> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 523](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212565) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10891-1) LSID 10891-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293905) QID Q1293905 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Tuckerman, Edward (1817-1886), American botanist, B.A. Union Coll. 1837; LL.D. Harvard College 1839; travelled in Europe 1841-1842; B.A. Harvard 1847; in Harvard Divinity School 1847-1852; lecturer in history at Amherst College 1854-1855; professor of oriental history 1855-1858; professor of botany ib. 1858-1886 (also lecturing in history 1858-1873); outstanding lichenologist. **Abbreviated name**: *Tuck.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tuck.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection FH|FH]] (lichens), phanerogams at [[Collection MASS|MASS]] and [[Collection UPS|UPS]]. – Other material in [[Collection BM|BM]] (Potamogeton; phan.), [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DWC|DWC]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NHA|NHA]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection FH|FH]] (numerous), [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]](125), [[Collection H|H]]-UB (53, to W. Nylander), [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. *Original drawings* at [[Collection FH|FH]]. – *Lichenological library* left to Amherst College. *Exsiccatae*: (1) *Lichenes Americae septentrionalis exsiccati*, nos. 1-150, fasc. 1-6, 1847-1854 (details see Sayre, 1969). – Sets at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection US|US]]. - (2) Caroli Wright, *Lichenes insulae Cubae* curante E. Tuckerman, nos. 1-246, Boston 1864. Sets at [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection NY|NY]] and [[Collection UPS|UPS]] (details see Sayre 1969 and see entry under Ch. Wright). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 407 (b. 7 Dec 1817, d. 15 Mar 1886); Biol.-Dokum. 18: 9410; BL 1: 187, 321; BM 5: 2148; Bossert p. 408; CSP 6: 61, 8: 1126, 11: 657, 12: 743, 19: 227; DAB 19: 42-44 (W.R. Maxon); Frank 3 (Anh.): 106; GR p. 197-198, *pl*. \[*43*\], cat. 72; Hawksworth p. 186, 198; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 344; Jackson p. 127, 359, 361, 362; Kelly p. 230, 259; Lasègue p. 204, 303, 305; Lenley p. 416, 471 (letters to Torrey); LS 27367-27404a; ME 1: 235, 3: 668-669; Morren ed. 2, p. 35, ed. 10, p. 122; MW p. 505; PH 132, 364, 567, 585; PR 9549-9551, ed. 1: 10520-10522; Rehder 1: 314; SBC p. 133; SIA 220, 7085; Stevenson p. 1260; TL-1/1319; TL-2/see indexes; Tucker 1: 14, 291, 405, 703, 3: 314; Zander ed. 10, p. 725-726, ed. 11, p. 828. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Natural. 20: 578-579. 1886 (obit.); Bonplandia 2: 8, 94. 1854, 3: 35. 1855 (cogn. Leopoldina Bartram), 6: 54. 1858; Bot. Zeit. 7: 808. 1849 (in Europe), 44: 343. 1886 (d.); Bryologist 82: 512. 1979 (portr.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 33 (bibl.): 143. 1886; Bull. Torrey bot. Club 13: 97. 1886 (obit. not.); Flora 69: 194. 1886 (d.); Flora 71: 513-514. 1888 (library donated to Amherst College); J. Bot., Morot 11: lx. 1897 (on Tuckerman Memorial Library (lichenol.) at Amherst); Leopoldina 22: 193-195. 1886 (obit., translated from The Amherst Record 17 Mar 1886); Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 312. 1907; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 21: 539-547. 1886 (obit., bibl.); Who was who Amer. hist. vol. 612. 1967. - Brown, J.H., ed., Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States 7: 389. 1903. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 455: 1880. - Culberson, W.L., J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 77: 265-267. 1961; *in* Edward Tuckerman, The collected lichenological papers 1: v-xvi. 1964 (detailed modern study, bibl., portr.). - Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 285. 1901 (coll.). - Doodell, H.H., Amherst Record 17 Mar 1886 (obit., bibl.) (for authorship see DAB); Bot. Gaz. 11(4): 73-74. 1886 (err. attributed to "Prof. Tyler"). - Elliott, C.A., Biogr. dict. Amer. Sci. 255-256. 1979. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 8, 10, 30, 90, 91, 92. 1969. - Farlow, W.G., Memoir Edward Tuckerman 1817-1888, Washington, D.C. (Judd and Detweiler) 1887, 14 p. (preprint from Biogr. Mem. natl. Acad. Sci. 3: 1895) (biogr., bibl.). - Fink, B., Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 11: 25-29. 1904; Bryologist 9: 1-2. 1906 (summary of the Tuckerman period, 1847-1888, in American lichenology; portr.). - Fletcher, W.J., Flora 71: 513-514. 1888 (lichenol. libr. to Amherst College Library). - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 479 \[index\]. 1967. - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 32(187): 1-7. 1886 (obit.), 33: 165. 1887. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 27: 292, 784. 1893. - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 18. 1979 (coll. lichens FH, UPS, US). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 745. 1984. - Pease, A.S., Fl. N. Hampshire 33, 34. 1964 (botanizing in New Hampshire). - Pfister, D.H. et al., Newsletter friends Farlow 1(1): 2. 1982 (coll. lichens 25.000 purchased by Farlow 1886); Cryptogams of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition: 1853-1856, Cambridge, Mass. 1978. - Rodgers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 359. 1940; John Torrey 351 \[index\]. 1942; Amer. bot. 1873-1892. 338 \[index\]. 1944. - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 13, 17. 1981. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 169-170. 1969 (exsicc). - Tuckerman, B., Notes on the Tuckerman family, Boston 1914, p. 150-164. - Tyler, D.B., The Wilkes Exp. 400, 413. 1968. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 170. 1898. - Willey, H., Bot. Gaz. 11: 74-78. 1886 (bibl.). #### Composite works - (1) *Lichens, in* Th.G. Lea, *Cat. pl. Cincinnati* 1849, see TL-2/4260 (p. 44-48; *Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 246-251. 1964). - (2) *Lichenes*, in *U.S. Expl. Exped.*, Charles Wilkes 17: 113-152, *pl. 1-2.* 1862 (*Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 300-339. 1964). See also Pfister (1985) for publication of manuscripts. – See under Wilkes. - (3) *Lichens, in* J.T. Rothrock et al., *Rep. U.S. geogr. surv. Wheeler* 1879. See TL-2/9658. - (4) *Enumeratio lichenum* a D. Prof. Agassiz ad Lacum superiorem, anno 1848, lectorum, *in* L. Agassiz, *Lake superior*, Boston 1850, p. 170-174 (*Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 252-256. 1964). - (5) *Lichenes, in* H.L. Abbot, Rept. Expt. Railr. Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, \[Pacific railroad reports 6(2): 94. 1855 \[i.e. Mar 1858\] (*Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 257-258. 1964). - (6) *Lichenes, in* S. Watson, *U.S. Geol. Expl. 40th Par., Botany* p. 412-513. 1871 (*Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 460-462. 1964). - (7) *Lichenes, in* F.V. Hayden, *Prel. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Montana* p. 498. 1871 \[1872\], (*Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 463-464. 1964). - (8) *Lichenes, in* G.M. Wheeler, *Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv. 100th Merid. b, Botany*: 350-351. 1878 (*Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 501-503. 1964). - (9) See F.L. Sargent, *Key N. Amer. sp. Cladonia* 1893, 1893. TL-2/10.305, based on Tuckerman, Syn. N. Amer. Lich. #### Handwriting Bartonia 28: *pl. 8.* #### Note Tuckerman's lichenological papers are available in a facsimile edition, 1964: *Collected lichenological papers*, here referred to as *Coll. lichenol. pap*.; for further details see last Tuckerman entry. – For a publication of the hitherto unpublished manuscripts on cryptogams of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856, see D.H. Pfister (1978). #### Eponymy *Tuckermania* Klotzsch (1841); *Tuckermannia* \[sic\] Nuttall (1841); *Tuckermannopsis* \[sic\] V. Köfaragó-Gyelnik (1933). ### Publications ##### n.15.277. An enumeration of some lichens of New England **Title** Art. x. – *An enumeration of some lichens of New England*, with remarks... \[Boston J. nat. Hist. 2, 1839\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1839 (read 5 Dec 1838), p. 245-306. *Copy*: NY (tearsheet). – To be cited from Boston J. nat. Hist. 2: 245-306. 1839. *Continuation*: ib. 3: 281-306. 1840 (repr. p. \[1\]-26. *Copy*: HH), 3: 438-464. 1841, 5: 93-104. 1845. *Facsimile repr*.: in *Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 1-83. 1964. ##### n.15.278. Enumeratio methodica Caricum quarundam **Title** *Enumeratio methodica Caricum quarundam*. Species recensuit et secundum habitum pro viribus disponere tentavit Edvardus Tuckerman. jun. LL.B.... Schenectadiae (typis excudebat Isaacus Riggs) 1843. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. meth. Caric.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843 (rev. Asa Gray Jul 1843), p. \[i\]-vi, \[7\]-21, \[23, err.\]. *Copies*: HH, L, MICH, US, USDA. *Ref*.: Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. 45(1): 216-217. 15 Jul 1843 (rev.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 3: 708-713. 24 Oct 1845 (rev.). ##### n.15.279. An enumeration of North American lichenes **Title** *An enumeration of North American lichenes*, with a preliminary view of the structure and general history of these plants, and of the Friesian system: to which is prefixed an essay on the natural systems of Oken, Fries, and Endlicher... Cambridge (published by John Owen) 1845. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. N. Amer. lich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845 (p. vi: 1 Mai 1845), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-59, \[60, err.\]. *Copies*: FH, G, HH, MICH, PH, Stevenson; IDC 7113. *Supplement*: Mai 1858, p. \[i\], 42-430. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 25: \[422\]-430. Mai 1858. *Facsimile ed*.: *Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 85-150. 1964. *Note*: The systems referred to are to be found in L. Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 1839-1841, TL-2/7047, E.M. Fries, *Syst. mycol*. 1821-1832, TL-2/1867, and S.L. Endlicher, *Gen. pl*. 1836-1840, TL-2/1676 and *Grundz. Bot*. 1843, TL-2/1686. *Ref*.: Meissner, W., Bot. Zeit. 6: 264-265. 31 Mar 1848 (rev.). ##### n.15.280. A synopsis of the lichenes of New England **Title** *A synopsis of the lichenes of New England*, the other Northern states and British America... Cambridge (George Nichols...) 1848. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. lich. New England*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar-Apr 1848 (p. v: 4 Feb 1848; the journal issue was published after 4 Feb 1848 and before Mai 1848: Flora rd. Mai 1848; dates receipt Geol. Soc. London), p. \[i\]-v, \[3\]-93. *Copies*: FH, G, MICH, Stevenson, USDA; IDC 7633. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 1(2): 195-285. 1848 as *A synopsis of the Lichenes of the Northern United States and British America*. Originally prepared for A. Gray, Manual ed. 1, 1848, but not published in that work. From a note in W.J. Hooker, London J. Bot. 7: 389. 1848, it would seem as if the journal publication indeed came out before the reprint (which is supplied with a new introduction). *Facsimile ed*. of journal publ.: Coll. lichenol. pap. 1: 151-241. 1964; t.p. and preface to reprint p. 242-245. *Ref*.: Meissner, W., Bot. Zeit. 6: 611-612. 25 Aug 1848 (rev.). ##### n.15.281. Observations on North American and some other Lichenes **Title** *Observations on North American and some other Lichenes* \[Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 1860\]. Oct. **Notes** \[*1*\]: Mai 1860 (read 13 Mar 1860), Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 4: 383-407. 1860. Tearsheet copy at HH; also at LD-UB. *2*: Mai 1862 (read 22 Apr 1862), p. 383-422. *Copies*: Almborn, HH, NY. – Observations on North American and other Lichenes. Extracted from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences... \[5: 383-422. 1862\]. \[*3*\]: Mai 1866 (read 12 Apr 1864; Proceedings printed 1866), cover-t.p., p. \[263\]-287. *Copies*: Almborn, HH, NY. – Observationes lichenologicae. Observations on North American and other Lichenes... Extracted... Sciences... \[6: 263-287. 1864\]. – The copies seen by us are tear-sheet copies. We have no indication of 1864 preprints. \[*4*\]: 1877 (read 29 Mai 1877), p. 166-185. *Copies*: HH, NY (tearsheet), Stevenson (id.). – Observationes lichenologicae, no. 4. Observations... other lichens. Id. 12: 166-185. 1877. *Facsimile ed*.: Coll. lichenol. pap. 1: 275-299, 340-379, 380-404, 481-500. 1964. ##### n.15.282. Lichens of California **Title** *Lichens of California*, Oregon and the Rocky Mountains; so far as yet known. With an appendix... Amherst, Mass. (J.S. & C. Adams) 1866. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lich. Calif.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1866 (p. \[2\]; brief rev. Flora 18 Apr 1867), p. \[1\]-35. *Copies*: G, H, HH, MICH, NY, PH, Stevenson, USDA. *Facsimile ed*.: *Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 406-441. 1964 (sic, p. 441 depicts p. \[2\]). ##### n.15.283. Genera lichenum **Title** *Genera lichenum*: an arrangment of the North American lichens,... Amherst (Edwin Nelson) 1872. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. lich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872 (p. ix: Jun 1872; J. Bot. Dec 1872), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-281, \[283\]. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, G, H, HH, MICH, PH, Stevenson, USDA. *Facsimile ed*.: *Coll. lichenol. papers* 2: \[reprinted as such; third entry\] 1964. ##### n.15.284. A catalogue of plants **Title** *A catalogue of plants* growing without cultivation within thirty miles of *Amherst College*... Amherst (Edwin Nelson) 1875. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Amherst Coll.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Charles Christopher Frost (1805-1880). *Publ*.: 1875 (p. vi: 10 Jul 1875; TBC Oct 1875), p. \[1\]-vi, \[1\]-98. *Copies*: HH, MICH, MO, Stevenson, U, US. *Facsimile ed*. of entry on lichens p. 54-61 in *Coll. lichenol. pap*. 1: 467-475. 1964. ##### n.15.285. A synopsis of the North American lichens **Title** *A synopsis of the North American lichens*: part i, comprising the Parmeliacei, Cladonei, and Coenogoniei;... Boston (S.E. Cassino,...) 1882. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. N. Amer. lich.* **Notes** *1*: Jan-Feb 1882 (p. \[iii\]: 1 Nov 1881; Bot. Centralbl. 20-24 Mar 1802; TBC rev. Apr 1882; Nat. Nov. Mar(1) 1882), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-261, \[262\]. *2* comprising the Lecideacei, and (in part) the Graphidacei): Sep 1888, p. \[1\]-176. – New Bedford, Mass. (E. Anthony and Sons,...) 1888. Oct. – Posthumously published by Henry Willey (Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1888; TBC 3 Oct 1888; Bot. Gaz. Oct 1888; announcement of forthcoming publ. TBC 2 Aug 1888 ("this season"). *Copies*: Almborn, G, H, HH, M, MICH, PH, Stevenson, US, USDA; IDC 7635. *Facsimile ed*.: *Coll. lichenol. pap*. 2: \[entries 1 and 2\]. 1964. *Ref*.: Coulter, J.M., Bot. Gaz. 7: 58-59. Mai 1882 (rev.). - Minks (Stettin), Bot. Centralbl. 13: 2-4. 25-29 Dec 1882 (rev.). ##### n.15.286. The collected lichenological papers **Title** *The collected lichenological papers* of Edward Tuckerman edited and prefaced by William Louis Culberson... Weinheim (J. Cramer) 1964, 2 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Coll. lichenol. pap.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Jun 1964. *Copies*: Almborn, B, FAS, FH. – Historiae naturalis classica 9(1, 2). – ISBN 3-7682-0220-8. *1*: p. \[i\]-xvi, 1-518. Contains nearly all Tuckerman publications on lichens, except for the *Synopsis* (2 vols., 1882, 1888) and the *Genera lichenum* (1872). *2*: not independently paginated, contains the *Synopsis* (2 vols., 1882, 1888) and the *Genera lichenum* (1872). *Excluded*: The treatment of the Lichens *in* M.A. Curtis, *Botany*, Geol.-nat. Hist. Surv. N. Carol. 3, 1867. – This treatment has been attributed to Tuckerman, but he himself refused to acknowledge this (Culberson 1961).