> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1051](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190522) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8805-1) LSID 8805-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568593) QID Q3568593 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Safford, William Edwin ("Ned") (1859-1926), American botanist and conchologist; United States Naval Academy grad. 1880; from 1880-1902 in the U.S. Navy, 1899-1900 as lieutenant governor of Guam; with the Office of Economic and Systematic Botany of the Bureau of Plant Industry (USDA) of the United States 1902-1926. **Abbreviated name**: *Saff.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Saff.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]]; mss. and corr. also at [[Collection US|US]](SIA). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 199 (b. 14 Dec 1859, d. 10 Jan 1926); BJI 2: 151; BL 1: 117, 124, 316; Bossert p. 345; CSP 18: 400; Hirsch p. 257; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 2: (files); Kew 4: 562; Langman p. 662-663; Lenley p. 357; MW p. 422; NW p. 56; PH 150; Plesch p. 394; SIA 189, 208, 221, 7073, 7183, 7275; Zander ed. 10, p. 710, ed. 11, p. 810. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Fern J. 16: 129. 1927 (obit.); The Evening Star, Washington D.C. 11 Jan 1926 (obit.). - Barnes, W.C., Science ser. 2. 63: 418. 1926 (obit.). - Ewan, J., *in* R.W. Long & O. Lakela, Fl. trop. Florida 6. 1971 (portr.). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers of North American botany 213-215. 1961. - Kearney, T.H. & E.J. Smith, J. Heredity 17(10): 365-367. 1926 (obit., portr.). - Kellerman, W.A., *in* Geol. Ohio pl. 69. 1895. - Knobloch, I.W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 61. 1979. - McVaugh, R., Edward Palmer 428. 1956; Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 9: 302. 1972 (Mexican trip of 1907). - Merrill, E.D., B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 161. 1937 (Polyn. bot. bibl.). - Nelsen, F.J., U.S. Naval Inst. Proc. 78(8): 851-861. 1952 (on S. as lieutenant governor of Guam; portr.). - Peattie, D.C., Amer. botanist 32(2): 63-66. Apr 1926 (obit.). - Rickett, H.W., Index Torrey bot. Club 87. 1955. - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. I. 1981. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 86. 1981 (arch. mat. HU). #### Eponymy *Saffordia* Maxon (1913); *Saffordiella* Merrill (1914). ### Publications ##### n.9984. The useful plants of the Island of Guam **Title** *The useful plants of the Island of Guam*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1905. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Usef. pl. Guam*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Apr 1905, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-416, *pl. 1-69*, map (= *pl. 70*). *Copies*: BR, MICH, MO, NY, PH, U, US, USDA. – Issued as Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 9, 1905. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 36 (Lit.): 21-22. 1905 (rev.). - Gagnepain, F., Bull. Soc. bot. France 52: 482-484. 1905 (rev.). - Solms-Laubach, H., Bot. Zeit. 63(2): 266. 1 Sep 1905 (rev.). ##### n.9985. Cactaceae of Northeastern and Central Mexico **Title** *Cactaceae of Northeastern and Central Mexico* together with a synopsis of the principal Mexican genera... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1909. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909 (Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1910; p. iii of journal issue dated 12 Jun 1909), p. \[i, reprint t.p.\], 525-563, *pl. 1-15. Copies*: G, USDA. – Reprinted from Smithson. Rep. 1908: 525-563, *pl. 1-15.* 1909. ##### n.9986. Raimondia **Title** *Raimondia*, a new genus of Annonaceae from Colombia... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1913. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Feb 1913, p. \[i, repr. t.p.\], 217-219, *pl. 52-53. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 16: 217-219. *Pl. 52-53.* 11 Feb 1913. ##### n.9987. Classification of the genus Annona **Title** *Classification of the genus Annona* with descriptions of new and imperfectly known species... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Jun 1914 (Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1914), p. \[i\]-ix \[journal pref.\], \[1\]-68, *pl. 1-41*, xi-xii\[index\]. *Copies*: BR, G, H, HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 18(1): 1-68, *pl. 1-41*, xi-xii. 1914.