> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 355](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066695) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11742-1) LSID 11742-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2505994) QID Q2505994 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wilson, Percy (1879-1944), American botanist; at the New York Botanical Garden from 1899-1944; as assistant 1899, briefly stationed on Cuba in 1904; administrative assistant 1907, docent 1910, assistant curator and docent 1911, assistant curator 1912-1913, associate curator 1914-1939, research associate 1940-1944; assistant to N.L. Britton, collected widely in the West Indies. **Abbreviated name**: *P. Wils.* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.Wilson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection DUKE|DUKE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection HAB (sensu TL-2)|HAB]], [[Collection HAC|HAC]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]]. – *Manuscripts*, field notes and correspondence at [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 505 (b. 21 Mai 1879, d. 6 Feb\[fix\] 1944); BL 1: 230, 231, 324; BM 5: 2333-2334; Clokie p. 266; Hortus 3: 1207; IH 1 (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 344, 2: 187; Langman p. 807; Lenley p. 438; PH 450; RS p. 149; SIA see index; TL-2/781, 788, see J.A. Shafer; Tucker 3: 338; Urban-Berl. p. 410. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Men Sci. eds. 3-7. 1921-1944; Bot. Centralbl. 96: 208. 1904 (appointed botanist central agric.-station Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba \[Wilson actually remained in this function less than a year in 1904; for collections see Kallunki 1980\]); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 555-556. 1969; J. New York Bot. Gard. 45: 31. 1944 (d.). - Chardon, CE., Naturalistas Amer. latina 1: 262. 1949 (stayed for a short while in Cuba 1904 at the agron. inst.). - Conde, J.A., Hist. bot. Cuba 100, 102, 106, 123. 1958 (activities in Cuba). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 256. 1984. - Gleason, H.A., J. New York Bot. Gard. 45: 49-53. 1944 (obit.). - Kallunki, J.A., Brittonia 32(3): 397-420. 1980 (Cuban plant coll.). - Leon, J.S.S., Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. nat. 3: 200, 202, 203, 211, 212, 218, 223. 1918 (work on Cuba). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names Taxon 1-30. 799. 1984. - Millspaugh, C.F., Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(7): 291. 1909 (collections Bahamas). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 5: 15-16. 1904. #### Composite works *North American flora* (TL-2/781): (1) *Altingiaceae* (TL-2/781): 22(2): 189. 18 Dec 1905, 22(6): 558. 30 Dec 1918. - (2) Id. *Basellaceae* 21(4): 337-339. 29 Dec 1932. - (3) Id. *Batidaceae* 21(4): 255. 29 Dec 1932. - (4) Id. *Meliaceae* 25(4): 263-296. 10 Mar 1924. - (5) Id. *Petiveriaceae* 21(4): 257-266. 29 Dec 1932. - (6) Id. *Portulaceae* 21(4): 280-290, 328-330. 29 Dec 1932. - (7) Id. *Rutaceae* 25(3): 173-224. 6 Mai 1911. - (8) Id. *Surianaceae* 25(3): 225. 6 Mai 1911. - (9) Id. *Tetragoniaceae* 21(4): 267-277. 29 Dec 1932. - (10) Id. *Typhaceae* 17(1): 3-4. 30 Jun 1909. - (11) Co-author with N.L. Britton and W.R. Maxon, *Bot. Porto Rico* 1923-1930, see TL-2/788. ### Publications ##### n.17.904. The vegetation of Vieques Island **Title** *The vegetation of Vieques Island*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden... 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Jun 1917, cover-t.p., p. \[379\]-410. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 379-410. 1917.