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### Author
Pitcher, Zina (1797-1872), American physician and botanist, MD Middlebury College, Vermont 1822; in service on the frontier 1822-1836; later in Michigan; 1837-1852 regent and professor at the University of Michigan; 1840-1843 mayor of Detroit.
**Abbreviated name**: *Pitcher* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pitcher*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NA|NA]]; other material at [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]] and [[Collection WIS|WIS]]. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 5(3): 68; Backer p. 448; Barnhart 3: 89; Bossert p. 312 (b. 12 Apr 1797, d. 5 Apr 1872); IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, 2: (in press); Lenley p. 466; ME 1: 219-220, 2: 261, 637; Pennell p. 616; PH 567; Zander ed. 10, p. 702.
#### Biofile
- Barnhart, J.H., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 298. 1921.
- Geiser, S.W., Field & Laboratory 4(2): 51. 1936; Natural. Frontier 280. 1948.
- Kelly, H.A., Cycl. Amer. med. biogr. 2: 274, 276. 1912; Some Amer. med. bot. 145-150. 1914 (portr.).
- Kelly, H.A. & W.L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 917-918. 1920 (b. 12 Apr 1797).
- Meyer, F.G. and S. Elsasser, Taxon 22: 382-383. 1973.
- Voss, E.G., Univ. Mich. herb. 13: 12-14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 27, 58. 1978 (portr.).
#### Handwriting
Taxon 22: 382. 1973.
#### Eponymy
*Pitcheria* Nuttall (1834).