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### Author
Pennell, Francis Whittier (1886-1952), American botanist; travelled and collected widely in the Americas; president of the Philadelphia botanical Club 1942-1952; Ph.D. Univ. Pennsylvania 1913; associate curator at NY 1914-1921; from 1921 Curator of botany at PH; eminent authority on Scrophulariaceae, botanical historian and bibliographer.
**Abbreviated name**: *Pennell* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pennell*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PH|PH]] (main part); Scrophulariaceae 1911-1914 at [[Collection PENN|PENN]]; Philadelphia local 1914-1921 and Colombian coll. made with E.P. Killip and T.E. Hazen (4500) at [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Duplicates in many herbaria e.g. [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BOG|BOG]], [[Collection CHARL|CHARL]], [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection COL|COL]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NO|NO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection SPWH|SPWH]], [[Collection TEX|TEX]], [[Collection US|US]] (large set). – Archival and manuscript material in [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]] and Smithsonian Archives.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 66; BJI 2: 133; BL 1: 211, 212, 312; BM 8: 997; Bossert p. 305; Ewan ed. 1: 282, ed. 2: 173; Hirsch p. 228; Hortus 3: 1201 ("Penn."); IH 1 (ed. 1): 76, (ed. 2): 88, (ed. 3): 111, (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 267; Langman p. 575; Lenley p. 324; MW p. 382, suppl. p. 278; NI suppl. p. 12, 56; NW p. 55; Pennell p. 616; PH p. 511 \[index\]; TL-2/781; Tucker 1: 547; Urban-Berl.p. 381; Zander ed. 10, p. 700; ed. 11, p. 798 (b. 4 Aug 1886, d. 2 Feb 1952).
#### Biofile
- Anon., J. New York Bot. Gard. 25: 96. 1924; New York Times 5 Feb 1952, p.
- 29.
- Benner, W.M., Bartonia 26: 16-17. 1952.
- Camp, W.H., Taxon 1: 83. 1952.
- Deam, C.C., Fl. Indiana 1118. 1910 (coll.).
- Dix, W.L., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 80: 95-96. 1953 (obit.).
- Ewan, J., Southw. Louisiana J. 7: 40-42. 1967.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 17, 150. 1969.
- Graham, E.H., Ann. Carnegie Mus. 26: 21. 1937.
- Henrey, M.G. et al., Bartonia 26: 1-15. 1952 (portr.; addresses delivered at memorial meeting 28 Feb 1952; detailed bibl. by V.T. Phillips and J. Ewan).
- Herrera, F.L., Est. fl. dept. Cuzco. 21-22. 1930.
- Knobloch, I.W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 53. 1979 (b. 4 Aug 1886, d. 3 Feb 1952; coll.).
- McVaugh, R., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 9: 289-290. 1972 (Mexican itin.).
- Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 75. 1946 (1948).
- Murrill, W.A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 19. 1945.
- Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 22: 28-29. 1943.
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 77. 1955.
- Steenis, C.G.G. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 10: 353. 1953 (d.).
- Steere, W.C., Bot. Rev. 43: 293. 1977.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 299, 312, 335, 389. 1935, 2: 316, 353, 364. 1936, 3: 263. 1937, 4: 278, 435, 447. 1938, 5: 110, 173, 234, 278, 295. 1939, 6: 86, 87, 172, 263, 7: 83, 237. 1943.
#### Composite works
- (1) Editor of *Bartonia* 1924-1952.
- (2) NAF, *Fabaceae* – *Eisenhardtia* 24(1): 34-40. 25 Apr 1919.
- (3) *In* H.B. Davis, *Life and work of Cyrus Guernsey Pringle*, 1937: Indices of states, places and railroad routes of Mexico.
#### Eponymy
*Pennellia* Nieuwland (1918); Pennellianthus F.S. Crosswhite (1970).
### Publications
##### n.7635. Flora of the Conowingo barrens
**Title**
*Flora of the Conowingo barrens* of southeastern Pennsylvania \[Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1910\] 1911. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 13 Jan 1911 (on special cover of reprint). p. 541-584. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia for October 1910: 541-584, publ. 13 Jan 1911.
*Further notes*: 11 Feb 1913, p. 520-539. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia for December 1912: 520-530. 11 Feb 1913.
##### n.7636. Scrophulariaceae of the southeastern United States
**Title**
*Scrophulariaceae of the southeastern United States*... New York 1920.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Mar 1920 (t.p. special cover reprint). Reprint, issued as Contr. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 221, from Proc. Acad. nat Sci. Philadelphia 1919: 224-291. 11 Mar 1920.
##### n.7637. Scrophulariaceae of the Central Rocky Mountain States
**Title**
*Scrophulariaceae of the Central Rocky Mountain States*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1920. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 29 Apr 1920 (stamped copy at US) *in* Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 20(9): \[i\]-v, 313-381, vii-viii. 1920; to be cited from journal.
##### n.7638. The Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America
**Title**
*The Scrophulariaceae of eastern temperate North America*... Philadelphia \[The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,...\] 1935.
**Abbreviated title**: *Scroph. e. N. Amer.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 27 Nov 1935 (p. \[ii\], Nat. Nov. Mai 1936), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\], 1-650. *Copies*: B, G, MO(2), NY, US. – Monograph no. I. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. – *Preliminary publ*.: Torreya 19: 107-119, 143-152, 161-171, 205-216, 1919, 235-242. 1920.
*Ref*: Gleason, H.A., Torreya 36: 41-45. 27 Apr 1936.
- Keck, D.D., Madroño 3(6): 253-255. 1936.
##### n.7639. The Scrophulariaceae of the western Himalayas
**Title**
*The Scrophulariaceae of the western Himalayas*... Philadelphia \[The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia...\] 1943.
**Abbreviated title**: *Scroph. w. Himal.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 10 Sep 1943 (p. \[ii\], MO rd 25 Sep 1943), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\], \[1\]-163, *pl. 1-25* (uncol.).
*Copies*: B, FI, G, MO, NY, US. – Monograph no. 5 Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia.