> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 57](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068299) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3673-1) LSID 3673-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6111184) QID Q6111184 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Harper, Roland McMillan (1878-1966), American botanist from Georgia; Ph. D. Columbia Univ. 1905; associated with the Geological Surveys of Georgia (1903-1904), Alabama (1905 and later), Florida (1903 and at intervals to 1931). **Abbreviated name**: *R. M. Harper* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.M.Harper*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. Distributed *Georgia plants, Florida plants, Alabama mosses*. *Ref*.: Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 332. 1 Mai 1975. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 128; BL 1: 152, 163, 173, 174, 187, 299; Bossert p. 164; CSP 15: 649; Hortus 3: 1194 ("R. M. Harper"); IH 2: 256; Langman p. 349; Lenley p. 213-214; MW suppl. p. 89; Rehder 1: 320; Tucker 1: 318, 775; Zander ed. 10, p. 667. - Anon., Arkansas Democrat 29 Apr 1923 (on survey); Birmingham News, Sunday 1 May, 1966; J. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 66-67. 1908, 12: 130. 1911; The Tuscaloosa News 3 May 1966. - Baldwin, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 96(2): 232-235. 1969. - Ewan, J., Southw. Louisiana J. 7(1-4): 38, 40, 41, 42, 47, 52, 53, 54. 1967 (bibl.); Bull. Torrey bot. Club 95(4): 390-393. 1968 (portr., selected bibl.). - Jones, J. Alabama Acad. Sci. 38: 111-113. 1967 (portr.). - Murrill, W. A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 43. 1945. - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 450. 1963. - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 43-44. 1955. #### Composite works Contributed to J. K. Small, *Fl. southeast. U.S.* 1903. #### Eponymy *Harperella* J. N. Rose (1906); *Harperia* J. N. Rose (1905): *Harperocallis* McDaniel (1968). *Note: Harperia* W. V. Fitzgerald (1904) is dedicated to Charles Harper, an Australian politician, who was also occupied with plant collecting and forestry. ### Publications ##### n.2401. A phytogeographical sketch of the Altamaha grit region **Title** *A phytogeographical sketch of the Altamaha grit region* of the coastal plain of Georgia... \[New York (New York Academy of Sciences)\] 1906. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Phytogeogr. sketch Altamaha reg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1906 (fide contents journal volume; Heft I itself dated Sep 1906); map, p. 1-414; reprinted from Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 71 (1): 1-414. 1906, *indexes* ib. 71(3): 659-688. Dec 1907. *Copy*: NY. – "An ecological classic." (Ewan 1968). ##### n.2402. Economic botany of Alabama part 1 **Title** Geological survey of Alabama... monograph 8 / *Economic botany of Alabama part 1*. Geographical report including descriptions of the natural divisions of the state, their forests and forest industries, with quantitative analyses and statistical tables... University, Alabama June, 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Econ. bot. Alabama*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1913, p. \[1\]-228, map. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.2403. Economic botany of Alabama part 2 **Title** Geological survey of Alabama... in cooperation with State Commission of Forestry ... monograph 9 / *Economic botany of Alabama part 2* catalogue of the trees, shrubs and vines of Alabama, with their economic properties and local distribution... University, Alabama 1928. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Econ. bot. Alabama*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1928 (letter of transm. Jun 1928), p. \[1\]-357, map. *Copy*: NY.