> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 112](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212154) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10331-1) LSID 10331-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370200) QID Q2370200 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Swallen, Jason Richard (1903-x), American botanist; M.S. Kansas State Agr. Coll. 1925; assistant in botany Kansas State College 1924-1925; with USDA Bureau of Plant Industry 1925-1936 (junior bot.), 1936-1943 (assoc. bot.), 1943-1945 (agr. prod. officer), 1945-1946 (botanist); associate curator Smithsonian Inst. 1946-1947, curator div. Grasses 1947-1950, head dept. bot. 1950-1964, retired in Florida. **Abbreviated name**: *Swall.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Swallen*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]]. – Other material at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MG|MG]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PEL|PEL]], [[Collection RB|RB]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Manuscript material* and *correspondence* at SIA ([[Collection US|US]]); other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 351 (b. 1 Mai 1903); Bossert p. 390; IH 1 (ed. 1): 102, (ed. 2): 126, (ed. 3): 162, (ed. 4): 180, (ed. 5): 197, (ed. 7): 344; Langman p. 727; MW p. 477; NW p. 59; Roon p. 110; TL-2/781; Tucker 3: 299. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 6-10. 1938-1961; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 305-306. 1967; Who's who Amer. 29-33. 1956-1965. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 1985. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 281. 1935, 3: 279. 1937, 5: 173. 1939, 6: 424. 1941. #### Composite works - (1) N. Amer. Fl., *Poaceae-Chlorid*., 17(8): 579-638. 14 Jul 1939. - (2) Contributed 724 texts on genera of *Gramineae* to *Index nominum genericorum* 1979. #### Eponymy *Swallenia* Soderstrom et H.F. Decker (1963); *Swallenochloa* F.A. McClure (1973). ### Publications ##### n.13.499. The grass genus Schizachne **Title** *The grass genus Schizachne*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, vol. 18, no. 8, April 19, 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Apr 1928, cover-t.p., p. \[203\]-206. *Copies*: FAS, G(2), HH, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 203-206. 1928. ##### n.13.500. A new species of Aristida from Florida **Title** *A new species of Aristida from Florida*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Mai 1929, p. \[195\]-197. *Copies*: FAS, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: \[195\]-197. 1929. ##### n.13.501. Five new grasses from Columbia **Title** *Five new grasses from Columbia*... Reprinted from the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Jan 1931, cover-t.p., p. \[14\]-16. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21(1): \[14\]-16. 1931. ##### n.13.502. The grass genus Amphibromus **Title** *The grass genus Amphibromus*... Reprinted from American Journal of Botany... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Jul 1931, cover-t.p., p. 411-415. *Copies*: FAS, G, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 18: 411-415. 1931 \["June"\]. ##### n.13.503. Crassipes **Title** *Crassipes*, a new grass genus from Utah... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Oct 1931, cover-t.p., p. 684-685. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 18: 684-685. 1931. ##### n.13.504. Five new grasses from Texas **Title** *Five new grasses from Texas*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany ... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Mai 1932, p. 436-442. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 19: 436-442. 1932. ##### n.13.505. Peniculus **Title** *Peniculus*, a new grass genus from British Honduras... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1932, p. 581-583. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 19: 581-583. 1932. ##### n.13.506. Bracteola **Title** *Bracteola*, a new grass genus from Africa... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Feb 1933, cover-t.p., p. \[118\]-120. *Copies*: U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 20: \[118\]-120. 1933. ##### n.13.507. The grasses of the Yucatan peninsula **Title** Appendix to Contributions to American archeology, no. 12. *The grasses of the Yucatan peninsula* \[Preprint from Publication no. 436 of Carnegie Institution of Washington, pages 323 to 355, Oct 1934\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. Yucatan penins.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1934, cover-t.p., p. \[323\]-355. *Copies*: FAS, G, MO, U, US. – Preprint \[as in title\]. ##### n.13.508. The grass genus Gouinia **Title** *The grass genus Gouinia*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1935, p. 31-41. *Copies*: FAS, HH, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 22: 31-41. 1935. ##### n.13.509. Two new grasses from the United States and Mexico **Title** *Two new grasses from the United States and Mexico*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Sep 1935, p. \[413\]-415. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 25(9): \[413\]-415. 1935. ##### n.13.510. The grasses of British Honduras **Title** Botany of the Maya area; miscellaneous papers ix. *The grasses of British Honduras* and the Peten, Guatemala... \[Preprinted from Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 461, pages 141 to 189. April 24, 1936\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. Brit. Honduras*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Apr 1936, cover-t.p., p. \[141\]-189, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: G, HH, U, US. – Preprint \[see title\]. ##### n.13.511. Three new grasses from Indo-China **Title** *Three new grasses from Indo-China*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Dec 1936, p. \[535\]-538. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 26(12): \[535\]-538. 1936. ##### n.13.512. The grass genus Mesosetum **Title** *The grass genus Mesosetum*... Reprinted from Brittonia... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1937, p. 363-392. *Copies*: FAS, G, HH, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Brittonia 2(4): 363-392. 1937. ##### n.13.513. The grass genus Cathestecum **Title** *The grass genus Cathestecum*... Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Dec 1937, p. \[495\]-501. *Copies*: HH, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 27(12): \[495\]-501. 1937. ##### n.13.514. Gramineae of Nevada **Title** Contributions toward a flora of Nevada. No. I. *Gramineae of Nevada*... Issued by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 1940. **Abbreviated title**: *Gramin. Nevada*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jul 1940, p. \[i\], 1-91. *Copies*: B, HH, NY, U. – Mimeographed typescript; effectively published.