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### Author
Steyermark, Julian Alfred (1909-x), American botanist and botanical explorer; studied at Washington University, St. Louis, AB 1929; Dr. phil. 1933; with the Missouri botanical Garden 1934-1935; with the Field Museum of Natural history 1937-1958 (asst. cur. 1937, assoc. cur. 1948, cur. 1950); at the Instituto botanico Caracas, Venezuela from 1959-1984; research associate Missouri botanical Garden 1984.
**Abbreviated name**: *Steyerm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Steyerm.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection UMO|UMO]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection VEN|VEN]]; further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LAM|LAM]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MA|MA]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NO|NO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SMS|SMS]], [[Collection U|U]]. – *Field notes* at [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection HU|HU]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 330 (b. 27 Jan 1909); BFM 1607; BL 1: 193, 194, 320; Bossert p. 383; Ewan ed. 2: 213; GR p. 248-249; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 1 (ed. 2): 41, (ed. 3): 47, 48, 136, (ed. 4): 151, (ed. 6): 54, 365, (ed. 7): 54, 343, 2: (files); Langman p. 722; Lenley p. 388; PH 209; Roon p. 108; SIA 227, 7097, and HI 107; TL-2/7233; Zander ed. 10, p. 721, ed. 11, p. 823.
#### Biofile
- Acosta-Solis, M., Natural. viaj. ci. Ecuador 71-72, 124. 1968.
- Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 6: 1363. 1938, ed. 7: 1711. 1944, ed. 8: 2399. 1949, ed. 9: 1089. 1955, ed. 10: 3929. 1961, ed. 11: 5181. 1967, ed. 12(6): 6134. 1972, ed. 13(6): 4317-4318. 1976, ed. 14: 4914. 1979, ed. 15(6): 1010. 1982; Taxon 4: 20. 1955 (exp. Venezuela), 33: 160, 163. 1984 (award); Who's who Amer. 28: 2567. 1954-1955, 29: 2474. 1956-1957, 30: 2659. 1958-1959, 31: 2785. 1960-1961, 32: 3012. 1962-1963, 33: 1934. 1964-1965, 34: 2053. 1966-1967, 35: 2105. 1968-1969, 36: 2195. 1970-1971, 37: 3054. 1972-1973, 38(2): 2966. 1974-1975.
- Crosby, M.R., Taxon 33: 161. 1984 (biogr. not.).
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 704. 1985.
- Smith, L.B., J. Bromel. Soc. 29(5): 195-201. 1979(tribute, portr.).
- Steyermark, C., Behind the scenes. St. Louis, Mo. 1984 (biogr., travel accounts).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 314, 377. 1935, 2: 330, 335. 1936, 3: 300. 1937, 4: 452, 566. 1938, 5: 174, 371, 516. 1939, 6: 69, 172. 1941, 7: 43, 315, 346, 356. 1943.
- Villanueva, H., ed., Bibl. Alfredo Jahn, Bol. inf. 9: \[9-12\]. 1977 (bibl.; list of expeditions).
#### Composite works
Co-author, E.J. Palmer, *Annot. cat. fl. pl. Missouri*, 1935, see TL-2/7233.
#### Note
For a preliminary bibliography see H. Villanueva 1977; listing the most important of over 350 publications. Most of these fall outside our period. Important items: *Flora of Missouri*, 1963, *Rubiaceae in* T. Lasser, ed., *Flora de Venezuela* 9(1-3), 1974 (see Taxon 24: 523. 1975) and *Flora del Avita* (with Otto Huber), 1978 (see Taxon 28: 660. 1979).
#### Eponymy
*Steyermarkia* Standley (1940); *Steyermarkiella* H. Robinson (1965); *Steyermarkina* R.M. King et H.E. Robinson (1971).
### Publications
##### n.13.103. A revision of the genus Menodora
**Title**
*A revision of the genus Menodora*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 19: 87-176. 1932 Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Apr 1932 (date on p. 87), cover-t.p., p. 87-176, *pl. 4-11. Copies*: HH, NY, U, US. – Reprinted from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 87-176 for Feb 1932 (publ. 15 Apr).
##### n.13.104. Studies in Grindelia
**Title**
*Studies in Grindelia*. I-III.... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1934-1937. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 1934, cover-t.p., p. 227-230. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 21: 227-230. Feb 1934.
*2*: 20 Sep 1934, cover-t.p., p. 433-608. – Id. 21: 433-608. Sep 1934. "Washington University Doctoral Dissertations. Studies in Grindelia II. A monograph of the North American species of the genus Grindelia. A dissertation presented to the Board of graduate studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of philosophy, June 1933".
*3*: Apr 1937, cover-t.p., p. 225-262. – Id. 24: 225-262. 1937.
*Copies*: G, MO, NY, U, US. – See also *Gross morphology of the genus Grindelia*, Field Mus. Bot. 17: \[423\]-443. 1938.
##### n.13.105. Spring flora of Missouri
**Title**
*Spring flora of Missouri*... St. Louis (Missouri botanical Garden) Chicago (Field Museum of natural History) 1940. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Spring fl. Missouri*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1940, p. \[i\]-vii, map, \[1\]-582. *Copies*: BR, G, M, NY, PH, U, USDA. – Outside our period: *Flora of Missouri*, Ames, Iowa (The Iowa State University Press) 1963, 1726 p.