> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 261](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189732) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7692-1) LSID 7692-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5658282) QID Q5658282 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.