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### Author
Pieters, Adrian John (1866-1940), American botanist (plant physiologist and morphologist); Ph.D. Univ. Mich. 1915; assistant botanist USDA, Washington 1895-1900, botanist ib. 1900-1906; seed grower 1906-1910; instructor in botany Univ. Michigan 1912-1915, agronomist Bureau Plant Industry, USDA 1915-1926, principal agronomist 1926-1935; in charge of Lespedeza investigations 1935-1940; one of the founders of the Bureau of Plant Industry 1901; "father of Lespedeza".
**Abbreviated name**: *Pieters* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pieters*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection US|US]]; other material at [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], and [[Collection MSC|MSC]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 85; BL 1: 208, 313; BM 4: 1575; Bossert p. 310 (b. 18 Nov 1866, d. 25 Apr 1940); CSP 17: 888; Hirsch p. 232; IH 2: (in press); Kelly p. 177; Kew 4: 308; LS 20761, 21720-21722; MW p. 386; Nordstedt suppl. p. 13; NW p. 55; Pennell p. 616; Rehder 5: 673; Tucker 1: 557.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Jahrb. 27(Beibl. 64): 21. 1900 (app. USDA), 78: 32. 1899.
- Cattell, J.M., ed., Amer. Men Sci. 253. 1906, ed. 2. 372. 1910, ed. 3. 544. 1921, ed. 4. 775. 1927, ed. 5. 885. 1933, ed. 6. 1118. 1938 (b. 18 Nov 1866).
- Donelly, W.A. et al., The University of Michigan, an encyclopaedic survey 1448. 1956.
- Kephart, L.W., Science ser. 2. 91: 610-611. 1940 (obit.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 21, 308. 1936, 3: 276. 1937, 4: 593. 1938, 6: 20, 213. 1941, 7: 188. 1943.
- Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Mich. herb. 13: 73. 1978.
- Wood, R.D., Monogr. Charac. 1: 834. 1965.
### Publications
##### n.7928. The plants of Lake St. Clair
**Title**
*The plants of Lake St. Clair*... with a map. Results of a biological examination of Lake St Clair undertaken for the State Board of Fish Commisioners in the summer of 1893 under the supervision of J.E. Reighard. Lansing (Robert Smith & Co.,...) 1894. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Lake St. Clair*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1894 (p. 10: 3 Apr 1894; USDA rd. 25 Jun 1894), p. \[1\]-10, \[11, 12\], map. *Copies*: MO(3), NY, US, USDA. – Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission no. 2.
##### n.7929. The plants of Western Lake Erie
**Title**
U.S. Commission of fish and fisheries... Contribution to the Biology of the Great Lakes. *The plants of Western Lake Erie*, with observations on their distribution,... extracted from U.S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1901. Pages 57 to 79. Plates 11 to 20. Washington (Government Printing Office) 1901. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. W. Lake Erie*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1901 (Bot. Centralbl. 23 Dec 1901), p. \[i\], 57-79, *pl. 11-20* (photos). *Copy*: USDA.
##### n.7930. The little book of Lespedeza
**Title**
*The little book of Lespedeza*... published by the author, Washington, D.C. 1934.
**Abbreviated title**: *Lespedeza*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1934, p. \[1\]-94. *Copy*: USDA.