> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 258](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189729) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24855-1) LSID 24855-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21522996) QID Q21522996 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pierce, Newton Barris (1856-1916), American phytopathologist for the U.S. government for the Pacific coast region 1889-1906; later private collector and breeder of rare plants at Santa Ana, Calif. **Abbreviated name**: *N. Pierce* \[standard form in IPNI: *N.Pierce*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BPI|BPI]]. #### Bibliography and biography BM 4: 1575; CSP 11: 20, 17: 885; Hortus 3: 1201 (N.B. Pierce); IH 2: (in press); Kelly p. 176-177; LS 20744-20753a, 37946-37948; PH 150; Rehder 5: 672; Stevenson p. 1254. #### Biofile - Anon., Science ser. 2. 44: 814. 1916 (d. 13 Oct 1916). - Galloway, B.T., Phytopathology 7: 143-144. 1917 (obit.). - Pierce, N.B., The California Vine disease, Washington 1892, 222 p., 27 pl. - Rodgers, A.D., Liberty Hyde Bailey 138, 145, 151, 282, 338-339. 1949. #### Eponymy *Piercea* P. Miller (1759) honors Hugh Percy "Piercy" (1715-1786), 1st Duke of Northumberland.