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### Author
Steward, Albert Newton (1897-1959), American botanist; B.S. Oregon State 1921; botanist at Nanking University 1921-1926; assistant Harvard Univ.; Dr. phil. Harvard 1930; professor of botany at Nanking University 1930-1950; at the Arnold Arboretum 1950-1951; curator of the Oregon State College herbarium 1951-1959.
**Abbreviated name**: *Steward* \[standard form in IPNI: *Steward*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Chinese coll. 1921-1950: [[Collection A|A]] and [[Collection N|N]]; duplicates: [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LU|LU]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NF|NF]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PNH|PNH]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]]. – Northwest American plants (1951-1959): [[Collection OSC|OSC]]; duplicates [[Collection DAV|DAV]], [[Collection LAM|LAM]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WS|WS]]. – *Field notes*: [[Collection OSC|OSC]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 328 (b. 23 Jul 1897; d. 19 Jun 1959); BJI 2: 171; IH 1 (ed. 1): 29, (ed. 2): 45, (ed. 3): 53, (ed. 4): 57; MW p. 472, suppl. p. 334-335; Roon p. 108; Zander ed. 10, p. 721, ed. 11, p. 823.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 4: 938. 1927, ed. 5: 1068. 1933, ed. 6: 1360. 1938, ed. 7: 1707. 1944, ed. 8: 2395. 1949, ed. 9(2): 1087. 1955.
- Gilkey, H.M., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 86(5): 342-352. 1959 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 703. 1985.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 4: 186. 1938.
#### Note
Main publication outside our period: *Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley* China... Corvallis (Oregon State College) \[1958\]. Oct., p. \[i\]-vii, \[ix-xiii\], 1-621. (*85 pl.*). 1958. *Copies*: HH, M, NY.
#### Composite works
With L.R.J. Dennis and H.G. Gilkey, *Aquatic plants of the Pacific Northwest*, Corvallis, Ore., 1960, v, 184 p.
### Publications
##### n.13.092. The Polygoneae of Eastern Asia
**Title**
*The Polygoneae of Eastern Asia*... Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. (published by the Gray herbarium of Harvard University) 1930. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Polygonac. E. Asia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17 Apr 1930, p. \[1\]-129, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: BR, HH, MO. –Issued as Contr. Gray Herb. 88. 1930.
##### n.13.093. A preliminary report of studies on littoral vegetation made in the vicinity of Amoy
**Title**
*A preliminary report of studies on littoral vegetation made in the vicinity of Amoy* under the auspices of the marine biological Association of China July and August, 1933... Reprinted from third annual report of the marine biological Association of China 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1934, cover-t.p., p. \[101\]-109. *pl. 1-4. Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. marine biol.Ass. China 3: \[101\]-109, *pl. 1-4.* 1934.
##### n.13.094. Geographical and ecological notes on botanical explorations in Kwangsi Province
**Title**
*Geographical and ecological notes on botanical explorations in Kwangsi Province*, China... Nanking (published by College of Agriculture and Forestry...) 1935. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Cheo Shu-Yuen.
*Publ*.: Aug 1935, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-23, *2 pl*., 3 maps. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nanking Journal 5(1): 173-195. Mai 1935.