> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 410](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212452) of TL-2 Vol. VI
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10761-1) LSID 10761-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5558302) QID Q5558302
> Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]]
### Author
Toumey, James William (1865-1932), United States forestry botanist; studied at Michigan Agricultural College; B.A. 1889, M.S. 1896; Dr. Sci. Syracuse 1920; instructor in botany Mich. Agr. Coll. 1890-1891; curator of botany State College and Experiment Station, Tucson, Arizona 1891-1898; superintendent of tree planting U.S.D.A. 1899-1900; asst. prof. forestry Yale 1901-1903, professor and director of the Marsh Botanical Garden, Yale 1903-1910; Moris K. Jesup professor of silviculture Forest School, Yale 1910-1932.
**Abbreviated name**: *Toumey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Toumey*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection US|US]]. – Further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. – *Field notes* and other archival material at [[Collection US|US]] (SIA); letters to Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 393 (b. 17 Apr 1865, d. 6 Mai 1932); Bossert p. 404; CSP 19: 1-74; Hirsch p. 302; Hortus 3: 1205; Langman p. 742; LS 26945-26945a, 39981, suppl. 27998; Rehder 5: 855; Tucker 1: 694-695, 3: 310.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-4. 1906-1927; Bot. Centralbl. 47: 320. 1891 (app. exp. sta. Tucson), 83: 336. 1900 (app. school of forestry); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 240: 473. 1964; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 370-371. 1969; Madroño 2: 76. 1932 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 41: 396. 1891 (app. Tucson); Who's who Amer. 1-18, 1899-1935; Who was who Amer. 1: 1247. 1968.
- Graves, H.S., Science 75: 575-577. 1932 (obit.).
- Marquis, A.N., Who's who New England 932. 1909.
- Rodgers, A.D., Bernard Eduard Fernow 621 \[index\]. 1951.
- Sargent, C.S., Silva 8: 93. 1895.
- Tourney, J.W., The Yale demonstration and research forest near Keene, New Hampshire, 1932 (Bull. 33. Yale School of Forestry).
#### Eponymy
*Toumeya* N.L. Britton et J.N. Rose (1922).
### Publications
##### n.14.776. An undescribed Agave from Arizona
**Title**
*An undescribed Agave from Arizona*... \[Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard.... 1901\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Undescr. Agave Ariz.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 6 Apr 1901 (date on p. 75), p. 75-76. *pl. 32-33. Copies*: G, HH. – Preprinted from Ann. Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 12: 75-76. 1901.