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### Author
Muenscher, Walter Leopold Conrad (1891-1963), German-born American botanist; naturalized 1899; Ph. D. Cornell University 1921; teaching botany at Cornell 1916-1954.
**Abbreviated name**: *Muenscher* \[standard form in IPNI: *Muenscher*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CU|CU]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]]; further material at [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]].
*Exsiccatae*: with F. B. Wann, *North American myxomycetes*, fasc. 1, nos. 1-50. 1929.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 526; BJI 2: 120; BL 1: 159, 219, 220, 310; Bossert p. 276; Hirsch p. 207; IH 1(ed. 6): 362, 2: 566; Lenley p. 301; NAF 28B(2): 347; Pennell p. 614.
- Anon., Mycologia 23(3): 246. 1971; Plant Sci. Bull. 9: 8. 1963 (obit.).
- Clovis, J. F., Castanca 23(1): 22-24. 1958 (portr., tribute).
- Coleman, B. Br., Britonià 17: 193-201. 1965 (biogr., b. 31 Mai 1891, bibl. portr.).
- Ewan, J., Rocky Mountain Natural. 269-270. 1950.
- Gacrtner, E. E., Econ. Bot. 18: 2. 1964 (obit., d. 20 Mar 1963; "one of the best diversified economic botanists..., ass. prof. 1923, full prof. 1937, emer. 1954).
- Muenscher, W. C., The flora of Whatcom County, State of Washington, Ithaea, N. Y. 1941, 139 p., published by author.
- Murrill, W. A., Hist. Found. Bot. Florida 19. 1945.
- Prescott et al., North Amer. fl. ser. 2. 6: 70. 1972.
- Thomas, J. H., Huntia 3: 22. 1979 (preprint 1969).
- Wood, R. D., Monogr. Charac. 1: 828-829. 1965 (Publ. on Charae.).
### Publications
##### n.6530. Keys to woody plants...
**Title**
*Keys to woody plants...*Ithaea, N. Y. 1922.
**Abbreviated title**: *Keys woody pl..*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Jul 1922 (p. 3: Jul 1922), p. \[1\]-64, err. slip. *Copies*: MO, US, USDA(2).
*Ed. 2*: Jul 1926 (p. 4: 1 Jul 1926), p. \[1\]-96. *Copy*:USDA. – "Second edition revised and enlarged" Ithaca, N.Y. (published by the author) 1926.
*Ed. 3*: Jul 1930 (p. 4: Jul 1930), frontisp., p. \[1\]-96. *Copy*:USDA. – "Third edition revised" Ithaca, N.Y. (id.) 1930.
*Ed. 4*: Mar 1936 (p. 4: Mar 1936), frontisp., p. \[1\]-105, *Copy*: NY.
*Ed. 5*: Jun 1946 (p. ii, gives dates of eds. 1-5), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-108. *Copy*: US. – "Fifth edition, revised." Ithaea, N. Y. (Comstock Publishing Co. inc.) 1946.
*Ed*.: *6*: Mai 1950 (p. \[ii\]), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-108. *Copies*: BR, US (second printing Dec 1955, third Oct 1957, fourth Jun 1959, fifth Nov 1960, sixth Dec 1962).
##### n.6531. Keys to spring plants
**Title**
*Keys to spring plants*...Ithaca, N.Y. 1928.
**Abbreviated title**: *Keys spring pl..*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Loren Clifford Petry (1887-?).
*Ed. 1*: 1928, p. \[1\]-30. *Copy*: USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1932, p. \[1\]-34. *Copy*: USDA. – "Second edition, revised published by W. C. Muenscher Ithaca, N.Y. 1932".
*Ed. 3*: 1937, p. \[1\]-34. *Copy*: USDA. – "Third edition, revised published by W. C. Muenscher Ithaea, N. Y. 1937."
##### n.6532. Weeds
**Title**
*Weeds*...New York (The Macmillan Company) 1935. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Weeds*.
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: Apr 1935 (p. \[iii\]), p. \[i\])-xxii, \[1\]-577. *Copies*:G, MO, NY.
*Ed. 2*: 1955, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-560. *Copies*: BR, FI, G.
*Ref*.: Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 73: 302-303. Oct 1934 (sic).
##### n.6533. Poisonous plants
**Title**
*Poisonous plants* of the United States... New York (The Maemillan Company) 1939.
**Abbreviated title**: *Poison. pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Feb 1939, p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-266. *Copies*: MO, US.
*Ref*.: Hastings, G. T., Torreya 39: 116-117. 16 Aug 1939.
##### n.6534. The flora of Whatcom County
**Title**
*The flora of Whatcom County*. State of Washington vascular plants... Ithaca, New York (published by the author) 1941.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Whatcom.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1941 (pref. 1 Dec 1940; rev. Madroño 15 Apr 1941), p. \[1\]-134 \[135-139, index\]. *Copy*: PH.
*Ref*.: Constance, L., Madroño 6(2): 59-60. 1941.