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### Author
Peirson, Frank Warrington (1865-1951), American botanist and plant collector, from 1902 realtor at Altadena, Calif.; AB Haverford 1889, AM ib. 1890; plant collector in the Pacific States.
**Abbreviated name**: *Peirson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Peirson*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection RSA|RSA]] (12-14.000); other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BH|BH]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection JEPS|JEPS]], [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]], [[Collection NO|NO]], [[Collection UT|UT]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 63; BL 1: 169, 312; Ewan ed. 2: 172; IH (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339, 2: (in press); Lenley p. 324.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Taxon 1: 63. 1952 (herb. at RSA).
- Cantelow, E.D. & H.C., Leafl. W. Bot. 8: 97. 1957 (biogr. notice, b. 11 Dec 1865, d. 1 Mai 1951).
- Ewan, J. et al., Leafl. W. Bot. 7(3): 94. 1953.
- Munz, P.A., El-Aliso 2(4): 339-340. 1952 (obit., portr., account of collecting, bibl.).
- Reveal, J., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain flora 1: 71. 1972.
- Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 40. 1969.
### Publications
##### n.7615. Plants of Rock Creek Lake Basin
**Title**
*Plants of Rock Creek Lake Basin* Inyo County, California/ a check list... Los Angeles, California (printed by Belmont Adult Evening School Print Shop) 1938.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Rock Creek Lake Basin*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1938, p. \[i-iv\], 1-16. *Copy*: USDA. – A four-page list of addenda was published in 1942.