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### Author
Weatherwax, Paul (1888-1976), American botanist; Dr. phil. Indiana Univ. 1918; assistant in botany ib. 1913-1915, instructor 1915-1918; associate professor Georgia 1919-1921; professor of botany Indiana Univ. 1921-1959; visiting professor Franklin College 1960-1963; emeritus professor Indiana Univ. 1959-1976.
**Abbreviated name**: *Weatherwax* \[standard form in IPNI: *Weatherwax*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection IND|IND]] (5000 grasses); other material at [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 467 (b. 4 Apr 1888); Bossert p. 428; Hirsch p. 317; IH 1 (ed. 1): 11, (ed. 2): 24, (ed. 3): 28, (ed. 4): 29, (ed. 5): 21, (ed. 6): 29; Langman p. 793-794; Tucker 3: 328.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men Sci. eds. 3-11. 1921-1967; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 254: 132. 1965; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 470-471. 1969 (bibl.); Who's who Amer. 26-28. 1950-1955.
- Deam, C.C, Fl. Indiana 9, 1119. 1940 (coll.).
- Heiser, C.B., Jr., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 91: 429, 439. 1982 (biogr. sketch and text of first chapter of W.'s autobiography).
- Markle, M.S., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 76: 147. 1967.
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 103. 1955.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 321. 1936, 3: 264, 284. 1937, 4: 180. 1938, 5: 233, 371. 1939.
#### Composite works
*The grass plant, in* C.C. Deam, *Grasses of Indiana* 21-28. 15 Oct 1929.
#### Note
Outside our period: *Plant biology* (1942; ed. 2. 1947, ed. 3. 1956, as *Botany* third ed.), *Indian corn in Old America* (1954).
### Publications
##### n.16.859. The evolution of Maize
**Title**
*The evolution of Maize*... Reprinted... from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1918. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 9 Sep 1918, cover-t.p., p. 309-342. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 45: 309-342. 1918.
##### n.16.860. The story of the maize plant
**Title**
*The story of the maize plant*... Chicago, Illinois (The University of Chicago Press) \[1923\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Story maize pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1923, p. \[i-iv\], *pl. 1*, \[v\]-xv, 1-247, *pl. 2. Copies*: G, NY. – See also *The evolution of maize* (1918, above) and other papers on Maize, listed e.g. by Langman, and Index Amer. bot. lit.
##### n.16.861. Comparative morphology of the oriental Maydeal
**Title**
*Comparative morphology of the oriental Maydeal*... Publication... no. 23 of the Waterman Institute for Scientific research \[Bloomington\] 1926. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Comp. morph. orient. Mayd.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1926, p. \[1\]-18. *Copies*: B-S, LC, NSUB. – Indiana Univ. Stud. 13, 1926.
##### n.16.862. The phylogeny of Zea Mays
**Title**
*The phylogeny of Zea Mays*... The American Midland Naturalist... 1935. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1835, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-71. *Copies*: B, NY. – Issued as Amer. Midl. Natural. 16(1). 1935.
*Ref*.: Hubbard, C.E., Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 591-594.