> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 292](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212334) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10629-1) LSID 10629-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5933374) QID Q5933374 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thornber, John James (1872-1962), American botanist; AM Univ. Nebraska 1901; from 1901-1943 professor of botany at the University of Arizona, Tucson; botanist (1901-1921) and director of the Univ. Arizona Experiment Station 1921-1928; from 1928 botanist ib. **Abbreviated name**: *Thornb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thornber*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]]; further material at [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NMC|NMC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 380 (b. 8 Feb 1872, d. 22 Nov 1962); BL 1: 164; BM 5: 2102; Bossert p. 400; Ewan ed. 2: 220; Hirsch p. 299; Hortus 3: 1205; LS 26615; NW p. 59; Tucker 3: 308. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-7, 1906-1944; Madroño 17: 32. 1963 (obit. not.); Plant Sci. Bull. 9(1): 8. 1963 (d.); Who's who Amer. 10-25. 1918-1949; Who was who Amer. 5: 721. 1973. #### Eponymy *Thornbera* P.A. Rydberg (1919). #### Composite works - (1) *Vegetation groups of the Desert Laboratory Domain, in* V.M. Spalding, *Distribution and movements of desert plants* 103-112. 22 Oct 1909 (Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 113). - (2) With L. Benson and A.A. Nichol, *The Cacti of Arizona*, Univ. Ariz. Bull. 11(1): 1-134, 52 pl., frontisp., Arizona Jan 1940 (rev. I.L. Wiggins, Madroño 6: 28-29. 17 Jan 1941). - (3) With Margaret Armstrong, *Field book of western wild flowers*, New York 1915 (NY rd Sep 1915). ### Publications ##### n.14.282. The fantastic clan **Title** *The fantastic clan*: the cactus family, studies of that unique and fascinating growth, the Cactus plant,... New York (The Macmillan Company) 1932. **Abbreviated title**: *Fantast. clan*. **Notes** *Co-author*. Frances Bonker. *Publ*.: 1932 (p. viii: 1 Oct 1931), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-194, *20 pl. Copies*: HH, LC, USDA. *Ref*.: N. Taylor, Torreya 32: 133-134. 18 Oct 1932.