> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 109](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212151) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10325-1) LSID 10325-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13423965) QID Q13423965 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Svenson, Henry Knute \[Knut\] (1897-x), Swedish-born American botanist; Dr. phil. Harvard Univ. 1928; assistant Arnold Arb. 1920; instructor in biology, Union College 1922-1925; asst. prof. biology 1925-1927; asst. Gray herbarium 1928-1929; asst. curator Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 1930-1936, curator herbarium 1936-1946; curator and chairman Dept. Forestry and General Botany, Amer. Mus. nat. hist. 1946-1952; botanist U.S. Geol. Survey 1954-1966. **Abbreviated name**: *Svens.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Svenson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BKL|BKL]]; further material at [[Collection ACAD|ACAD]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FARM|FARM]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TENN|TENN]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 350 (b. 13 Jan 1897); BJI 2: 175; BL 1: 109, 320; Bossert p. 389; Hirsch p. 292; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 1 (ed. 7): 344, 2: (files); Langman p. 726-727; Lenley p. 398; MW p. 477, suppl. 341-342; PH 33, 209, 558; SIA 226 (HI 107); TL-2/781. #### Biofile - Acosta-Solis, M., Natural. Viaj. Ci. Ecuador 67-68, 124. 1968 (work in Ecuador). - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 4-11. 1927-1967; Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 19(5): 240. 1930; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 304-305. 1967. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 015. 1984. - House, H.H., New York State Mus. Bull. 328: \[many entries, see index\] Jan 1942 (bibl. bot. N.Y. State). - Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 85. 1946 (1948) (epon.). - Rouleau, E., Rhodora, Index to vols. 1-50. 1953, p. 398-399. - Verdoorn, F., eds., Chron. bot. 2: 339. 1936, 3: 279, 303. 1937, 5: 175, 234, 370, 513. 1939, 6: 165. 1941, 7: 138. 1943. #### Composite works NAF *Cyperaceae* (*Scirpeae* excl. *Scirpus*) in 18(8): 479. 29 Oct 1947, 18(9): 505-556. *1 pl*. 5 Nov 1957. #### Eponymy *Svensonia* Moldenke (1936). ### Publications ##### n.13.487. Monographic studies in the genus Eleocharis **Title** *Monographic studies in the genus Eleocharis* i-v, 1929-1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: A series of papers published in Rhodora. *Copies* of reprints: B, BR, H, NY, US. *1*: Rhodora 31: 121-135, *pl. 188*. 8 Jul, 152-163. 27 Jul, 167-191. *pl. 189*. 16 Sep, 199-219. *pl. 190*. 23 Oct, 224-242. *pl. 191*. 4 Nov 1929. – Reprinted with special cover-t.p. as Contr. Gray Herb. 86. *2*: Rhodora 34: 193-203. *pl. 219*. Oct, 215-227. *pl. 220-221*. Nov 1932. – Reprinted with special cover-t.p. as Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 65, 1932. *3*: Rhodora 35: 377-389. *pl. 320-321*, text maps 1-3. Nov 1934. – Reprinted with special cover-t.p. as Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 68, 1934. *4*: Rhodora 39: 210-231. *pl. 460-465*, text maps 1-7. Jun 1937, 236-273. *pl. 460-465*, text maps 8-23. Jul 1937. *5*: Rhodora 41: 1-19. *pl. 537-539*, text maps 1-28. Jan, 43-77. *pl. 540-545*, text maps 29-52. Feb 1939, 90-110. *pl. 546-547*. Mar 1939. Further short notes on *Eleocharis* in Rhodora 41: 559. 1939, 49: 61-67. 1947, 55: 1-6. 1953. ##### n.13.488. Plants of the Astor Expedition **Title** *Plants of the Astor Expedition*, 1930 (Galapagos and Cocos Islands)... Brooklyn N.Y. 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1935 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 208-277. *Copies*: HH, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 22: 208-277. Feb 1935. Reprint: Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 69, 1935. ##### n.13.489. Pteridophyta of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands **Title** *Pteridophyta of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands*... Reprinted... from Bull. Torrey bot. Club... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1938, cover-t.p., p. 303-333. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 65: 303-333. 1938. Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 83. ##### n.13.490. Carex foenea **Title** *Carex foenea*, C. straminea and C. albicans in Willdenow's herbarium... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1938, p. \[325\]-331. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted from Rhodora 40: \[325\]-331. 1938. ##### n.13.491. The Templeton Crocker Expedition **Title** *The Templeton Crocker Expedition* of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932, no. 37. The *Cyperaceae*... Proceedings California Academy of Sciences... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Jul 1939, p. \[187\]-193. *Copy*: NY. – Issued and to be cited as Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4. 22(8): 187-193. 20 Jul 1939. ##### n.13.492. Plants of Southern United States **Title** *Plants of Southern United States*... Brooklyn N.Y. 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1940, p. \[1\]-19, *pl. 585-587. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 42: 1-19. Jan 1940. Contr. Brookl. Bot. Gard. 89. ##### n.13.493. Flora of Panama **Title** *Flora of Panama*: *Cyperaceae*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1943. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1943, cover-t.p., p. 281-324. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 30: 281-324. 1943.