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### 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.*