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### Author
Vestal, Arthur Gibson (1888-1964), American botanist; A.B. Univ. Illinois 1911; instructor in biology Univ. Colorado 1911-1914; at the University of Chicago 1914-1915; Dr. phil. ib. 1915; professor of botany at Eastern Illinois Univ. 1915-1920; assistant botanist Stanford University 1920-1929; associate professor of botany Univ. Illinois 1929-1939, regular professor ib. 1939-1957; emeritus professor from 1957.
**Abbreviated name**: *Vestal* \[standard form in IPNI: *Vestal*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Some material at [[Collection DS|DS]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 433 (b. 10 Sep 1888); Bossert p. 418; Ewan ed. 1: 328, ed. 2: 228; GR p. 251; Hirsch p. 310; IH 1 (ed. 3): 158, (ed. 4): 176, (ed. 5): 191.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men Sci. eds. 3-10. 1921-1961; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 425-426. 1969; Who's who Amer. 22-29. 1942-1957.
- Evers, R.A., Trans. 111. State Acad. Sci. 58: 77-81. 1965 (obit., bibl., portr., d. 5 Jun 1964).
### Publications
##### n.16.067. Foothills vegetation in the Colorado front range
**Title**
*Foothills vegetation in the Colorado front range*... Reprinted for private circulation from the Botanical Gazette... 1917. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 16 Nov 1917, cover-t.p., p. 353-385. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 64(5): 353-385. 1917.
##### n.16.068. Phytogeography of the eastern mountain-front in Colorado
**Title**
*Phytogeography of the eastern mountain-front in Colorado*. I. Physical geography and distribution of vegetation... Reprinted for private circulation from The Botanical Gazette... 1919. Oct.
*Publ*.: 16 Sep 1919, p. \[i\], 153-193. *Copies*: G, HH, NY. – Reprinted from Bot. Gaz. 68(3): 153-193. 1919.