> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 391](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266698) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18910721) QID Q18910721 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Cannon, William Austin (1870-1958), American botanist, born 23 September 1870 in Washington, Michigan, died 16 January 1858 in Palo Alto, California, first resident investigator in the Carnegie Institute's Desert Botanical Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona \[duties upto 1 Sep 1903\], plant physiologist, he traveled extensively in Africa and in the arid parts of Mexico. **Abbreviated name**: *W.A. Cannon* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 307 (b. 23 Sep 1870, Washington, Mich.); Kew 1: 473. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 92(24): 592. 16 Jun 1903 ("will be in charge... up his duties on Sept. 1st. 1903"); Hedwigia 42(5) (Beibl.): (295). 7 Oct 1903 (id.). - Knobloch, I.W., Mich. State Univ. Jun 1979 (the Plant Collectors of N. Mexico); Phytologia Memoirs 6: 13. 1983. ### Publications ##### n.24.681. flower **Title** A morphological study of the *flower* and embryo of the wild oat, *Avena fatua* L.... Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences... San Francisco (Published by the Academy) 1900. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Flower Avena fatua*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Apr 1900 (date on p. \[i\]), p. \[i\], 329-364, *pl. 49-53* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: BR, NY. – Issued as Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. Bot. ser. 3. 1(10). 1900. ##### n.24.682. root habit **Title** The *root habit*s of *desert plants*... Washington, D.C. (Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Root hab. des. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Mar 1911 (stamped in publ.), p. \[1\]-96, *pl. 1-23* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BR, MO. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. no. 131. ##### n.24.683. Botanical features **Title** *Botanical features* of the *Algerian Sahara*... Washington D.C. (Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. feat. Alg. Sah.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 6 Aug 1913 (stamped in publ.; Nat. Nov. Aug (2) 1913), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-vi, *pl. A* (map) \[1\]-81, *pl. 1-36* (uncol. phot.), fold. map. *Copies*: BR, MO. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. no. 178. ##### n.24.684. Plant **Title** *Plant* habits and habitats in the *arid portions* of *South Australia*... Washington (Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington) 1921. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. arid. port. S. Austr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1921 (Nat. Nov. Jul 1924), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-viii, 1-139, *pl. 1-32* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BR, G, L, MO. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. no. 308. ##### n.24.685. vegetation **Title** General and physiological features of the *vegetation* of the more *arid portions* of *southern Africa*, with notes on the climatic environment... Washington (Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, August, 1924). Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. arid. port. south. Afr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1924 (Nat. Nov. Feb 1925), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-viii, 1-159, *pl. 1-31* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. no. 354. *Ref*.: Anon., J. New York Bot. Gard. 26(301): 18. Jan 1925.