> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 571](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333710) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12270-1) LSID 12270-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2051280) QID Q2051280 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Shreve, Forrest (1878-1950), American botanist and ecologist; AB Johns Hopkins Univ. 1901; Dr. phil. ib. 1905; instructor bot. Cold Spring Harbor 1904-1905; at the Cinchona, Jamaica Botanical station 1905-1906; associate professor of botany at Goucher College, Maryland, 1906-1908; with the Tucson, Arizona Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1909-1947; in charge of the desert investigations of the Carnegie Institution 1928-1932; from 1932 head of the Tucson laboratory and working especially on the floristics of the Sonoran desert. **Abbreviated name**: *Shreve* \[standard form in IPNI: *Shreve*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]] (ca. 30.000); other material in [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection ASUF|ASUF]], [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection RSA|RSA]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – *Note books* Jamaica 1905-1906 in [[Collection NY|NY]]; other field notes at [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]]; *letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 273 (b. 8 Jul 1878, d. 19 Jul 1950); BJI 2: 164; BL 1: 186, 318; BM 8: 1188; Bossert p. 365; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1(ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342; 2: (files); Langman p. 700; Lenley p. 368; NW p. 57; PH 209, 450, 939; SIA 221, 225, 7277, (HI 107); Tucker 1: 649, 3: 280. #### Biofile - Anon., Natl. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. F (1939-1942): 446-447. 1942, 40: 406. 1955 (biogr., portr.); Who's who Amer. 10-25, 1918-1919; Who was who Amer. 3: 783. 1960. - Barnhart, J.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 142. 1911 (biogr. data; hon. asst. at NYBG station at Cinchona 1905-1906). - Cattell, J.M., ed., Amer. men sci. ed. 1: 291. 1906, ed. 2: 427. 1910, ed. 3: 624. 1921, ed. 4: 893. 1927, ed. 5: 1017. 1933, ed. 6: 1293. 1938, ed. 7: 1621. 1944, ed. 8: 2269. 1949. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 120, 121, 127. 1969. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 230-231. 1961. - Humphrey, H.H. & J.L. Wiggins, Science 114: 569-570. 1951 (obit.). - Knobloch, I.W., Pl. coll. N. Mexico 64. 1979 (itin. N. Mexican travels); Phytologia Mem. 6: 89. 1983 (coll. Mexico). - McVaugh, R., Contr. Univ. Mich. herb. 9: 311. 1972 (Mexican trip). - Shantz, H.L., Ecology 32(3): 365-367. 1951 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 86. 1981 (archival mat. HU). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 6: 18.141. 1941, 7: 35, 43, 164. 1943; Man. pterid. 639 \[index\]. 1938. #### Composite works - (1) With I.L. Wiggins (q.v.) *Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert*, 2 vols., x, 1740 p., 27 maps, *37 pl*., 20 Feb 1964. – See Taxon 13: 147. 1964. - (2) Shreve published *A map of the vegetation of the United States*. 12.5 x 20.0 in., Feb 1917 issued with Geogr. Rev. 3: 119-125. 1917; see e.g. R.M. Harper, Torreya 17(6): 103-107. 13 Jan 1917. - (3) With J.C.Th. Uphof, *Sarraceniaceae in* E. Hannig & H. Winkler, ed., *Die Pflanzenareale* ser. 3(1): *pl. 1-3.* 1931. ### Publications ##### n.11.914. The development and anatomy of Sarracenia purpurea **Title** *The development and anatomy of Sarracenia purpurea*. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, no. 5 (with plates iii-v). Printed at the University of Chicago Press. 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1906, cover-t.p., p. 107-126, *pl. 3-5. Copies*: B, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 42: 107-126, *pl*. 3-5. August 1906. ##### n.11.915. The plant life of Maryland **Title** *The plant life of Maryland*... Baltimore (The Johns Hopkins Press) 1910. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. life Maryland*. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Mintin Asbury Chrysler (1871-?), Frederick Harvey Blodgett (1872-1926), Fred Wilson Besley (1872-?). *Publ*.: 1910 (p. \[5\]: 1 Dec 1909; Bot. Centralbl. 6 Sep 1910; Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1911), p. \[1\]-533, *pl. 1-39* (photos). *Copies*: Ewan, G, MO, NY, PH, USDA; IDC 7619. – Maryland Weather Service, Special publications vol. 3. *Facsimile ed*.: 1969, p. \[1\]-533, *pl. 1-39. Copy*: FAS. – Reprints of US-floras, volume 5, 3301 Lehre (Verlag von J. Cramer) 1969, p. \[1-2\] have new text: t.p. and imprint, p. \[3\]: 1910 t.p. – See Taxon 19: 135. 1970. – ISBN 3-7682-0626-2. *Ref*.: Harper, R.M., Torreya 11: 36-42. 14 Feb 1911 (rev.). ##### n.11.916. A montane rain-forest **Title** *A montane rain-forest*, a contribution to the physiological plant geography of Jamaica... Washington, D.C. (Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1914. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Montane rain-forest*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Sep 1914 (several copies so stamped), p. \[1\]-110, *pl. 1-29. Copies*: MO, NSUB, Univ. Illinois, US. – Carnegie Inst. Washington publ. 199. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 52 (Lit.): 64-65. 3 Aug 1915 (rev.). - Harshberger, J.W., Bot. Centralbl. 128: 507-508. 1915 (rev.). - Taylor, N., Torreya 15: 53-55. 15 Apr 1915 (rev.). ##### n.11.917. The vegetation of a desert mountain range **Title** *The vegetation of a desert mountain range* as conditioned by climatic factors... Washington, D.C. (published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1915. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. desert mount.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Oct 1915 (stamp on p. 2), p. \[1\]-112, *pl. 1-36* (photos). *Copies*: MO, MICH. *Ref*.: Harshberger, J.W., Bot. Centralbl. 134: 140-141. 29 Feb 1917 (rev.). ##### n.11.918. The Cactus **Title** *The Cactus* and its home,... Baltimore (The Williams & Wilkins Company) 1931. **Abbreviated title**: *Cactus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1931 (p. ii: date publ.; US copy rd 5 Jan 1932), p. \[i\]-ix, 1-195. *Copies*: MO, US. ##### n.11.919. The plant life of the Sonoran Desert **Title** *The plant life of the Sonoran Desert*... Issued by Office of publications Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. April 15, 1936. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. life Sonoran Des.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Apr 1936, cover, 1-19. *Copy*: NY. – Carnegie Inst. Washington, suppl. Publ. 22.