p. 304; Hortus 3: 1201 ("Peck"); IH 1 (ed. 1): 84, (ed. 2): 106, (ed. 3): 136, (ed. 4): 151, (ed. 5): 162, (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 260; NAF 28B: 350, ser. 2. 5: 251; NW p. 55; Pennell p. 616; PH 209. #### Biofile - Anon., Capitol, J., Salem, Ore, 4 Dec 1959; J. New York Bot. Gard. 21: 180. 1920 (Peck herb. material rd.; The Oregonian 25 Mar 1941 (retirement), 9 Jan 1955 (portr.); The Oregon Statesman 25 March 1941 (retirement; portr.); 11 Jun 1941 (LL.D. h.c), 4/5 and 6 Dec 1959 (d. 4 Dec 1959); Willamette Alumnus 1(4): 4. 1944 (portr.), 9(2): 2. 1953, 9(3). 1953. 6(2) \[sic!\]: 8. 1958. 11(1): 4-5. 1963; Willamette Collegian 71(11): 6. 1959 (portr.). - Chambers, K.L., Taxon 26: 160-161. 1977 (on Peck and the Peck herbarium). - Constance, L., Madroño 11(1): 22-24. 1951 (80th birthday, portr., tribute), Taxon 8(6): 165-167. 1960 (portr.). - Gilkey, H.M., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 87(4): 280-282. 1960 (obit., portr., bibl., b. 12 Mar 1871). - Peck, M.E., Amer. J. Bot. 12: 33-49, 69-81 ("Preliminary sketch of the plant regions of Oregon"). - Reveal, J., in A. Cronquist et al., Intemountain Fl. 1: 67. 1972 (portr.). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 84. 1981 (arch. mat. HU). - Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 22, 23. 1969 (portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 310. 1937. #### Eponymy *Peck herbarium*, at WILLU, see e.g. Chambers (1977). #### Note A rich collection of newspaper cuttings and other, usually ephemeral, printed documents on Peck is at NY. ### Publications ##### n.7604. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon **Title** *A manual of the higher plants of Oregon*... Portland, Oregon (Binfords & Mort,...) \[1941\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. pl. Oregon*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 9 Mai 1941 (fide Oregon Stateman, Salem, Ore., 9 Mai 1941; see also Sunday Oregonian 1 Jun 1941, cuttings at NY; J. NYBG Sep 1941), p. \[1\]-866, \[1, 2. err.\]. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY. – *New combinations*: Madroño 6: 13-15. 17 Jan 1941, 133-137. 15 Oct 1941; *preliminary publ*.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 47: 185-188. 2 Oct 1934, Torreya 32: 147-153. Nov-Dec 1932. See also Leafl. West. Bot. 7: 177-192. 10 Dec 1954. *Ed*. 1961, frontisp., p. \[1\]-936. *Copies*: B, NY. Oregon (id.) \[1961\].