> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 381](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259885) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2871-1) LSID 2871-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568565) QID Q3568565 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Francis, William Douglas (1889-1959), Australian botanist, born 6 Mar 1889 \[sometimes given as 1891 or 1892\] in Bega, New South Wales, moved to Kin Kin where his family started a dairy farm, military service W.W.-I and wounded in France, returned to Australia, appointed asst. government botanist 1919, promoted to government botanist 1950, retired 1954, also devoted much time to the controversial subject of the origin of life and was criticized for his ideas that were privately published, died 2 Jan 1959 at Kangaroo Point (Brisbane). **Abbreviated name**: *W.D. Francis* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.D.Francis*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BRI|BRI]] (orig.), duplicates [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AZ|AZ]]. – Mss. in Queensland Herb.; field notes at Bot. Mus., Brisbane. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 208; Barnhart 2: 2; BL 1: 68, 69, 296; Bossert p. 132; Frodin ed. 2: 431; HR; IH 2: 206; Kew 2: 237; Portr. 1: 62 (index), 3: 445; SK 4(2): cli, clii; TL-2/7, Suppl. 1: 448 (indices); Tucker 3: 111. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 10. 1931; Austral. J. Sci. 21: 215. 1959. (obit.) - Everist, S.L., 1962. Fl. Males. Bull. 17: 875-876. - Everist, S.L., 1982. Austrobaileya 1: 429-445. - Hall, N., 1978. Botanists of the Eucalypts: 55-56. - Home, R.W. & G.J. McCarthy, 1988. Newslett. Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. 56: 11. \[Archives of Australian Science Database\] - Orchard, A.E., 1999. A history of systematic botany in Australia, *In*, Flora of Australia, ed. 2, 1: 46. 1999. - Willis, J.H. et al., 1986. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 12: 37. #### Eponymy *Franciscodendron* B. Hyland & Steenis (1987). #### Composite works Co-author with C.T. White of: - (1) Parts 1-4 of *Contribution*\[*s*\] *to the Queensland Flora*... 1921-1929 (see TL-2/7, nr. 17.448); and for a continuation of this title in a different serial see TL-2/Suppl. 1, nr. 19.911, note. - (2) A series of articles entitled *Queensland Rain-forest Trees*, which appeared in the Queensland Agricultural Journal (1921-1929) and included pictures of tree habit and details that were precusory to the book *Australian rain-forest trees*... 1929, see nr. 35.383 below. - (3) *Plants collected in the mandated territory of New Guinea*... 1928, see TL-2/7, nr. 17.452. ### Publications ##### n.35.378. characteristics **Title** Some *characteristics* of *Queensland rain forests* and rain-forest trees... Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 7 Dec 1922 (issue date on cover-t.p. & in journal), cover-t.p., p. 209-219. *Copies*: BM, HH, K(2), L. – Issued and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 34(12): 209-219. 1922. ##### n.35.379. development **Title** The *development* of *buttresses* in *Queensland trees*... Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Aug 1924 (issue date on cover-t.p. & in journal, read 28 Apr 1924), cover-t.p., p. 21-37, *pl. 1-6* (uncol. phot., most by "W.D.F."). *Copies*: HH, K(2), L. – Issued and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 36(3): 21-37, *pl. 1-6.* 1924. ##### n.35.380. Observations **Title** *Observations* on the *plants* of *Charleville*... Queensland Agricultural Journal... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Dec 1925 (in journal & header in reprint), p. 598-602, *pl. 149-152* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: HH, K. – Reprinted and to be cited from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 24(6): 598-602. 1925. *Note*: The plates are included in the numbered pages of text. ##### n.35.381. rain forest **Title** The *rain forest* of the *Eungella range*... Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Feb 1928 (issue date on cover-t.p. & in journal, read 31 Oct 1927), cover-t.p., p. 107-114, *pl. 11-14* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: K(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 39(8): 107-114, *pl. 11-14.* 1928. ##### n.35.382. growth rings **Title** The *growth rings* in the *wood* of *Australian araucarian conifers*... Proceedings Linn. Soc. N.S.W.... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Mai 1928 (issue date on cover-t.p. & in journal, read 28 Mar 1928), cover-t.p., p. \[71\]-79, *pl. 10-11* (uncol. photomicrograph.). *Copies*: K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 53(2): 71-79, *pl. 10-11.* 1928. ##### n.35.383. Australian rain-forest trees **Title** *Australian rain-forest trees*; excluding the species confined to the tropics... Brisbane (A. James Cumming, Government Printer) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Austr. rain-for. trees*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1929 (p. xi signed 10 Oct 1929), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xiii\], \[1\]-347, *213 pl*. (uncol. phot. on numbered pages), 1 map (fold.). *Copies*: BM, HH (n.v.), K, NSW, NY (n.v.), USDA; IDC E-954/2. *Note*: A compilation of articles on Queensland trees that were published first in the Queenslander (Brisbane) \[newspaper\]. *Ref*.: Fuller, G.D., Bot. Gaz. 89(3): 315. Mai 1930 (noticed). - Moore, B., Ecology 11(3): 618-619. Jul 1930 (rev.). - V.S.S., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930(7): 335-336. 3 Sep 1930 (rev.). - B.J.R., J. Bot. 68(5): 157. 1930 (rev.). - Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64(Lit.): 3. 12 Mai 1931 (rev.). - *New and revised ed*.: 1951 (pref. p. \[xiv\] signed 5 Jan 1951),... including notes on some of the tropical rain forests and descriptions of many tropical species,... p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi\], 1-469, \[i, printer's mark\], 1 map (part. col., fold. & following p. 6). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH (n.v.), K, LC (n.v.), MO, US, USDA. - *Ed. 3* \[changes by George McCartney Chippendale (1921-x)\]: 1970 (p. xiii dated Sep 1970), ... Canberra (Australian Government Publishing Service), xvi, 468 p., 1 map (on lining paper), 270 figs. (most phot.). *Copies*: BM, K, LC (n.v.), MO. - *Ed. 4* \[changes by George McCartney Chippendale (1921-x)\]: 1981... Canberra (Australian Government Publishing Service), xvi, 468 p., 1 map (on lining paper), 270 figs. (most phot.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), MO, NY (n.v.). - *Reprint* \[*Ed. 4*\]: 1985,... no further details. ##### n.35.384. estimated age **Title** The *estimated age* of some *Queensland trees*... Extract from "Queensland Agricultural Journal"... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Feb 1937 (in journal), p. \[1\]-3, \[i, printer's mark\]. *Copies*: HH, K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 47(2): 192-194. 1937. ##### n.35.385. new weed **Title** A *new weed* in *tropical Queensland*... Extract from "Queensland Agricultural Journal"... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Oct 1937 (in journal), p. \[1\]-2, *1 pl*. (uncol. phot. =p. 2). *Copies*: HH, K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 48(4): 430-431. 1937. *Note*: Concerns *Hyptis capitata* Jacq. ##### n.35.386. new weed **Title** A *new weed* on the *Darling Downs*... Extract from "Queensland Agricultural Journal"... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Dec 1937 (in journal), p. \[1\]-4, *1 pl*. (uncol. phot. =p. 3). *Copies*: HH, K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 48(6): 692-694. 1937. *Note*: Concerns *Astragalus hamosus* L. ##### n.35.387. Notes **Title** *Notes* on the genus *Flindersia* with keys for the determination of the rain-forest species... \[Brisbane\] (Dept. of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland, Division of Plant Industry (Research)) 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Oct 1938 (in journal), 4 p. *Copy*: Natl. Library Australia (n.v.). – Reprinted from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 50(4): 456-458. 1938. – Also issued as Queensl. Div. Pl. Industry Pamphlet no. 56. ##### n.35.388. Field notes **Title** *Field notes* on some rain forests and *rain-forest trees* of tropical *Queensland*... Extract from "Queensland Agricultural Journal"... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mar 1939 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-30, *pl. 1-11* (uncol. phot., included in text). *Copies*: HH, K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 51(3): 250-279, *pl. 1-11.* 1939. – Also issued as Queensl. Div. Pl. Industry Pamphlet no. 60: 1-30. 1939. ##### n.35.389. noxious weed **Title** A *noxious weed*, the *needle burr*... Extract from "Queensland Agricultural Journal"... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mai 1939 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-2. *Copies*: HH, K. – Reprinted and to be cited from Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 51(5): 474-475. 1939. – Also issued as Advisory Leaflet No. 43, Dept. of Agric. and Stock, Queensland. *Note*: Concerns *Amaranthus spinosus* L.