> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 625](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333764) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9714-1) LSID 9714-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4421859) QID Q4421859 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Skeels, Homer Collar (1873-1934), American botanist; B.Sc. Michigan Agr. Coll. 1898; gardener, Bot. Gard. Michigan State Coll. 1898-1899; botanist, Forest of Arden, Joliet, Ill. 1900-1906; gardener Dellwood park 1906-1908; with the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S.D.A. 1908-1934. **Abbreviated name**: *Skeels* \[standard form in IPNI: *Skeels*\] #### Herbarium and types Seed collections at [[Collection BARC|BARC]]. – Other material at [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 661; Barnhart 3: 284 (b. 31 Jul 1873, d. 3 Jan 1934); Hortus 3: 1204; MW p. 455; RS p. 142; Tucker 3: 283; Zander ed. 11, p. 818. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Washington Acad. 24(2): 112. 1934 (obit. not.). - Cattell, J.M., et al., eds., Amer. men Sci. ed. 3: 629. 1921, ed. 4: 900. 1927, ed. 5: 1025. 1933. - P.R., Science ser. 2. 79: 49. 1934. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 325. 1935 (obit., portr.). - Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 13: 66. 1978.