> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 850](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355937) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24389-1) LSID 24389-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21522439) QID Q21522439 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Orton, Clayton Roberts (1885-1955), American botanist; MS Purdue Univ. 1915; at Vermont Exp. Sta. 1909-1910; Wisconsin Exp. Sta. 1910, Indiana Exp. Sta. 1911-1912, Pennsylvania State College 1913-1927; West Virginia University 1929-1955. **Abbreviated name**: *Orton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Orton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PUR|PUR]]; further material at [[Collection PAC|PAC]] and [[Collection WVA|WVA]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 33; BM 7: 959; Hawksworth p. 185; Hirsch p. 220; IH 1(ed. 6): 362, 2: (in press); Kelly p. 164; Kew 4: 196; Lenley p. 318; LS suppl. 20537-20559; NAF 7: 1080; Pennell p. 615; Stevenson p. 1253; TL-2/781. - Boone, W., Hist. bot. W. Virginia 115, 156, 162, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169. 1965. - Garwood, E. J., Geol. Mag. dec. 6. 1: 265. 1914 (epon.). - Leach, J. G. and F. D. Kern, Phytopathology 46: 243. 1956 (obit., portr., b. 1 Apr 1885, d. 17 Jun 1955). - Murrill, W. A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 36. 1945. #### Composite works Collaborator with J. C. Arthur, *The plant rusts* 1929. #### Eponymy *Ortonella* E. J. Garwood (1914) is named for the English village of Orton.