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### Author
Transeau, Edgar Nelson (1875-1960), American botanist (phycologist); B.A. Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. 1897; Dr. phil. Univ. Michigan 1904; professor of biology, Alma College 1904-1906; with Carnegie Inst. Exp. Sta. Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island 1906-1907; professor of botany East Illinois Teachers Coll., Charleston, Ill. 1907-1915; professor of plant physiology and ecology Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio 1915-1946; professor emeritus ib. 1946.
**Abbreviated name**: *Transeau* \[standard form in IPNI: *Transeau*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection OS|OS]] (incl. types algae), [[Collection ALMA|ALMA]]. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at SIA.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 397; BJI 2: 179; Bossert p. 405; IH 1: (ed. 7): 344, 2: (files); LS suppl. 28015; MW p. 501, suppl. 396; SIA: HI 107; Tucker 3: 311.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men Sci. ds. 1-9, 1906-1955; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 374. 1969; Who's who Amer. 13-27, 1924-1953; Who was who Amer. 5: 730. 1969-1973.
- Davidson, R.H., Ohio J. Sci. 60: 253. 1960 (obit. not., b. 21 Oct 1875, d. 25 Jan 1960).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 78, 125, 127, 128. 1969.
- Gager, G.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 392. 1938 (dir. Bot. Gard. Ohio State from 1930).
- Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 558. 1969 (alg. types OS).
- McQuate, A.G., Ohio J. Sci. 60: 253. 1960 (b. 21 Oct 1875, d. 25 Jan 1960).
- Melsheimer-Miller, E., Ohio State Univ. Bull. 37(5): 360, 362. 1932 (Ohio publ.).
- Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. Univ. 508. 1984.
- Sears, P.B., Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 41: 62-64. 1960.
- Stuckey, R.L., Ohio Biol. Surv., Biol. Notes 15: 4-23. 1981; mss. for Biogr. dict. N. Amer. Environm. (TL-2/files).
- Taft, C.E., Ohio J. Sci. 73: 103-110. 1973 (phycology Ohio State Univ., list of theses, bibl.).
- Thomas, E.S., Ohio biol. Surv., Biol. notes 15: I. 1981.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 350. 1936, 3: 314. 1937, 6: 263. 1941.
#### Note
Outside our period e.g.: *The Zygnemataceae*, Columbus, Ohio, 1951, xiv, 327 p.
### Publications
##### n.14.851. Forest centers of Eastern America
**Title**
*Forest centers of Eastern America*... Boston, U.S.A. (Ginn & Company,...) 1905. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1905 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 875-889. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted from Amer. Natural. 39(468): 875-889. 1905.
##### n.14.852. The life history of Gloeotaenium
**Title**
*The life history of Gloeotaenium*... Reprinted for private circulation from The Botanical Gazette... 1913. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Jan 1913, cover-t.p., p. 66-73, *pl. 3. Copies*: B, NY. Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 55(1): 66-73. *pl. 3.* 1913.
##### n.14.853. New species of green algae
**Title**
*New species of green algae*... Reprinted from American Journal of Botany... 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1914, cover-t.p., p. 289-301. *pl. 25-29. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 1: 289-301, *pl. 25-29.* 1914.
##### n.14.854. Notes on Zygnemales
**Title**
*Notes on Zygnemales*... \[Ohio J. Sci.... 1915\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1915, p. 17-31. *Copy*: NY. Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio J. Sci. 16: 17-31. 1915.
##### n.14.855. General botany
**Title**
*General botany*. An introductory text for colleges and advanced classes in secondary schools... Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York (World Book Company) 1923. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1923 (rd. 29 Oct 1923), p. \[i\]-x, *double plate*, \[1\]-560. *Copies*: HH, LC, NY.
*Reprinted*: 1929, id. *Copy*: HH; 1937, id. *Copy*: HH.
##### n.14.856. The genus Debarya
**Title**
*The genus Debarya*... Reprinted from The Ohio Journal of Science... 1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 21 Jul 1925, p. 193-201. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio J. Sci. 25(4): 193-201. 1925.
##### n.14.857. Distribution of certain plants in Ohio
**Title**
*Distribution of certain plants in Ohio*... Columbus (The Ohio State University Press) 1929. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: P.E. Williams.
*Publ*.: Jun 1929, cover-t.p., p. \[179\]-216, \[217\]. *Copies*: G, US. – Issued and to be cited as Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull. 20 (vol. 4(5): 179-216, \[217\]. 1929.
##### n.14.858. The genus Temnogametum
**Title**
*The genus Temnogametum*... Reprinted from The Ohio Journal of Science... 1932. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1932, p. 487-491. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio J. Sci. 32(6): 487-491. 1932.
##### n.14.859. The genus Zygogonium
**Title**
*The genus Zygogonium*... Columbus, Ohio, May, 1933. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1933, p. \[i\], 156-162. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ohio J. Sci. 23(3): 156-162. 1933.
##### n.14.860. New species of Zygnemataceae
**Title**
*New species of Zygnemataceae*... Reprinted from Transactions of the Microscopial Society... 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-authors*: L.H. Tiffany, C.E. Taft, L.G. Li.
*Publ*.: Jul 1934, p. \[i\], 203-230. *Copies*: B, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Microsc. Soc. 53(3): 208-230. 1934.
##### n.14.861. The genera of the Zygnemataceae
**Title**
*The genera of the Zygnemataceae*... Reprinted from Transactions of the Microscopical Society... 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1934, p. 201-207. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Microsc. Soc. 53(3): 201-207. 1934.
##### n.14.862. Notes on Zygnemataceae
**Title**
*Notes on Zygnemataceae*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1938.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1938, cover-t.p., p. \[521\]-528. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 25(7): 524-528. 1938.
##### n.14.863. Textbook of botany
**Title**
*Textbook of botany*... New York, London (Harper & Brothers publishers) \[1940\].
**Notes**
*Co-authors*: H.C. Sampson, L.H. Tiffany.
*Publ*.: 1940 (p. xi: 1 Sep 1940), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xiii\], 1-812 and frontisp. *Copy*: PH.