> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 210](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066550) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/13004-1) LSID 13004-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9058762) QID Q9058762 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wester, Peter Jansen \[until 1897: Peter Jansen\] (1877-1931), Swedish agricultural botanist; educated at Gefleborgs Läns Folkhögskola, Bollnäs, Sweden; emigrated to the United States 1897; privately employed in various horticultural positions 1897-1903; special agent Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA, Miami, Florida and Washington 1904-1910; with the Philipplne Government Bureau of Agriculture in various functions 1911-1925. 1927-1931. **Abbreviated name**: *Wester* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wester*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material in [[Collection A|A]]. #### Note After 1897 sometimes calling himself also Peter Johnson Wester. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 480 (b. 23 Sep 1877, d. 18 Aug 1931); BL 1: 123, 323; Hirsch p. 321; Langman p. 719; Lenley p. 431; LS 41838; SK 4: cxxxiii; Tucker 3: 331. #### Biofile - Anon., Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 503. 1969. - J.Q.D. et al., Philipp. J. Agr. 2(3): 257-275. 1931 (obit., bibl.). - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 295, 368. 1954. ### Publications ##### n.17.252. A contribution to the history and vernacular nomenclature of the cultivated Anonas **Title** *A contribution to the history and vernacular nomenclature of the cultivated Anonas*... The Philipplne Journal of Science, C. Botany... 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1912, cover-t.p., p. 109-122, \[123\], 6 *pl. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited fom Philipp. J. Sci., C. Bot. 7(2): 190-122, \[123\]. 1912. ##### n.17.253. The food plants of the Philippines **Title** *The food plants of the Philippines*... third revised edition. Manila (Bureau of printing) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Food pl. Philipplnes*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1924 (p. iv), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-236, *pl. 1-67. Coples*: NY, USDA. – Philipp. Bur. Agr. Bull. 39, 1924. *Previous editions*: (1) Philipp. agr. Rev. 9: 150-250, *pl*. *2-12*. 1916, (2) ib. 14: 211-384,*pl. 1-35.*