> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 122](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066462) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11456-1) LSID 11456-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3133468) QID Q3133468 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Webber, Herbert John (1865-1946), American botanist; A.M. Univ. Nebraska 1890; Dr. phil. Washington Univ. 1901; instructor in botany Univ. Nebraska 1889-1890; id. Shaw School Botany St. Louis 1891-1892; USDA investigator orange diseases Florida 1893-1897; in charge of plant breeding USDA 1899-1907; professor exptl. plant biology Cornell Univ. 1907-1908, acting director 1909-1910; professor of plant breeding 1910-1912 N.Y. State College Agric; director Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside and prof. plant breeding Univ. Calif. 1913-1920; professor of subtropical horticulture ib. Berkeley 192 1-1936. **Abbreviated name**: *Webber* \[standard form in IPNI: *Webber*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NEB|NEB]]. – Further material at [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection FH|FH]] (to Farlow), [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 467; BJI 1: 62; BM 5: 2275; CSP 19: 496-497; GR p. 253; Hirsch p. 317; Kelly p. 238; Lenley p. 429; LS 26187, 28413-28429, 40447, suppl. 29412-29413; Nordstedt p. 31-32; Rehder 5: 906; Stevenson p. 1262; TL-2/13.558, see W.T. Swingle; Tucker 1: 736, 3: 328. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-7, 1906-1944; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 219: 196-199. 1974; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 474-475. 1969 (bibl.); Natl. cycl. Amer. biogr. 17: 387-388. 1920; New York Times 20 Jan 1946 (d.); Who's who Amer. 2-24, 1901-1947; Who was who Amer. 2: 563. 1950 (b. 27 Dec 1865, d. 18 Jan 1946). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 14, 63, 134. 1969. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers of North American Botany 260-261. 1961. - Lenz, L.W., El Aliso 9(1): 30, 55, 57-58, 73. 1977 (on W. and Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gard.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 779. 1985. - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. univ. 536. 1984. - Reed, H.S., Madroño 8: 193-195. 1946 (obit., portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 302, 406. 1936, 3: 270. 1937, 4: 159. 1938. ### Publications ##### n.16.874. A preliminary enumeration of the rusts and smuts of Nebraska **Title** *A preliminary enumeration of the rusts and smuts of Nebraska*... Bull. Agri. Expt. Station of Neb. \[1889\]. Oct. **Notes** *Introduction*: Charles Edwin Bessey 1845-1915. *Publ*.: 18 Dec 1889 (in journal), p. \[37\]-82. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. agric. Exp. Sta. Nebraska 1 (art. 9): 307-552 (\[37\]-82). 1889. ##### n.16.875. Catalogue of the flora of Nebraska **Title** *Catalogue of the flora of Nebraska*. Protophyta-Anthophyta. \[Nebraska State Board of Agriculture... 1890\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1890 (p. 42: 1 Jun 1890), p. \[i\], \[37\]-162. *Copies*: FH, US, USDA. – Also published in (or preprinted from) Ann. Rep. Nebraska State Board of Agriculture 1889: 175-302. 1890. *Copy*: US. – *Report of the botanist* \[Charles E. Bessey\], also published separately, Lincoln (Neb.) 1890, p. \[1\]-36, Bessey \[37\]-162, Catalogue by Webber. *Copies*: HH, Stevenson. *Appendix*: 12 Mar 1892, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-47. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, G, HH, Stevenson, US, USDA. – Preprinted or reprinted from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 6(1): \[1\]-47. 1892. *Appendix second edition*: 14 Jun 1892, p. \[1\]-53, \[54-55\]. *Copies*: FH, G, HH, USDA. – With a supplementary list of recently reported species by Charles E. Bessey (p. 45-53), Contr. Bot. Dept. Univ. Nebraska new series, no. 3. ##### n.16.876. Influence of environment in the origination of plant varieties **Title** *Influence of environment in the origination of plant varieties*.... U.S. Department of Agriculture... 1896. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1896, p. \[i-ii\], 89-106. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Yearb. Dept. Agric. 1896: 89-106. ##### n.16.877. The Waterhyacinth **Title** *The Waterhyacinth*, and its relation to navigation in Florida... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1897. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Waterhyacinth*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1897 (p. 3: 5 Apr 1897; Bot. Zeit. 16 Sep 1897; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1897), frontisp., p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, M, NY. – Bull. U.S.D.A. Div. Bot. 18, 1897. ##### n.16.878. Spermatogenesis and fecundation of Zamia **Title** *Spermatogenesis and fecundation of Zamia*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1901. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Spermatogen. fertiliz. Zamia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Dec 1901, p. \[1\]-100, *pl. 1-7. Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, M. – U.S.D.A. Bureau Plant Industry, Bull. 2. *Preliminary studies*: Bot. Gaz. 23(6): 453-459. Jun 1897, 24(1): 16-32. 31 Jul 1897, 24(4): 225-235, *pl. 10.* 30 Oct 1897, Science 13: 254-255. 1901.