> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 824](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190295) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8474-1) LSID 8474-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78631) QID Q78631 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rock, Joseph Francis Charles \[until 1933 Joseph Franz Karl\] (1884-1962), Austrian-born American botanical explorer, botanist, geographer and ethnologist; to the United States 1905, in Hawaii 1907- 1920; naturalized U.S. citizen 1913; explorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA, the Arnold Arboretum, the National Geographic Society and other U.S. institutions and agencies, frequently travelling and working in China until 1949; from then on in India, Europe, U.S.A., ultimately on Oahu, Hawaii; "father of Hawaiian botany". **Abbreviated name**: *Rock* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rock*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BISH|BISH]], [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection E|E]]; other material in [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BISH|BISH]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LU|LU]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection N|N]], [[Collection NF|NF]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WELT|WELT]]. – Manuscript copies of diaries and notes and a collection of photographs at [[Collection E|E]]. – Smithsonian Archives SIA 305, 323, 7215, 7270. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 167 (b. 13 Jan 1884, d. 5 Dec 1962); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7572; BJI 2: 147; BL 1: 110, 114, 126, 315; BM 7: 1085; Bossert p. 335; Hirsch p. 250; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (files); Kew 4: 497; Lenley p. 351; MW p. 415, suppl. p. 294; PH 209; Roon p. 95; SK 1: 440, 8: lxxxi; Tucker 1: 603; Urban-Berl. 388; Zander ed. 10, p. 708, ed. 11, p. 807. #### Biofile - Anon., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 16 Dec 1933 (Rock leaves Orient; portr.); - Madroño 17: 32. 1963 (d.); Taxon 12: 35. 1963 (d.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 138.40. 1980. - Cattell, J.M. et al., Amer. men. sci. ed. 3: 581. 1921, ed. 4 : 829. 1927, ed. 5: 914. 1933, ed. 6: 1196-1197. 1938, ed. 7: 1497. 1944, ed. 8: 2093. 1947. - Chock, A.K., Taxon 12: 89-102. 1963 (obit., bibl., portr.; many details especially on Hawaii period); Amer. hort. Mag. 42(3): 159-167. 1963 (obit., portr.). - Chock, A.K. et al., Newsletter Hawaiian Bot. Soc. 2(1): 1-17. 1963 (Rock memorial edition, biogr. by Chock, bibl. by Chock et al., anec- dote by E.H. Bryan). - Coats, A.M., Plant hunters 117, 126, 139-141. 1969. - Egge, R.G., Principes 24(2): 82-90. 1980 (biogr. sketch). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 134, 144. 1969. - Fletcher, H.R., Story Roy. Hort. Soc. 297, 299, 344-345. 1969. - Harkness, B., Plants & Gardens 23(3): 65-66. 1968 (portr.). - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 124. 1970. - Jewett, F.L. & C.L. McCausland, Plant hunters 174-202. 1958. - Lawrence, G.H.M., Huntia 1: 164. 1964 (some letters at HU). - Merrill, E.D., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 144: 158-159. 1937 (Polynes. bibl.); Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 255-257. 1947 (bibl. Pacific Isl.). - Rhodes, H.L.J., Baileya 4: 70-80. 1956 (on R's exp. to N.W. China 1924-1927). - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 83. 1955. - Sargent, C.S., J. Arnold Arb. 6: 213-216. 1925 (reports on Arnold Arb. exp. N.C. Asia in progress 7: 68-70. 1926 (id.), 7: 245-246. 1926 (id.). - Steenis, C.G.G. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 7: 191. 1950 (left China), 18: 972. 1963 (d.). - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 267-275. 342-343, 345. 1970; Arnoldia 32(1): 2-20. 1972; In China's border provinces. The turbulent career of Joseph Rock, botanist, explorer. New York 1974, 334 p., *16 pl*. (impt. biogr.); Bull. Pac. Trop. Bot. Gard. 12(2): 31-36. 1982. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 264, 287. 1935, 2: 180, 276, 300, 330. 1936, 3: 65, 159, 358. 1937, 4: 184. 1938, 6: 303. 1941. - Walker, E.H., Plant Sci. Bull. 9: 7-8. 1963 (obit.). - Wilson, E.H., J. Arnold Arb. 8: 200-202. 1927 (report on Arnold Arb. N.C. Asia exp. progress) (see also p. 242-243). #### Eponymy *Rockia* Heimerl (1913). ### Publications ##### n.9322. Notes upon Hawaiian plants **Title** *Notes upon Hawaiian plants* with descriptions of new species and varieties... Honolulu (published by the College \[of Hawaii\]) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Not. Haw. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1911, p. \[1\]-20, *pl. 1-5. Copies*: BR, M, PH, US(2), USDA. – Coll. Hawaii Publ., Bull. 1. ##### n.9323. The indigenous trees of the Hawaiian Islands **Title** *The indigenous trees of the Hawaiian Islands*... Published under patronage. Honolulu, T.H. 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Indig. trees Haw. Isl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Jun 1913, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-518, *pl. 1-215* (in text). *Copies*: BR, FI, G, M, R.S. Cowan, PH, US, USDA. *Reprint*: 1974, Kanai, Lawaii, Hawaii (Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden), Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan (Charles E. Tuttle Company), ISBN 0-8048-1140-7, p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-548. *Copy*: BR. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 51 (Lit.): 53-545. 1914. - Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 51 (Lit.): 29-30. 1913. ##### n.9324. List of Hawaiian names of plants **Title** *List of Hawaiian names of plants*... Honolulu (Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd.) 1913. **Abbreviated title**: *List Haw. names pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1913, p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: BR, G, H, M, PH, USDA. – Terr. Hawaii, Board Agr. For., Bot. Bull. 2. 1913. ##### n.9325. Palmyra Island **Title** *Palmyra Island* with a description of its flora... Honolulu (published by the College \[of Hawaii\]). 1916. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Palmyra Isl.* **Notes** *Collaborators*: O. Beccari, A. Zahlbruckner, U. Martelli, H.L. Lyon, M.A. Howe. *Publ*.: 19 Apr 1916, p. \[i-ii\], \[13-53, *Pl. 1-20*, map. *Copies*: FI, M, MO, NY, USDA. – College Hawaii Publ., Bull. 4, 1916. ##### n.9326. The Sandalwoods of Hawaii **Title** *The Sandalwoods of Hawaii*. A revision of the Hawaiian species of the genus Santalum... Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (Board of Agriculture and Forestry) 1916. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sandalw. Hawaii*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Dec 1916, p. 1-2 cover, \[3\]-43, *pl. 1-13. Copies*: FI, G, NY, US. – Bot. Bull. 3, Terr. Hawaii Board Agr. For. ##### n.9327. The ornamental trees of Hawaii **Title** *The ornamental trees of Hawaii*... published under patronage. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1917. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Orn. trees Hawaii*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1917, p. \[i\*-iv\*\], i-v, \[1\]-210, *pl. 1-79* and *2 col. pl.* (one as frontisp.). *Copies*: MICH, MO, PH, US, USDA. ##### n.9328. The Ohia Lehua trees of Hawaii **Title** *The Ohia Lehua trees of Hawaii*. A revision of the Hawaiian spcies of the genus Metrosideros Banks, with special reference to the varieties and forms of Metrosideros collina (Forster) A. Gray subspecies polymorpha (Gaud.) Rock... Honolulu Hawaii. 1917. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ohia Lehua trees Hawaii*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Aug 1917, p. \[1\]-76, *pl. 1-31* (in text). *Copies*: HH, US. – Issued as Terr. Hawaii Board Agr. For., Bot. Bull. 4, 1917. ##### n.9329. A monographic study of the Hawaiian **Title** Publications of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history. *A monographic study of the Hawaiian* species of the tribe *Lobelioideae* family Campanulaceae... Honolulu, H.I. (published by authority of the Trustees) 1919. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Stud. Haw. Lobelioid.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Feb 1919, frontisp., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[5\]-394, \[395\], with *pl. 1-217* in text. *Copies*: HH, M, MICH, NY, PH, USDA. *Other issue*: 1919 as Mem. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 7(2). *Copies*: BR, G. *Ref*.: N.T., Torreya 19: 228-230. 1919 (rev.). ##### n.9330. The arborescent indigenous legumes of Hawaii **Title** *The arborescent indigenous legumes of Hawaii*... Honolulu, Hawaii. 1919. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Arboresc. legum. Hawaii*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Jun 1919, p. \[2\]-53, *pl. 1-18* (in text). *Copy*: US. –Issued as Terr. Hawaii, Board Agr. For., Bot. Bull. 5, 1919. ##### n.9331. The Hawaiian genus Kokia a **Title** *The Hawaiian genus Kokia a*. relative of the cotton... Honolulu, Hawaii, 1919. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Haw. Kokia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Jun 1919, p. \[2\]-22, *pl. 1-7* (in text). *Copy*: US. – Terr. Hawaii, Board Agr. For., Bot. Bull. 6, 1919. ##### n.9332. The Leguminous plants of Hawaii **Title** Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. *The Leguminous plants of Hawaii*. being an account of the native, introduced and naturalized trees, shrubs, vines and herbs, belonging to the family Leguminosae... Honolulu, Hawaii. July 1920. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Legum. pl. Hawaii*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1920, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-234, *pl. 1-93* in text. *Copies*: BR, HH, M, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US, USDA.