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### Author
Piper, Charles Vancouver (1867-1926), American botanist; M.Sc. Univ. Washington 1892; professor of botany at Pullman, Washington 1893; M.Sc. Harvard 1900; from 1903 in Washington, D.C., with the Bureau of Plant Industry (forage crop investigations); D.Sc. Kansas Agric. College 1921.
**Abbreviated name**: *Piper* \[standard form in IPNI: *Piper*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Main collections and most types at [[Collection US|US]]; private herbarium at [[Collection WS|WS]] (acquired 1926); further material e.g. in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PNH|PNH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WCW|WCW]], [[Collection WS|WS]], [[Collection WSP|WSP]] (fungi), [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. Manuscripts, books, separates and notes at Washington State University Library (see NW p. 24-27).
*Exsiccatae*: *Musci occidentali-americani* 1902, set at [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection PH|PH]].
#### \[Bibliography and biography\]
Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 88; BJI 2, p. 136; BL 1, p. 219-220, 313; BM 4: 1578, 8: 1012; Bossert p. 311 (*b*. 16 Jun 1867, *d*. 11 Feb 1926); CSP 17: 905; (Ewan ed. 1: 159, 284, ed. 2: 176; Hortus 3: 1201 (Piper); IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 340; Kew 4: 314; Langman p. 584; Lenley p. 327-328; LS 20784, 37961, suppl. 21872-21873; MW p. 387, suppl. p. 281; NW p. 24-27, 55; Pennell p. 616; PH 209, 450, 939; Rehder 5: 674; RS p. 133; SIA 220, 221, 223, 225, 7262; SK 1: 408; Stevenson p. 1254; Tucker 1: 558, 779; Urban-Berl. p. 383; Zander ed. 10, p. 702, ed. 11, p. 800.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Evening Star, Washington 12 Feb 1926 (DAB); J. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 39. 1900, 9: 4. 1908; Madroño 1: 278. 1929 (d. 11 Feb 1926); The official Record, USDA, 17 Feb 1926, p. 4.
- Beattie, R.K., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 61-66. 1928 (bibl.).
- Croat, T.B., Flora Barro Colorado Isl. 1978.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 11. 1969.
- Garby, L., Dict. Amer. biogr. 14: 632-633. 1934 (biogr., b. 16 Jun 1867, d. 11 Feb 1926).
- Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 119. 1970.
- Hitchcock, A.S., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 275-276. 1928 (P. introduced the Sudan grass as forage plant).
- Hughes, K.W., Contr. bibl. Oregon 23. 1940.
- Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 320 (Alaskan coll.).
- Humphrey, H.B., Makers of North American Botany 200-202. 1961.
- Jones, G.N., Leafl. west. Bot. 1: 198. 1936 (P. and the young Naturalists' Society Washington State).
- Oakley, R.A., Bull. Green Sect. U.S. Golf Ass. 6(3): 54-57. 1926 (portr.; golf turf investigations).
- Osborn, H., Fragm. entom. hist. 201. 1937.
- Pieters, A. J., Science ser. 2. 63: 248-249. 1926 (obit.).
- Piper, C.V., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 11: 20. 1906.
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 78. 1955.
- Riggs, G.B., Washington hist. Quart. 20(3): 165, 166, 167. 1929.
- Rodgers, A.D., Liberty Hyde Bailey 285, 347. 1949.
- Sargent, C.S., Silva 9: 145. 1896.
- Steere, W.C., Bot. Rev. 43: 293. 1977.
- Stieber, M.T., et al., Huntia 4(1): 85. 1981 (mss. mat. HU).
- Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 20. 969. Vinall, H.N., J. Amer. Soc. Agron. 18: 295-300. 1926 (obit., bibl., b. 16 Jun 1867, d. 11 Feb 1926).
#### Eponymy
*Piperia* Rydberg (1901).
### Publications
##### n.7944. The flora of the Palouse region
**Title**
*The flora of the Palouse region*. Containing descriptions of all the Spermatophytes and Pteridophytes known to grow wild in the area within thirty-five kilometers of Pullman, Washington... Pullman, Wash. (Allen Bros., printers) 1901.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Palouse reg.*
**Notes**
*Junior-author*: Rolla Kent Beattie (1875-1960).
*Publ*.: 14 Mai 1901, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-208. *Copies*: NY, US, USDA. – Piper sent a copy to N.L. Britton on 17 Mai 1901 (letter in NY copy).
*Ref*.: Davis, B.M., Bot. Gaz. 32(1): 62-63. 24 Jul 1901.
##### n.7945. The flora of Mount Rainier, in
**Title**
*The flora of Mount Rainier, in*: Mazama, a record of Mountaineering in Pacific Northwest. 2(2): 93-117. Apr 1901, 2(4): 270-271. Dec 1905.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr 1901 and Dec 1905, as above. No separately paginated reprint known to us.
##### n.7946. Flora of the State of Washingon
**Title**
*Flora of the State of Washingon*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1906. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Washington*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 8 Oct 1906, p. \[1\]-637, map, *pl. 1-22* (photos). *Copies*: B, BR, G, MO, NY, US, USDA(2); IDC 7601. – Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 11, 1906.
*Refl*: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 38(Lit.): 66-67. 1907.
Solms, H., Bot. Zeit. 65(2): 121. 1907.
Trelease, W., Bot. Centralbl. 104: 184-187. 1907.
##### n.7947. North American species of Festuca
**Title**
*North American species of Festuca*... Washington (Government Printing Office). 1906. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Mar 1906, p. \[i-vi\], 1-48, vii-ix, *pl. 1-15* (uncol.). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, US, USDA. – To be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 10(1): \[i-vi\], 1-48, vii-ix, *pl. 1-15.* 1906. – Supplementary notes: ib. 16: 197-199. 1913.
##### n.7948. Agricultural varieties of the Cowpea
**Title**
*Agricultural varieties of the Cowpea* and immediately related species... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1912. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Agric. var. Cowpea*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 29 Feb 1912, p. \[1\]-160, *pl. 1-12* (photos). *Copy*: US.
##### n.7949. Flora of Southeastern Washington
**Title**
*Flora of Southeastern Washington* and adjacent Idaho... Lancaster, Pa. (The New Era Printing Company) 1914. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. s.e. Washington*.
**Notes**
*Junior author*: Rolla Kent Beattie (1875-1960).
*Publ*.: 22 Jan 1914, map, p. \[i\]-xi, 1-296. *Copies*: G, NY, US, USDA.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1936, p. \[i\]-xi, 1-296. *Copy*: USDA. Lithoprinted O.S.C. Cooperative Association, Corvallis, Oregon.
##### n.7950. Flora of the northwest coast
**Title**
*Flora of the northwest coast* including the area west of the summit of the Cascade mountains forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia mountains on the south border of Lane county, Oregon... Lancaster, Pa. (Press of the New Era Printing Company) 1915. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. n.w. coast*.
**Notes**
*Junior author*: Rolla Kent Beattie (1875-1960).
*Publ*.: 10 Nov 1915 (see p. \[ii\] and Torreya 15 Jun 1916), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-418. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, US, USDA; IDC 7602.
*Ref*.: Rydberg, P.A., Torreya 16: 143-146, 187. 1916.
##### n.7951. A study of Allocarya
**Title**
*A study of Allocarya*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1920. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 13 Mar 1920 (U.S. copy so stamped: sic, not 29 Mar 1920 as printed in volume). Published as Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 22(2: \[i\]-v, 79-113, vii). *Copies*: MO, US.
##### n.7952. The Soy bean
**Title**
*The Soy bean*... New York, London (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.) 1923. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Soy bean*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: William Joseph Morse (1884-1959).
*Publ*.: 1923 (ÖbZ Jan-Jun 1923), p. \[i\]-xv, 1-329. *Copies*: MO, USDA.
*Other ed*.: 1943, p. \[i\]-xv, 1-329. *Copy*: USDA. – New York (Peter Smith). Oct.
##### n.7953. The American species of Canavalia and Wenderothia
**Title**
*The American species of Canavalia and Wenderothia*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 27 Apr 1925, to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 20(14): \[i\]-v, 555-588, vii-viii. 1925. *Copies*: MO, US.
##### n.7954. Studies in the American Phaseolineae
**Title**
*Studies in the American Phaseolineae*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 12 Jun 1926, to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 22(9): \[i\]-v, 663-701, vii-viii, *pl. 64. Copies*: MO, US.