> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 563](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333702) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9576-1) LSID 9576-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4938244) QID Q4938244 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Shimek, Bohumil (1861-1937), American botanist; civil engineer and naturalist; instructor Iowa City Acad. 1883-1885, id. High School Iowa City 1885-1888, id. in zoology Univ. Nebraska 1888-1890, instructor at Iowa State University 1890-1893, assistant professor 1893, full professor 1903, id. head of the department of botany and curator of the herbarium from 1914-1932; research professor from 1919-1937; Dr. phil. h.c. Univ. Praha. **Abbreviated name**: *Shimek* \[standard form in IPNI: *Shimek*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection IA|IA]] (over 20.000); other material at [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ILH|ILH]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection SIU|SIU]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WET|WET]]. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; to C.H. Weatherby at [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 271 (b. 25 Jun 1861, d. 30 Jan 1937); BL 1: 180, 318; BM 8: 1187; Bossert p. 364; GR p. 245-246; Hirsch p. 273; IF p. 730; IH 1 (ed. 7): 342; NW p. 57; PH 81, 98, 567; Rehder 5: 797; SIA 189, 7082; Tucker 1: 648, 3: 279. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 291. 1906, ed. 2. 426. 1910, ed. 3. 622. 1921, ed. 5. 1013, 1933; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 221: 485-486. 1964; Bryologist 40: 48. 1937 (d.); Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 44: 31-33. 1937 (obit., portr.); Who's who Amer. 4: 1620-1621. 1906-1907, 5: 1719. 1908-1909, 6: 1740. 1910-1911, 7: 1902. 1912-1913, 8: 2127. 1914-1915, 9: 2232. 1916-1917, 10: 2463-2464. 1918-1919, 12: 2802, 1922-1923, 13: 2905. 1924-1925, 14: 1734. 1926-1927, 17: 2089. 1932-1933, 18: 2155. 1934-1935; Who was who Amer. 1: 1119. 1968. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 16. 1969. - Gomez P., L.D., Brenesia 8: 57. 1976 (portr.). - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. Bot. 228-230. 1961. - Knobloch, I.W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 64. 1979. - Loehwing, W.F., Science ser. 2. 85: 306-307. 1937 (obit.). - Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6: 89. 1983 (coll. Mexico). - Marquis, A.N., ed., Who's who in America 4: 1620-1621. 1906-1907. - Martin, G.W., Mycologia 29: 364-365. 1937. - Pammel, L.H., Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 31: 57, 61. 1924 (on ecol. publ.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 296. 1935, 2: 16. 1936, 4: 72. 1938. ### Publications ##### n.11.892. The ferns of Nicaragua **Title** *The ferns of Nicaragua*. An account of the ferns collected by the Nicaragua Botanical Expedition of the State University of Iowa, in 1893. Extract from the Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History, State University of Iowa... May 1897. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns Nicaragua*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1897 (t.p. preprint so dated), p. \[i\], 116-224, *pl. 1-20* with text. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, G, MO, NY, USDA. – Preprinted from Bull. Lab. nat. Hist., Univ. Iowa, 4(2): 116-224, *pl. 1-20.* Dec 1897. – Only the copies at MO and FH are preprints; the other copies are taken from the Bulletin. ##### n.11.893. Pyramidula Shimekii **Title** i. *Pyramidula Shimekii* (Pils.) Shim. ii. *The Iowa Pteridophyta*... Excerpt from the Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History State University of Iowa... April 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1901 (date on cover preprint), p. \[i-ii\], \[139\]-170. *Copies*: FH, US. – Preprinted from Bull. Lab. nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 5(2): 139-170. Mai 1901. ##### n.11.894. Iowa Pteridophyta **Title** The Loess of Iowa City and vicinity. *Iowa Pteridophyta* (Con.). Addenda to the flora of Lyon County... Excerpt from the Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History... Iowa 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1901, cover-t.p., p. \[195\]-212. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Bull. Lab. nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa, 5(2): 195-216. 1901. – *Iowa Pteridophyta* on p. \[203\]-216. ##### n.11.895. Notes on some Iowa plants **Title** *Notes on some Iowa plants*... Davenport, Iowa (Edward Borcherdt, PR.) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci. 1904. ##### n.11.896. Flora of Winneshiek County **Title** *Flora of Winneshiek County*... Des Moines 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1906, cover-t.p., p. \[147\]-211, \[index p. 213-224\]. *Copies*: MO, NY, Univ. Illinois, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Iowa Geol. Surv. 16 (Annual Rep. 1905): 147-211. 1906 (index not present in journal publ.). ##### n.11.897. The plant geography of the Lake Okoboji region **Title** *The plant geography of the Lake Okoboji region*... Published by the University, Iowa City, Iowa \[1915\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mai 1915, p. \[1\]-90, \[91, err.\], *pl. 1-8*, map. *Copies*: MO, NY, US. – Issued as Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist., Univ. Iowa 7(2): 1-90, \[91\], *pl. 1-8.* 1915 (for date see Trelease, Bot. Centralbl. 131: 330. 1916). *Additional notes*: 1917, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-22, *pl. 1-5. Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist., Univ. Iowa 7(3): 3-24. 1917 (includes also *The sand flora of Iowa*). ##### n.11.898. The genus Ceanothus **Title** *The genus Ceanothus* L. *in Iowa*... Reprinted from Iowa Academy of Sciences... 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1921, cover-t.p., p. \[230\]-242, *pl. 8. Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 28: 230-241. *pl. 8.* 1921.