> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 240](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066580) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11606-1) LSID 11606-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612569) QID Q21612569 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wheeler, William Archie (1876-1968), American agriculturist, marketing specialist and botanist; M.S. Univ. Minnesota 1901; instructor in botany ib. 1898-1903; professor of botany and head of the department, South Dakota State College 1903-1907; with Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell 1907-1916; in charge of seed marketing, Bureau of Markets USDA 1916-1919, in charge of marketing information ib. 1920-1922; chief hay, feed and seed division Bureau Agr. Economics 1922-1939; in charge of seed supplies Lend-Lease adm. World War II 1941-1946; director of agricultural research Field Seed Inst. N.A. from 1946. **Abbreviated name**: *W.A. Wheeler* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.A.Wheeler*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MIN|MIN]]. – Field notes: [[Collection MIN|MIN]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 484 (b. 28 Jun 1876); BL 1: 193, 323; LS 40531; NW p. 61; Rehder 1: 327; SIA (see index); Tucker 1: 742. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-11. 1906-1967; Bot. Centralbl. 79: 208. 1899 (app. Univ. Minnesota, err. "W.H. Wheeler"); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 508. 1969; Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 58: 641. 1979 (d. 8 Oct 1968); Who's who Amer. 12-27. 1922-1953; Who was who Amer. 5: 772. 1969-1973. - Williamson, S.H., Who's who Nation's Capltal 1934-1935: 949. #### Note William Morton Wheeler (1865-1937), American entomologist, professor of entomology at the Bussey Institution of Harvard University 1908-1944 published *The Flora* *of Milwaukee County*, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Wisconsin 1885-1889: 154-190. 1888, 229-231. 1889 and *Studies of neotropical ant-plants* and their ants, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 90(1): 2-262, *pl. 1-57.* Oct. 1942. ### Publications ##### n.17.408. A contribution to the knowledge of the flora of Southeastern Minnesota **Title** *A contribution to the knowledge of the flora of Southeastern Minnesota*... Reprinted... from Minnesota Botanical Studies... 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Aug 1900 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 353-416, *pl*. *21-27. Copies*: B, HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Minnesota botanical studies 2 (Bot. Ser. 4): 353-416, *pl. 21-27.* 1900 (journal issue: BR). ##### n.17.409. A contribution to the knowledge of the flora of the Red River valley **Title** *A contribution to the knowledge of the flora of the Red River valley in Minnesota... *\[Minn. Bot. Studies... 1901\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Jul 1901, p. 569-600. *pl. 34-41. Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Minnesota Bot. Stud. 2: 569-600, *pl. 34-41.* 1901. ##### n.17.410. Catalog of Minnesota grasses **Title** *Catalog of Minnesota grasses*... Reprinted... from Minnesota Botanical Studies ... 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Mar 1903 (cover-t.p. so dated), cover-t.p., p. 83-107. *Copies*: B, HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Minnesota Botanical Studies 3 (Bot. Ser. 6): 83-107. 1903 (copy journal issue: BR).