> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 854](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333993) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10049-1) LSID 10049-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1354258) QID Q1354258 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Stebbins, George Ledyard (1906-x), American botanist and geneticist; Dr. phil. Harvard 1931, instructor in biology Colgate Univ. 1931-1935; junior geneticist Univ. Calif. Berkeley 1935-1939; asst. professor of genetics 1939-1946, full professor 1947-1950; chairman of the Dept. Genetics, Univ. Calif. Davis 1950-1963. **Abbreviated name**: *Stebb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stebbins*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GH|GH]] and [[Collection UC|UC]]; other material at [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection U|U]]. – *Field notes* at [[Collection CAS|CAS]]; *letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 319; BFM 2261, 2302, 2711; BL 1: 185, 319; Bossert p. 381; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343, 2: (files); Langman p. 720; MW suppl. p. 333; PH 209; Plesch p. 416; SIA 227, HI 107; Tucker 3: 294. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 5: 1062. 1933, 6: 1350. 1938, 7: 1695, 1944, 8: 2376. 1949, 9(2): 1078. 1955, 10: 3892. 1961, 11: 5131. 1967, 12: 6077. 1973, 13: 4279. 1976, 14: 4871. 1979, 15(6): 958. 1982; Fremontia 9(4): 21. 1982; Madroño 25(4): ii. 1979 (portr.); Modern men sci. 2: 516-517. 1968; Taxon 31: 385. 1982 (Regent's Fellow, Smithsonian Institution), 32: 162 (hon. Ph.D. Ohio State), 524. 1983 (Leidy Medal); Who's who Amer. 27: 2310. 1952-1953, 28: 2544. 1954-1955, 31: 2757. 1960-1961, 32: 2982. 1962-1963, 33: 1915. 1964-1965, 34: 2033. 1966-1967, 35: 2085. 1968-1969, 36: 2175. 1970-1971. 37: 3026. 1972-1973, 40: 3099. 1978-1979, 41(2): 3154. 1980-1981, 42(2): 3193. 1932-1983. - Cave, A.J.E., Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 5(4): 366-368. 1973 (address Linnean Gold medal). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 22, 113, 120. 1969. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 698. 1985. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 300. 1936, 3: 266, 362. 1937, 4: 452. 1938, 5: 122, 173, 313, 359, 360, 370. 1939, 6: 430. 1941, 7: 152, 252, 282, 364. 1943. #### Note No published complete bibliography known to us. Various major publications fall outside our period, e.g. *Variation and evolution of flowering plants* (1950); *Chromosomal evolution in higher plants* (1971) (see Taxon 21: 355-373. 1972) and *Flowering plants. Evolution above the species level* (1974), (see Taxon 24: 373-374. 1975). #### Eponymy *Stebbinsia* Lipschitz (1956) may honor Stebbins but the etymology could not be determined. ### Publications ##### n.12.847. Critical notes on Lactuca **Title** *Critical notes on Lactuca* and related genera... extracted from The Journal of Botany,... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1937, p. \[12\]-18. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 75: 12-18. 1937. ##### n.12.848. The genus Youngia **Title** *The genus Youngia*... Washington, D.C. (published by Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1937. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Youngia*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ernest Brown Babcock (1877-1954). *Publ*.: 19 Aug 1937, p. \[i-iii\], 1-106, *pl. 1-5. Copies*: PH, USDA. – Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publication no. 484. ##### n.12.849. The scandent species of Prenanthes **Title** *The scandent species of Prenanthes* and Lactuca in Africa... Bull. Jard. bot. État, Bruxelles, 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1937, cover-t.p., p. \[333\]-352. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Jard. bot. État 14(4): \[333\]-352. 1937. ##### n.12.850. Cytological characteristics associated with the different growth habits in the Dicotyledons **Title** *Cytological characteristics associated with the different growth habits in the Dicotyledons*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1938, cover-t.p., p. 189-198. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 25(3): 189-198. 1938. ##### n.12.851. The western American species of Paeonia **Title** *The western American species of Paeonia*... Reprinted from Madroño... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1938, p. \[252\]-260. *Copies*: G, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Madroño 4(8): \[252\]-260. 1938. ##### n.12.852. The American species of Crepis **Title** *The American species of Crepis* their interrelationships and distribution as affected by polyploidy and apomixis. Washington, D.C. (published by Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1938. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Amer. sp. Crepis*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ernest Brown Babcock (1877-1954). *Publ*.: 6 Dec 1938, p. \[i-iii\], 1-199, loose supplement \[1\] p. (added Mar 1938). *Copy*: USDA. – Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 504. ##### n.12.853. Notes on some systematic relationships in the genus Paeonia **Title** *Notes on some systematic relationships in the genus Paeonia*... Berkeley, California (University of California Press) 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Mai 1939, p. \[i-ii\], 245-266. *Copies*: G, MO, U, US. – Issued and to be cited as Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19(7): 245-266. 1939. ##### n.12.854. Aposporic development in the North American species of Crepis **Title** *Aposporic development in the North American species of Crepis*... Reprinted from Genetica... 1939. **Notes** *Co-author*: J.A. Jenkins. *Publ*.: Jun 1939, cover-t.p., p. 191-224, *pl. 1-2. Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Genetica 21(3-4): 191-224. 1939. ##### n.12.855. Notes on Lactuca in western North America **Title** *Notes on Lactuca in western North America*... Reprinted from Madroño... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1939, p. \[123\]-126. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Madroño 5(4): 123-126. 1939. ##### n.12.856. The effect of polyploidy and apomixis on the evolution of species in Crepis **Title** *The effect of polyploidy and apomixis on the evolution of species in Crepis*... Reprinted ... Journal of Heredity... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ernest Brown Babcock (1877-1954). *Publ*.: Dec 1939, cover-t.p., p. 519-530. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Hered. 30(12): 519-530. 1939. ##### n.12.857. Studies in the Cichorieae **Title** *Studies in the Cichorieae* Dubyaea and Soroseris, endemics of the Sino-Himalayan Region... Menasha, Wisconsin (published for the \[Torrey botanical\] Club by George Banta Publishing Company) 1940. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stud. Cichor.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Mar 1940, p. \[1\]-79. *Copies*: B, G, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. – Issued as Mem. Torrey bot. Club 19(3). 1940. ##### n.12.858. Systematic studies in the Cichorieae **Title** *Systematic studies in the Cichorieae*... Berkeley and Los Angeles (University of California Press) 1943. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ernest Brown Babcock (1877-1954). *Publ*.: 2 Nov 1943, p. \[i\], 227-240. *Copy*: BR. – Published and to be cited from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18(11): 227-240. 1943.