> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 590](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355677) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6667-1) LSID 6667-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3525431) QID Q3525431 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Morong, Thomas (1827-1894), American congregational clergyman and botanist; resigned his pastoral charge in 1888; collected in Paraguay 1888-1890 and in Chile; specialist on *Potamogeton*; curator of the Columbia College herbarium in New York 1890-1894. **Abbreviated name**: *Morong* \[standard form in IPNI: *Morong*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]; dupl. see IH. – A large set of duplicates from Morong's herbarium is at [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 515; BJI 1: 40; BL 1: 253, 309; BM 3: 1352; Bossert p. 274; CSP 12: 520, 17: 359; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Morong"); IH 2: 559; Langman p. 525-526; Lenley p. 299; Morren ed. 10, p. 122; MW p. 332; NAF 28B(2): 347; NW p. 53: Pennell p. 614; PH 164, 567, 602; Rehder 5: 590; Tucker 1: 499; Zander ed. 10, p. 694, ed. 11, p. 792. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 45: 228. 1891 (back from S. Amer., curator herb. Columbia Coll.); 58: 384. 1894 (d.); Bot. Jahrb. 14(Beibl. 30): 8. 1891, 18(Beibl. 46): 15. 1894 (d.); Bot. Not. 1895: 38 (b. 15 Apr 1827, d. 26 Apr 1894); Österr. bot. Z. 41: 152. 1891 (curator herb. Columbia College). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 32: 319. 1894. - Britton, N. L., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 17(2): 319. 1890 (curator Columbia coll. herb.), 21: 230, 239-244, 271. 1894 (bibl.); J. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 35-37. 1901 (descr. Morong herb.; was originally at Columbia Univ.; 18.000 specimens). - Day, M. A., Rhodora 3: 258. 1901 (herb. to NY). - Deane, W., Bot. Gaz. 19: 225-228. 1894 (also repr. with special cover). - Goulding, J. H., Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 11: 109-110. 1974. - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 112. 1970. - House, H. D., New York State Mus. Bull. 328: 15, 119. 1942. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 47 (dupl. K). - McVaugh, R., Edward Palmer, plant explorer 67. 1956. - Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 73. 1946 (1948) (epon.). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 169. 1904 (pl. Parag. BM). - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 72. 1955. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 232, 292, 314. 1944. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 370. 1975. - Voss, E. G., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 13: 74, 82. 1978. #### Eponymy *Morongia* N. L. Britton (1894). ### Publications ##### n.6340. An enumeration of the plants collected by Dr. Thomas Morong in Paraguay **Title** *An enumeration of the plants collected by Dr. Thomas Morong in Paraguay*, 1888-1890 \[Ann. New York Acad. Sci. vol. 7, 1892-1893\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1892-Apr 1893 (Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1893), *in* Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 7: 45-96. Dec 1892, 97-144. Jan 1893, 145-192. Feb 1893, 193-256. Mar 1893, 257-280. Apr 1893. To be cited from journal. Reprint with special cover, as Contr. Herb. Columbia College no. 35 (*copies*: MO, NY, US.). ##### n.6341. The Naiadaceae of North America **Title** *The Naiadaceae of North America*... \[Mem. Torrey bot. Club\] 15 Mar 1893. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Mar 1893 (Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1893), p. \[1\]-65, *pl. 20-74*, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 3(2): 1-65, *pl. 20-74.* 1893. To be cited from journal. *Ref*.: Bennet, J. Bot. 31: 184-186. 31 Jun 1893. ##### n.6342. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta **Title** *List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta* growing without cultivation *in Northeastern North America*. Prepared by a committee of the Botanical Club, American Association for the advancement of science... New York 1893-1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *List Pter. Sperm. N.E. North America*. **Notes** *Authorship*: Thomas Morong and Henry Hurd Rusby (1855-1940) contributed by far the greater part of the text. Other authors were L. H. Bailey, N. L. Britton, J. M. Coulter, F. V. Coville, T. H. Kearney, Lamson Scribner, T. H. Porter, J. K. Small and W. E. Wheelock. *Publ*.: Signatures dated 4 Dec 1893-31 Dec 1894 (p. 8: "it has been issued in signatures to members of the Committee and such other botanists as have expressed a desire for it, each signature being dated with the day of delivery to the editor \[of the Memoirs of the Torrey bot. Club\] and distributed immediately thereafter." Thus the signatures carry the dates of effective publication!), p. \[1\]-377. *Copies*: MO, USDA. – Memoirs Torrey botanical Club vol. 5.