> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 323](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066663) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11709-1) LSID 11709-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21387977) QID Q21387977 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Williams, Robert Statham (1859-1945), American bryologist; business man, miner and explorer in Montana 1879-1898; in Alaska 1898-1899; from 1899 scientist of independent means; Museum aid New York Botanical Garden 1899-1906, asst. curator 1906, administrative assistant 1910-1932; research assistant in bryology 1932-1936; research associate from 1934; in retirement in Minneapolis, Minn.; collected in Montana 1879-1898, Alaska 1898-1899, Bolivia 1901-1903, Philippines 1903-1905, Panama 1908. **Abbreviated name**: *R.S. Williams* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.S.Williams*\] #### Herbarium and types Personal bryological herbarium and library at [[Collection F|F]] (see Steere 1945, p. 96 for types; not at [[Collection NY|NY]]). Montana collections at [[Collection MONT|MONT]]; Alaska Philippines, and trop. Amer. coll. at [[Collection NY|NY]]; other material at [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MONTU|MONTU]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (ca. 20.000 incl. 3126 nos. from Philippines), [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PNH|PNH]], [[Collection US|US]]. – For details on collections made in the Philippines see SK 1: 577. – *Field notes, correspondence* (especially with E.G. Britton): [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 348; Backer p. 626; BJI 2: 192; Blankinship p. 9, 25; Bossert p. 437; CSP 19: 636; Ewan ed. 1: 337-338, ed. 2: 239; IH 1 (ed. 2): 88, (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 346; Lenley p. 436-437; LS suppl. 30078-30079; MW p. 529; SBC p. 135; SK 1: 577, 8: cviii; TL-2/781; Urban-Berl. p. 317. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 6. 1549. 1938; Bryologist 82: 512. 1979 (portr.); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 543-545. 1969; J. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 110, 115. 1906 (coll. NY), 9: 5. 1908 (Philipp. pl. at NY), 10: 80. 1909 (Boliv. pl. NY), 42: 39. 1941 (Alaska pl. at NY; some 20.000 specimens from Philipp., Panama, Bolivia, Peru also at NY \[not his personal moss herbarium, see Steere 1945\]; New York Times 12 Apr 1903 (account trip Bolivia); Rev. bryol. 27(3): 48. 1900, 28(4): 81. 1901, 29(5): 104. 1902, 30(6): 110. 1903, 31(2): 50. 1904, 32(6): 110. 1905, 37(6): 135. 1910, 38(3): 71. 1911, 38(5): 119. 1904, 38(6): 135. 1911. 39(2): 32. 1912, 39(6): 106. 1912, 41(1): 14, 15, 16. 1914, 47(5-6): 78. 1920, 48(5-6): 76. 1921, 51(4): 60. 1924, 52(3): 45. 1925; n.s. 1(4): 211. 1928, 2(1): 53. 1929, 3(1-2): 90. 1930, 3(4): 211, 213. 1931, 4(1): 47. 1931, 4(4): 205. 1932, 7(1-2): 130. 1934, 8: 120. 1935, 9(1-2): 151. 1936, 10(1-3): 104. 1937, 11(1-2): 133. 1939. - Barnhart, J.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 146-147. 1945 (obit.). - Degener, O., J. New York Bot. Gard. 49: 16-17. 1948 (note on early life 1883-1898). - Hultén, F., Bot. Not. 1940: 312-313, 346. - Quisumbing, E., Philipp. geogr. J. 8: 36. 1964 (coll. Philipp. Nov 1903-Aug 1905). - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 105. 1955. - Roberts, Th.S., Auk 62: 662-663. 1945. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 416. 1975 (coll. bryol.); Bryologist 80: 520. 1977 (coll.). - Steere, W.C., Bryologist 48: 93-99. 1945 (biogr., bibl.); Bot. Rev. 43: 308-311. 1975. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 347. 1936, 3: 310. 1937, 4: 278. 1938, 5: 114. 1939. - Williams, R.S., Plant world 2: 177-181. 1899 (on Alaska); J. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 44-46. 1905 (Forest conditions Klondike). #### Composite works - (1) *Bryales*, North American Flora 15: 41-43. 14 Jun 1913 (with E.G. Britton); *Dicranaceae* 15: 77-158. 8 Aug 1913; *Leucobryaceae* 15: 159-166. 8 Aug 1913. - (2) *Mosses of Peru, in* J.F. Macbride, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4(5): 125-139, *pl. 1-10*. 1927. - (3) *Introductory note, in* H.H. Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 487-488. 1910 (to *New species from Bolivia*...). - (4) *Musci, in* C.F. Millspaugh & L.W. Nuttall, *Flora of Santa Catalina Island*, Field Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 5: 304-310, *pl. 12*. 1923, TL-2/6074. - (5) *Musgos* (Musci), *in* P.C. Stanley & S. Caldéron, *Lista prel. pl. El Salvador* 18-19. San Salvador 1925, TL-2/12.778. #### Eponymy *Williamsia* Merrill (1908); *Williamsia* V.F. Brotherus (1909); *Williamsiella* E.G. Britton (1909). ### Publications ##### n.17.774. Two new species of Grimmia from Montana **Title** *Two new species of Grimmia from Montana*... New York 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Jun 1900, cover-t.p., p. 316-317, *pl. 19-20. Copies*: NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 27: 316-317, *pl. 19-20*. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. no. 8. ##### n.17.775. Two new western mosses **Title** *Two new western mosses*... New York 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Feb 1902, cover-t.p., p. 66-68, *pl. 4-5. Copies*: NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 29: 66-68. *pl. 4-5*. 1902. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 21. ##### n.17.776. A preliminary list of Montana mosses **Title** *A preliminary list of Montana mosses*... \[Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden... 1902\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Apr 1902, cover, p. 351-380, *pl. 34-39. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 2(7): 351-380, *pl. 34-39*. 1902. ##### n.17.777. Bolivian mosses **Title** *Bolivian mosses* part i \[-ii\]... New York 1903 \[-1909\]. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 19 Oct 1903, p. \[i\], \[104\]-134. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3(9): \[104\]-134. 1903. *2*: 1909, p. \[i\], 227-261. – Id. 6: 227-261. 1909. *Copies*: H, NY. ##### n.17.778. Mosses from tropical America **Title** *Mosses from tropical America*... New York 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Jan 1908, cover-t.p., p. 569-574. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 34: 569-574. 1907 \[1908\]. – Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 102. ##### n.17.779. Central American mosses **Title** *Central American mosses*... New York 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Senior author*: Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858-1934). *Publ*.: Feb 1914, cover-t.p., p. 24-31. *Copies*: FAS, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 14: 24-31. 1914. – Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 165. ##### n.17.780. Philippine mosses **Title** *Philippine mosses*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden... 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Jul 1914, p. \[i\], \[331\]-377, *pl. 171-174. Copy*: H. – Reprinted from Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 331-377, *pl. 171-174*. 1914. – See also his publ. with the same title in J. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 12-14, 1914 and *Moses of the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands*... 1915 (see below). ##### n.17.781. Mosses from the west coast of South America **Title** *Mosses from the west coast of South America*... New York 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Jul 1915, cover-t.p., p. 393-404, *pl. 21-25. Copies*: H, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 42: 393-422, *pl. 21-25*. 1915. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 180. ##### n.17.782. Mosses of the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands **Title** *Mosses of the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands* collected by the late John B. Leiberg ... New York 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: John Bernhard Leiberg 1853-1913. *Publ*.: 13 Nov 1915, cover-t.p., p. 571-577. *Copies*: H, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 42: 571-579. 1915. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 184 (on cover erron.: "572-579"). ##### n.17.783. Peruvian mosses **Title** *Peruvian mosses*... New York 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Jun 1916 (fide reprint cover; 30 Jun 1916 on p. 323), cover-t.p., p. 323-324, *pl. 17-20. Copies*: H, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 43: 323-334. *pl. 17-20*. 1916. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. no. 189. ##### n.17.784. The genus Desmatodon in North America **Title** *The genus Desmatodon in North America*... New York 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Jun 1919 (in journal, p. 207; 8 Jul 1919 as reprint, on cover), cover-t.p., p. 207-220, *pl. 11. Copies*: NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 46: 207-220. *pl. 11*. 1919. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 210. 1919. ##### n.17.785. Calymperaceae of North America **Title** *Calymperaceae of North America*... New York 1920. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Oct 1920, cover-t.p., p. 367-396, *pl. 15-17. Copies*: H, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 47: 367-396, *pl. 15-17*. 1920. Reprints issued as Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 223. ##### n.17.786. Report of the Canadian arctic expedition 1913-18 **Title** *Report of the Canadian arctic expedition 1913-18*. Volume iv: botany. Part E: *Mosses *... Ottawa (Thomas Mulvey...) 1921. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. Canad. arct. exped., Moss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Feb 1921, cover, p. \[1E\]-15E. *Copies*: B, MICH, NY. – Issued as Rep. Can. Arct. Exp. 4E. 1921. ##### n.17.787. Galapagos and Cocos Island mosses **Title** *Galapagos and Cocos Island mosses* collected by Alban Stewart in 1905-1906... Reprinted from The Bryologist,... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Alban Stewart (b. 1905), TL-2/5: 921-922. *Publ*.: 2 Jul 1924 (issue for Mai 1924), p. \[37\]-\[45\], *pl. 5-8. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from The Bryologist 27: 37-45, *pl. 5-8*. 1924. ##### n.17.788. Mosses of Peru **Title** *Mosses of Peru*... Chicago, U.S.A. (Field Museum of Natural History...) 1927. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Mai 1927, p. \[i\], \[125\]-139, *pl. 1-10. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 4(5): 125-139. *pl. 1-10*. 1927.