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### Author
Cain, Stanley Adair (1902-x), American botanist, studied at Butler University, B.S. 1924, id. University of Chicago, M.S. 1927, ib. Ph. D. 1930, associated professor at Butler University 1925-1931, asst. prof. Indiana University 1931-1933, research associate at Waterman Institute 1933-1935, professor at University Tennessee 1935-1946, botanist at Cranbrook Inst. Sci. 1946-1950, chairman dept. conservation id. 1953-1961, conservation and direction of the Inst. Environ. Qual. 1950-1974.
**Abbreviated name**: *S.A. Cain* \[standard form in IPNI: *S.A.Cain*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection TENN|TENN]] (3000); further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection IU|IU]] \[[[Collection BUT|BUT]]? see IH\], [[Collection ND|ND]], [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 297 (b. 19 Jun 1902, Madison, Indiana); BFM 1612, 1635; BL 1: 215; IH 2: 111.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men women sci., biology: 114. 1977.
- Deam, C.C., Flora of Indiana 1116. 1940 (Indiana coll. at B, IU, ND).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 119, 121, 122, 128, 130. 1969.
- Markle, M.S., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 76: 146. 1967.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80(3): 505. 1977 (mosses at NY-Austin).
#### Outside our period
- (1) *Foundations of plant geography*, New York 1944 (p. i-xiv, 1-556), facsimile ed., New York 1971, see Taxon 21: 196. 25 Feb 1972, and Bot. Jahrb. 93(Lit.): 42-43. 1973.
- (2) *Logic and memory in Linnaeus's system of taxonomy*, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 169: 144-162. 1958.
- (3) *Deductive and inductive methods* in post-linnaean taxonomy, ib. 170(2): 185-217. 1959.
### Publications
##### n.24.049. Certain floristic affinities of the trees and shrubs of the Great Smoky Mountains
**Title**
*Certain floristic affinities of the trees and shrubs of the Great Smoky Mountains* and vicinity... Butler University Botanical Studies... 1930. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Affin. trees shrubs Gr. Smoky Mts.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1930 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p.129-150. *Copies*: HH, L, NY. – Issued as Butler Univ. bot. Stud. 1(9). 1930. – BL 1: 215.
*Note*: See also his *Ecological studies of vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee*, Bot. Gaz. 91(1): 22-41. 1931.
##### n.24.050. heaths balds of the Great Smoky Mountains
**Title**
An ecological study of the *heaths balds of the Great Smoky Mountains*... Butler University Botanical Studies... 1930. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Heaths Smoky Mts.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1930 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 177-209. *Copy*: NY. – Issued as Butler Univ. bot. Stud. 1(13). 1930.
##### n.24.051. quadrat method applied to sampling spruce and fir forest types
**Title**
Ecological studies of vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains. II. The *quadrat method applied to sampling spruce and fir forest types*... \[American Midland Naturalist... 1935\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1935 (in journal), cover-t.p., title \[recto of p. 566\], p. 566-584. *Copies*: BKL, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 16(4): 566-584. Jul 1935. – Study I. was published in Bot. Gaz. 91(1): 22-41. 1931.
##### n.24.052. Ecological work
**Title**
*Ecological work* on the Great *Smoky Mountains* region... Reprinted from the Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club \["Castanea"\]... 1936. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1936 (in journal), p. \[25\]-32. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Castanea 1(3): 25-32. 1936.
##### n.24.053. Syrrhopodon texanus
**Title**
*Syrrhopodon texanus* Sull. in Long Island... Reprinted from The Bryologist... 1937. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Feb 1937 (in journal), p. \[1\]. *Copies*: BKL, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bryologist 39(5): 118. 1936.
##### n.24.054. Andropogonetum Hempsteadi
**Title**
*Andropogonetum Hempsteadi*: a Long Island grassland vegetation-type... Notre-Dame, Ind. (The University Press) 1937. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-authors*: Mary Nelson, Walter McLean.
*Publ*.: Mai 1937 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., t.p. \[recto of p. 334\], p. 334-350. *Copy*: BKL. – On cover-t.p. author printed as "Sidney A. Cain" \[sic\]. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 18(3): 334-350. 1937.
##### n.24.055. Botanical trips
**Title**
*Botanical trips* in connection with the *Appalachian Trail* Conference – June 25-28. 1937... Reprinted from Castanea... 1937. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1937 (in journal), p. \[93\]-98. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Castanea 2(7): 93-98. 1937.
##### n.24.056. Aceretum rubri
**Title**
*Aceretum rubri*: the Red Maple Swamp Forest of Central Long Island... Notre-Dame, Ind. (The University Press) 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Wm.T. Penfound (b. 8 Nov 1897).
*Publ*.: Mar 1938 (date on t.p.), cover-t.p., title \[recto of p. 390\], p. 390-416. *Copies*: BKL, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 19(2): 390-416. 1938.
##### n.24.057. species-area curve
**Title**
The *species-area curve*... Notre-Dame, Ind. (The University Press) 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1938 (date on t.p.), p.\[i\] (t.p.), 573-581. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 19(3): 573-581. 1938.
##### n.24.058. Bryophytic unions of certain forest types of the Great Smoky Mountains
**Title**
*Bryophytic unions of certain forest types of the Great Smoky Mountains*... Reprinted from "The American Midland Naturalist"... 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Aaron John \["Jack"\] Sharp (1904-x), see TL-2/5: 551.
*Publ*.: Sep 1938 (date on t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 249-301. *Copies*: B, Gr-V, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Midl. Natural. 20(2): 249-301. 1938.