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### Author
Papenfuss, George Frederick \[Frederik\] (1903-1981), South African-born American algologist; came to U.S. 1926, naturalized 1945; Dr. phil. Johns Hopkins 1933; assistant and lecturer Johns Hopkins 1929-1934; at Univ. of Cape Town 1935-1939; at University of Lund 1939-1940; at Univ. of Hawaii 1940-1942, with Univ. of California, Berkeley, from 1942-1971, from 1953-1971 as full professor.
**Abbreviated name**: *Papenfuss* \[standard form in IPNI: *Papenf.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection UC|UC]]; other material at [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection J|J]] and [[Collection LD|LD]]. – Manuscript material and letters at [[Collection UC|UC]] and Smithsonian Archives.
#### Bibliography and biography
IH 1 (ed. 1): 9, (ed. 2): 22, (ed. 3): 25, (ed.'4): 26, (ed. 5): 18, (ed. 6): 25, 362, (ed. 7): 26, 339, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 225; Lenley p. 321; MW suppl. p. 275; Roon p. 85.
#### Biofile
- Anon., The Berkeley Gazette 11 Dec 1981 (d.); Dept. Bot. UC, death notice (d. 8 Dec 1981), Forum bot. 9(10): 85-86. 1971, 12(3): 5-6. 1974; Who's who in America ed. 38. 2: 2375. 1975.
- Chiang, Y.M., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 58: 82. 1970 (bibl. Cryptonemiac).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short Hist. Bot., U.S. 76, 81. 1969.
- Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 270. 1981 (portr., epon., coll.).
- Koster, J., Taxon 18: 556. 1969.
- Levyns, M.R.B., Insnar'd with flowers 133. 1977.
- Merrill, E.D., Contr. natl. Herb. U.S. 30(1): 233-234. 1947 (Pacific bibl.).
- Papenfuss, G.F, Curriculum vitae, mimeographed, Berkeley 1939 (incl. bibliography); Israel J. Bot. 17: 108. 1968. – \[G.F. Papenfuss died 8 December 1981 at Berkeley, Calif, note by F.A.S.\].
- Prescott, G.W., Contr. bibl. antarct. subantarct. alg. 292-293. 1979.
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 76. 1955.
- Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 2: 327. 1936, 4: 179. 1938, 5: 267, 292, 295. 1939, 6: 21, 300. 1941, 7: 355. 1943.
#### Eponymy
*Papenfussia* H. Kylin (1938); *Papenfussiella* H. Kylin (1940); *Papenfussiomonas* T.V. Desikachary (1972).
#### Note
Useful modern bibliographies, including lists of a number of P's own publications, published by Papenfuss are: *A history, catalogue, and bibliography of Red Sea Benthic algae* (Israel J. Bot. 17(1-2): 1-118. 1968) and *Catalogue and bibliography of antarctic and subantarctic benthic marine algae* (Antarctic Research Series 1: 1-76. Mai 1964).