> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 218](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355305) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5913-1) LSID 5913-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21519717) QID Q21519717 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author MacElwee, Alexander (1869-1923), Scottish-born gardener and botanist; in the United States from 1883; curator of botanical collections, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1894-1901; gardener on private estates 1901-1916; landscape gardener of the city of Philadelphia 1917-1923. **Abbreviated name**: *MacElwee* \[standard form in IPNI: *MacElwee*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PH|PH]]; further material at [[Collection DAO|DAO]], [[Collection KSC|KSC]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 423 (b. 28 Jan 1923); CSP 16: 954; Desmond p. 405; Pennell p. 613; Rehder 1: 317; Tucker 1: 448. - Anon., Bartonia 8: 35. 1924 (d. 23 Jan 1923; president of the Philadelphia Botanical Club), 22: 24. 1943. - Harshberger, J. W., Bot. Philadelphia 399-401. 1899. - Trudell, H. W. & F. W. Pennell, Bartonia 9: 1-6. 1926 (obit., portr., d. 23 Jan 1923).