> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 425](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355512) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6376-1) LSID 6376-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729926) QID Q729926 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Merrill, Elmer Drew (1876-1956), American botanist; in the Philippines 1902-1924; at Berkeley 1924-1930; director of the New York Botanical Garden 1930-1935 succeeding N. L. Britton; at Harvard 1935-1948 (retirement as Arnold Professor); active until 1954; outstanding plant systematist ("get-the-job-done"). **Abbreviated name**: *Merr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Merr.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PNH|PNH]], [[Collection UC|UC]]. For further details see IH and [[Collection SK|SK]]. Merrill's library, medals, diplomas, and many of his manuscripts are at [[Collection NY|NY]]. *Correspondence* at [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]] and [[Collection NY|NY]]; 52 letters to Brotherus at [[Collection H|H]]-UB; other correspondence in many herbaria (e.g. [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection PH|PH]]) and in IAPT nomenclature files. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 194, 367; Barnhart 2: 479; BJI 1: 115; BL 1: 103, 104, 117, 118, 122, 123, 124, 129, 131, 308; BM 3: 1291-1292, 7: 828; Bossert p. 264; CSP 17: 177; DSB 15: 421-422 (J. Ewan); Hirsch p. 196; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Merrill"); Hawksworth p. 184; IF p. 718, suppl. 3: 215, 4: 331; IH 1 (ed. 6): 361, 2: 529; Kelly p. 148; Kew 3: 658-661; Langman p. 501; Lenley p. 286-289; LS suppl. 18267-18268; MW p. 316-318, suppl. p. 225-226; NW p. 53; Pennell p. 614; PH p. 500 \[index\]; Plesch p. 334; RS p. 118; SBC p. 127; SK 1: cxxiv, lxv, 355-356, 4: cxii, 5: cccii, 6(6): 6-16; SO 3527; TL-2/329, 2500, 3500-3501, 4166-4167; Tucker 1: 480-481; Urban-Berl. p. 279, 374; Zander ed. 10, p. 691, ed. 11, p. 788. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 80: 240. 1899 (assistant Division of Agrostology \[with Lamson-Scribner\] Washington); Notices in N. Y. Times and N. Y. Herald Tribune of 26 Feb 1956; Taxon 1: 36. 1952 (portr.); The Times 1 Mar 1956. - Bremekamp, C. E. B., Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. 1955-56: 1-7. - Burkill, I. H., Nature 177: 687-688. 1956 (obit.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 168: 51-56. 1957. - Chevalier, A., C. R. Séances Acad. Sci., Paris 242(17): 2073-2075. 1956 (obit.). - Cormack, M., Taxon 1: 123. 1952 (poem to Merrill). - Dawson, Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6(2): 116-118. 1956. - Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. nat. 266-267. 1950; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 46(8): 267-268. 1956 (obit., "... for his time probably the most widely known botanist in the world"). - Ewan, J. et al., 18, 19, 22, 100, 123. 1969. - Gager, C. S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 353, 370. 1938 (Merrill was director of the California Botanic Garden 1927-1929; owing to the depression this garden was abandoned in 1930. The herbarium of the garden went to UCLA; Merrill was Director of the Arnold Arboretum from 1937;"supervisor" in 1936). - Howard, R. A., J. Arn. Arb. 37: 197-216. 1956 (portr., bibl.). - Howe, M. A., J. New York Bot. Gard. 31: 6-10. 1930 ("the new director in-chief NYBG, portr.). - Humphrey, H. B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 169-174. 1961. - Johnston, I. M., A correspondence between a professor at Harvard and the University. Jamaica Plains, Mass. 1957, privately printed (fide Ewan, DSB). - Kalkman, C, & Smit, P., eds., Blumea 25: 11, 21, 97, 104. 1979 (coll. L). - Lam, H. J., Natuurw. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie 102: 143-154. 1946 ("a dutch tribute to Merrill's work"). - Lanjouw, J., Taxon 5: 21. 1956. - Lawrence, G. H. M., Baileya 4(1): 46-47. 1956 (obit.). - McClure, F. A., Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 127-128, 159, 267-268, 278. 1929. - Merrill, E. D., Brittonia 1(1): 1-5. 1931 (one-name periodicals); Enum. Philipp. Pl. 4: 205-208. 1926 (bibl. Philipp.); Torreya 26: 50-54. 1926 (invention of the "Merrill case"); Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 134. 1937 (bibl. Polynes.); Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 209-211. 1947; Asa Gray Bull. ser. 2. 2: 335-370. 1953 (autobiogr.); Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 375. 1954. - Parodi, L., Rev. argent. Agron. 23(2): 99-100. 1956. - Quisumbing. Philipp. J. Sci. 85(2): 181-188. 1956 (portr.). - Rechinger, K. H., Ann. naturhist. Mus. Wien 62: 1-2. 1958 (obit.). - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 70. 1955; Garden J. New York Bot. Gard. 6(3): 84, 90. 1956 (portr.). - Robbins, W. J., Yearb. Amer. philos. Soc. 1956: 117-119 (obit.); Biogr. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 32: 273-333. 1958 (portr., bibl.; main biography!, b. 15 Oct 1876, d. 25 Feb 1956). - Rollins, R. C., Science 123: 831-832. 1956 (obit.). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 369. 1975. - Schultes, R. E., Taxon 6(4): 89-101. 1957 (portr., caricature). - Schwarten, L., Chron. bot. 10: 144-157. 1946 (main bibliography). - Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, et al., Fl. males. Bull. 1: 30. 1947 (hon. memb. Buitenzorg/Bogor Bot. Gard.), 4: 84. 1948 (Dutch decoration), 7: 191. 1950 (at L), 9: 285. 1952 (Dr. h.c. Yale), 11: 404. 1955 (foreign member KNAW), 13: 548. 1957 (biogr. refs.), 14: 618. 1959 (id.), 16: 795. 1961 (id.), 27: 2144. 1974 (id.); Fl. males. 1, 6: (6)-(16). 1972 (dedication). - Sutton, S. B., Arnoldia 32(1): 2-20. 1972 (portr.). - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 10: 138-143. 1946 (auctions vita; portr.); editor, Merrilleana, a selection from the general writings of Elmer Drew Merrill. Waltham, Mass., Chron. Bot., 1946, 393 p. (portr.). - Walker, E. H., Pacific Sci. 11: 135-136. 1957. - Wulff, E. V., Intr. hist. pl. geogr. 135, 180. 1943. #### Composite works - (1) See Frank Lamson-Scribner, *Chaetochloa* and *Stud. Amer. grasses* (TL-2/4166-4167); for further publications with this author see Schwarten (1946). - (2) Co-editor *The Philippine Journal of Science* 1906-1923. - (3) With L. Diels and T. F. Chipp, *International address book of botanists*, 1931, xv, 605 p. - (4) Founder of *Brittonia* (vol. 1(1) Feb 1931), in honor of Nathaniel Lord Britton. #### Eponymy *Elmerrillia* Dandy (1927); *Merrillanthus* Chun & Tsiang (1941); *Merrillia* Swingle (1919); *Merrilliobryum* Brotherus (1908); *Merrilliodendron* Kanehira (1934); *Merrilliopanax* Li (1942); *Merrilliopeltis* Hennings (1908); *Merrillosphaera* Shaw (1922); *Sinomerrillia* Hu (1937). #### Festschrift Verdoorn, F. et al., Merrilliana, *Chron. bot.* 10: 127-394. 1946 (23 essays) – Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, *Fl. males* ser. I. 6 (1972) was dedicated to the memory of E. D. M. (with frontisp. portr. and 2 p. tribute by the editor). #### Handwriting *Flora malesiana* 1: cli. 1950. ### Publications ##### n.5853. The North American species of Spartina **Title** *The North American species of Spartina*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1902. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. Spartina*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Feb 1902, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: US. – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletin no. 9. ##### n.5854. A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands **Title** *A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands*... Manila (Bureau of Public printing) 1903. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dict. Pl. names Philipp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1903 (p. \[3\]: 28 Sep 1903), p. \[1\]-193. *Copies*: MO, NY(2), US. – Bureau of Government laboratories, 1903, no. 8. ##### n.5855. New or noteworthy Philippine Plants **Title** *New or noteworthy Philippine Plants*... Manila (Bureau of Public Printing) 1904-1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *New Philipp. pl.* **Notes** *1*: 20 Jan 1904, p. \[1\]-18. Bureau of Government Laboratories 1903, no. 6. *2*: 1 Oct 1904, p. \[1\]-47, *pl. 1-3.* Idem 1904, no. 17. *3*: Sep 1905, p. \[1\]-47. Idem 1905, no. 29. *4*: 17 Jan 1906, p. \[1\]-68. Idem 1905, no. 35. *5*: 15 Aug 1906, Philipp. J. Sci. 1, suppl. 3, part 5: 169-246. 1906. *6*: Aug 1908, idem 3(4C): 219-267. 1908. *7*: Aug 1909, idem 4(3C): 247-330. 1909. *8*: Aug.1910, idem 5(3C): 167-257. 1910. *9*: Nov 1912, idem 7(5C): 259-361. 1912. *10*: Aug 1914, idem 9(3/4C): 261-337. 1914. *11*: Jan 1915, idem 10(1C): 1-84. 1915. *12*: Sep 1915, idem 10(5C): 287-349. 1915. *13*: Jan 1918, idem 13(1C): 1-66. 1918. *14*: Sep 1918, idem 13(5C): 263-333. 1918. *15*: Apr 1919, idem 14(4): 365-457. 1919. *16*: Sep 1920, idem 17(3): 239-323. 1920. *17*: Apr 1922, idem 20(4): 367-476. 1922. *Copies*: MO (11-17),US (1-10). ##### n.5856. A review of the identifications of the species described in Blancos Flora de Filipinas **Title** *A review of the identifications of the species described in Blancos Flora de Filipinas*... Manila (Bureau of Public printing) 1905. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rev. Blancos Fl. Filip.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1905, p. \[1\]-132. *Copies*: FI, MO, NY, US. – Bureau of Government Laboratories 1905, no. 27. – See Blanco, Francisco Manuel (1778-1845, Fl. Filip., TL-2/551). *Additional identifications*: Philip. J. Sci. 2(6): 429-436. 1907. ##### n.5857. The flora of the Lamao forest service **Title** *The flora of the Lamao forest service*... \[Manila\] (Bureau of printing) 1906. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Lamao*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Apr 1906, p. 1-141, Philipp. J. Sci. 1, suppl. 1, 1906. ##### n.5858. An enumeration of Philippine Leguminosae **Title** *An enumeration of Philippine Leguminosae* with keys to the genera and species... Manila (Bureau of printing) 1910. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1910, p. \[1\]-136. *Copy*: USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. 5(1/2): 1-136. 1910. ##### n.5859. A flora of Manila **Title** *A flora of Manila*... Manila (Bureau of printing) 1912. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Manila*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1912 (see p. 2), p. \[1\]-490. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, US, USDA. – Department of the Interior, Bureau of Science, Manila, Publication no. 5. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1968, ISBN 3-7682-0548-7, Historiae naturalis classica, tomus lxvi, \[i-iv, new preface material\], facsimile. *Copies*: FAS, L. *Ref*.: Diels L., Bot. Jahrb. 49 (Lit.): 51-52. 1913. ##### n.5860. An interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium amboinense **Title** *An interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium amboinense*... Manila (Bureau of printing) 1917. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Interpr. Herb. amboin.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Nov 1917, p. \[1\]-595, 2 maps. *Copies*: FI, G, L, MO, NY, USDA. – See Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627(?)-1702). *Ref*.: Britten, J. J. Bot. 56: 362-365. 1918 (rev.). ##### n.5861. Species blancoanae **Title** *Species blancoanae* a critical revision of the Philippine species of plants described by Blanco and Llanos... Manila (Bureau of printing) 1918. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. blancoan.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Jun 1918, p. \[1\]-423, map. *Copies*: FI, MO, NY, US, USDA. – See TL-2/553. *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 56: 365-366. Dec 1918. ##### n.5862. A bibliographic enumeration of Bornean plants **Title** *A bibliographic enumeration of Bornean plants*... \[Singapore\] (printed by Fraser & Neave, Ltd.) 1921. **Abbreviated title**: *Bibl. enum. Born. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1921, p. \[i\], \[1\]-637. *Copies*: L, MO, NY(2). J. Straits Branch R. Asiat. Soc., Special number, Sep 1921. *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 60: 59-60. Feb 1922. - Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 57 (Lit.): 56-57. 1922. ##### n.5863. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants **Title** *An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants*... Manila (Bureau of printing) \[1923-\] 1925-1926, 4 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. Philipp. fl. pl.* **Notes** *Orig*.: Publication no. 18, vols. 1-4, Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, Manila; *1*: \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-463; *2*: \[i\], \[1\]-510;*3*: \[i-ii\], \[1\]-628;*4*: \[1\]-515, 5 maps and with an extensive bibliography, published as follows: |vol. |fasc. |pages |date | |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[1\]-128 |3 Jan 1923 | |2 |129-240 |3 Jan 1923 | |3 |241-368 |29 Dec 1924 | |4 |\[i\]-vii, 369-463 |7 Apr 1925 |2 |1 |\[1\]-112 |8 Feb 1923 | |2 |113-208 |10 Feb 1923 | |3 |209-336 |2 Jun 1923| | |4 |337-432 |28 Jun 1923| | |5 |\[i-ii\], 433-530 |26 Jul 1923| |3 |1 |\[1\]-128 |20 Sep 1923| | |2 |129-256 |13 Sep 1923| | |3 |257-384 |5 Oct 1923| | |4 |385-512 |29 Oct 1923| | |5 |\[i-ii\], 513-628 |19 Nov 1923| |4 | |\[1\]-515 |20 Jul 1926| *Copies*: G, L, MO, NY, US, USDA; IDC 794. *Facsimile ed*.: Amsterdam (A. Asher & Co.) 1968, ISBN 90-6123-095-0, 4 vols., as orig. with addition of 1968 t.p.'s *Copy*: FAS.-(see Taxon 17: 307. 1968). ##### n.5864. Bibliography of Polynesian botany **Title** *Bibliography of Polynesian botany*... Honolulu, Hawaii (published by the Museum) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bibl. Polynes. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1924, p. \[1\]-68. *Copy*: USDA. – Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 13. ##### n.5865. A discussion and bibliography of Philippine flowering plants **Title** *A discussion and bibliography of Philippine flowering plants*... Manila (Bureau of printing) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Disc. bibl. Philipp. fl. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1926, p. \[1\]-239, *pl. 1-6. Copy*: US. – Reprinted from *Enum. Philipp. fl. pl.*, vol. 4. ##### n.5866. An enumeration of Hainan plants **Title** *An enumeration of Hainan plants*... \[Hongkong (The Commercial Press, Ltd.) 1927\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. Hainan pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1927, Lingman Sci. J. 5(1/2): \[1\]-186. 1927. *Copy*: USDA. ##### n.5867. Plantae elmerianae borneenses **Title** *Plantae elmerianae borneenses*... Berkeley, California (University of California Press) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. elmer. born.* **Notes** *Collector*: Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer (1870-1942), see e.g. IH 2: 182. *Publ*.: 10 Apr 1929, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-316. *Copies*: FI, US. ##### n.5868. An enumeration of plants collected in Sumatra **Title** *An enumeration of plants collected in Sumatra* by W. N. and C. M. Bangham... Jamaica Plain, Mass., U.S.A. (published by The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University). 1934. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. Sumatra*. **Notes** *Collectors*: Walter Nicholas and Catherine M. Bangham (1903-x). *Publ*.: 25 Aug 1934, \[i\], \[1\]-178, *pl. 1-14. Copy*: NY. – Contr. Arnold Arb. 8. ##### n.5869. A commentary on Loureiro's "Flora cochinchinensis **Title** *A commentary on Loureiro's "Flora cochinchinensis*' Philadelphia (The American Philosophical Society) 1935. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Comm. Fl. cochinch.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1935, p. \[i\], \[1\]-445. *Copy*: FAS. – Trans. Amer. philos. Soc. ser. 2. 24(2), Jun 1935. – See Loureiro, TL-2/5038. ##### n.5870. Polynesian botanical bibliography 1773-1935 **Title** *Polynesian botanical bibliography 1773-1935*... Honolulu, Hawaii (published by the Museum) 1937. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Polynes. bot. bibl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1937, p. \[1\]-194. *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA. – Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bull. 144, 1937. – New, enlarged, edition of *Bibl. Polynes. Bot.*, J. Bishop Mus. 13: 1-68. 1924. ##### n.5871. A bibliography of Eastern Asiatic botany **Title** *A bibliography of Eastern Asiatic botany* by Elmer D. Merrill and Egbert H. Walker sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution/Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University/New York Botanical Garden/Harvard-Yenching Institute. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University) 1938, Qu. (size). **Abbreviated title**: *Bibl. East Asiat. bot.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Egbert Hamilton Walker (1899-x). *Publ*.: 1938 (p. iii: 10 Apr 1938), p. \[i\]-xlii, 1-719. *Copies*: FAS, U. *Supplement 1*, by Egbert H. Walker, Washington D. C. (American Institute of Biological Sciences) 1960 (p. iv: 30 Oct 1960), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xl, 1-552, errata sheet (loose). *Copies*: FAS. U. *Ref*.: Barnhart, J. H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 39: 139. 1938. - Handel-Mazzetti, H., Österr. bot. Z. 88: 69. 1939. - Walker, E. H., Taxon 10: 45-49. 1961 (refs. to dates of publ.). ##### n.5872. Index rafinesquianus **Title** *Index rafinesquianus*/ The plant names published by C. S. Rafinesque with reductions, and a consideration of his methods, objectives, and attainments. Jamaica Plain, Mass. (The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University) 1949. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ind. rafin.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1949 (copy at US presented by Merrill to A. Chase on 24 Aug 1949), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-296. *Copies*: G, L, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. – Basic work on Constantin Samuel Rafinesque-Schmalz (1783-1840), his methods, nomenclature and bibliography. Merrill also reprinted several of Rafinesque's rarest and most important publications in facsimile. *Ref*.: Stuckey, R. L. & M. L. Roberts, Taxon 23: 365-372. 1974 (add. bibl.).