> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 561](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333700) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9566-1) LSID 9566-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1277047) QID Q1277047 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sherff, Earl Edward (1886-1966), American botanist; Dr. phil. Univ. Chicago 1916; high school teacher at various colleges in Michigan 1907-1912; instructor of botany at Chicago Teachers College 1923; head of the dept. of science ib. 1929-1951; longtime honorary research associate in systematic botany at the Field Museum, Chicago, Ill. **Abbreviated name**: *Sherff* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sherff*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection F|F]]. – Types indicated in publ.; other material in [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection US|US]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 269 (b. 18 Mai 1886); BM 8: 1186; Bossert p. 364; Hirsch p. 273; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 1): 25; Langman p. 698-699; Lenley p. 367; MW p. 446, suppl. p. 317; NAF ser. 2. 2: 172-173; NW p. 57; PH 209; Roon p. 103; TL-2/781; Zander ed. 10, p. 716, ed. 11, p. 817. #### Biofile - Anon., Who's who Amer. 26-28. 1950-1953; Who was who Amer. 7: 520. 1977-1981. - Cattell, J.M., ed., Amer. men sci. ed. 3: 621. 1921, ed. 4: 887. 1927, ed. 5: 1010. 1933, ed. 6: 1285. 1938, ed. 7: 1612. 1944, ed. 8: 3358. 2959, ed. 9: 1024. 1955, ed. 10: 3701. 1961. - Degener, I. & O., Hawaii. Newsl. 5(3): 32. 1966, Fl. males. Bull. 21: 1379. 1966. - Degener, O., Taxon 17: 189-198. 1968 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Merrill, E.D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 274-276. 1947. - Mohlenbrock, R.H., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 391. 1982. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 4: 435, 452, 470. 1938, 5: 124. 1939, 6: 421. 1941, 7: 190. 1943. #### Composite works - (1) With Edward Johnson Alexander (1901-x), *Compositae, Coreopsidinae, in* NAF ser. 2. 2: 1-149. 9 Dec 1955. - (2) *Editor and author. Botanical Leaflets*, a series of studies in the systematic botany of miscellaneous dicotyledonous plants, Chicago Illinois, 1950-1952. (9 nos.). ### Publications ##### n.11.881. Studies in the genus Bidens **Title** The University of Chicago. *Studies in the genus Bidens*. iii. A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Ogden Graduate School of Science in candidacy for the degree of doctor of philosophy (Department of botany)... A private edition distributed by the University of Chicago libraries... Chicago, 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Thesis issue*: Jun 1916 (date of publ. in journal), p. \[i\], 495-506, *pl. 31* (uncol.). *Copy*: MICH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 61: 495-506, *pl. 31.* Jun 1916. *Studies in the genus Bidens*: a series of publications in Botanical Gazette (set of reprints at NY): *1*: in BG 56: 490-495. Dec 1913; repr. p. 490-495. *Copy*: B. *2*: id. 59: 301-316. Apr 1915; repr. cover-t.p., p. 301-316. *Copy*: B. *3*: id. 61: 495-506. *pl. 31.* Jun 1916. *4*: id. 64: 21-41, *pl. 9-10.* Jul 1917. *5*: id. 70: 89-109, *pl. 11-14.* Aug 1920; repr. cover-t.p., p. 89-109. *Copy*: B. *6*: id. 76: 144-166, *pl. 12-14.* Oct. 1923. *7*: id. 81: 25-54, *pl. 1-4.* Mar 1926. *8*: id. 85: 1-29, *pl. 1-5.* Mar 1928. *9*: id. 86: 435-447, *pl. 14-16.* Dec 1928. *10*: id. 93: 213-220. Apr 1932, repr. p. 213-220. *Copies*: B, US. ##### n.11.882. New or otherwise noteworthy Compositae **Title** *New or otherwise noteworthy Compositae*. Contributions from the Hull botanical laboratory 309... Reprinted for private circulation from the Botanical Gazette vol. lxxvi, no. 1, September 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1923, cover-t.p., p. 78-94, *pl. 6-9.* Sep 1923. *Copy*: FI. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 76(1): 78-94, *pl. 6-9.* Sep 1923. Further papers in this series: *2*: ib. 80: 367-389, *pl. 19-22.* Dec 1925. *3*: ib. 88: 285-309, *pl. 17-21.* Nov 1929. *4*: ib. 89: 362-363. Jun 1930. *5*: ib. 90: 384-398, *pl. 4-5.* Dec 1930. *6*: ib. 91: 308-319. Mai 1931. *7*: ib. 92: 202-209. Oct 1931. *8*: ib. 94: 589-597. Mar 1933. *9*: ib. 95: 78-103. Sep 1933. *10*: Amer. J. Bot. 22: 705-710. Oct 1931. *11* ("*10*"): ib. 34: 138-158. Mar 1947. ##### n.11.883. Revision of the genus Cosmos **Title** *Revision of the genus Cosmos*... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Mus. nat. Hist. Publ. 313\]. 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Sep 1932 (t.p.), p. \[i-ii\], 401-447. *Copy*: B. – Issued and to be cited as Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 8(6): 401-447. 1932. ##### n.11.884. Revision of Tetramolopium, Lipochaeta, Dubautia and Railliardia **Title** *Revision of Tetramolopium, Lipochaeta, Dubautia and Railliardia*... Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the Museum) 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Aug 1935 (p. \[ii\*\]), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], i-ii, \[3\]-136. *Copies*: B, G, HH, M, MO, NY. – Issued as Bernice P. Bish. Mus. Bull. 135, 1935. ##### n.11.885. Revision of Haplostachys, Phyllostegia, and Stenogyne **Title** *Revision of Haplostachys, Phyllostegia, and Stenogyne*... Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the Museum) 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Oct 1935 (p. \[ii\*\]), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], i-ii, \[3\]-101. *Copies*: B, G, HH, M, MO, NY. – Issued as Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 136. 1935. ##### n.11.886. Revision of the genus Coreopsis **Title** *Revision of the genus Coreopsis*... Chicago, U.S.A. October 20, 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Oct 1936, issued and to be cited as from Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 11(6): \[i-ii\], 279-475. 20 Oct 1936. – *Copy*: B. *Special issue*: 40 copies were printed on "worthy permanent book" paper; all numbered and provided with a special label. *Copies*: BR, HH. ##### n.11.887. The genus Bidens **Title** *The genus Bidens*... Chicago, U.S.A.... 1937. 2 parts. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: in two parts in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 16, 1937 and to be cited from this journal. *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, M, MICH, MO, NY, U. *1*: 31 Aug 1937, p. \[1\]-346, *pl. 1-88* (uncol., author). *2*: 21 Sep 1937, p. \[i-ii\], 347-709, *pl. 89-189* (id.). *Special issue*: 85 copies were printed on "special" paper manufactured to meet the requirements of the United States Bureau of Standards... Copies at BR, MICH, NY. ##### n.11.888. Revision of the Hawaiian species of Euphorbia **Title** *Revision of the Hawaiian species of Euphorbia* L.... Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard., vol. 25, 1938 \[1937\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rev. Hawaii. Euphorbia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Dec 1937, p. \[1\]-94, *pl. 2-11. Copies*: FI, NY. – Preprinted from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 1-94, *pl. 2-11.* 1938. ##### n.11.889. Genus Labordia **Title** *Genus Labordia*. Hawaiian Euphorbiaceae, Labiatae and Compositae... Botanical Series Field Museum of Natural History... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Sep 1939, issued and to be cited as Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 17(6): \[i-ii\]., 447-612. 1939. – Labordia on p. 447-546; Additional studies of the Hawaiian Euphorbiaceae on p. 547-576; Some new or otherwise noteworthy Labiatae and Compositae on p. 577-612.