> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 867](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355954) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7223-1) LSID 7223-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21522491) QID Q21522491 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Oyster, John Houck (1849-after 1904), American botanist at Paola, Kansas. **Abbreviated name**: *Oyster* \[standard form in IPNI: *Oyster*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection LIVU|LIVU]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 39; BM 3: 1494; CSP 17: 661; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 207; NW p. 54; Pennell p. 615; Rehder 5: 643; TL-2/2132; Tucker 1: 534. - Knobloch, I. W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 52. 1979 (b. 12 Apr 1849). - Oyster, J. H., letter to J. H. Barnhart 5 Sep 1904 (b. 12 Apr 1849). - Rickett, H. W, Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 76. 1955. ### Publications ##### n.7174. Catalogue of the phaenogamous and vascular cryptogamous plants of North America **Title** *Catalogue of the phaenogamous and vascular cryptogamous plants of North America*, (exclusive of Mexico), by Dr. J. H. Oyster,... Paola, Kansas (Miami Republican Power Print) 1885. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. N. Amer.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Nov-Dec 1885 (see TBC 12: 117. Nov 1885, and pref. ed. 2), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-112. *Copies*: McVaugh, US(2), USDA. – List of names without descriptions. Major part of original stock destroyed by fire. *Ed. 2*: 1888 (p. \[iii\]: 1 Jan 1887 \[for 1888 sic\]), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-125. *Copies*: MICH(3), MO, US, USDA. – "Second edition. Catalogue of North American Plants, by Dr. J. H. Oyster, Paola, Kansas, U.S.A. Price $ I.25. 1888."