> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 276](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066616) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11657-1) LSID 11657-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1817129) QID Q1817129 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wiggins, Ira Loren (1899-x), American botanist; A.B. phil. 1922 Occidental College, Calif.; M.A. bot. Stanford 1925; teacher at Durham Union High School 1923-1924; instructor in botany Occidental Coll. 1925-1927, asst. professor 1927-1929; assistant professor of botany at Stanford 1929-1936, assoc. prof. 1936-1940, professor of biology 1940-1964; emeritus professor 1965; explorer of the Sonoran desert 1929-1955; travelled e.g. in Ecuador 1944-1945, Alaska 1949, Mexico 1955. **Abbreviated name**: *Wiggins* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wiggins*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DS|DS]]. – Other material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AMES|AMES]], [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LAM|LAM]], [[Collection MEXU|MEXU]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NARL|NARL]], [[Collection ND|ND]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection RSA|RSA]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]] (major sets), [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. – *Field notes* at [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection DS|DS]]; for Ecuador 1944-1945 in [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 493; Bossert p. 435; GR p. 254; Hortus 3: 1207; IH I (ed. 1): 89, (ed. 2): 112, (ed. 3): 144, (ed. 4): 161, (ed. 5): 173, (ed. 6): 258, 366, (ed. 7): 225, 346; Langman p. 803-804 (bibl.); Roon p. 123; SIA see index; TL-2/see F. Shreve. #### Biofile - Acosta-Solis, M., Inst. Ecuat. Ci. nat. Contr. 65: 75. 1968 (coll. Ecuador). - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 5-11, 1933-1967; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 257: 408. 1965; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 529-530. 1966 (bibl.).; Who's who Amer. 23-33, 1944-1965. - Ewan, J. et al., Leafl. W. Bot. 7(3): 76. 1953. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world nos. 017, 072, 205, 211. - Knobloch, I.W., pl. coll. N. Mexico 72. 1979. - Lindsay, G., Pacific Discovery 32(6): 2-9. 1979 (biogr., portr., b. 1 Jan 1899). - Lowden, R.M. et al., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 792. 1984. - Thomas, J.H., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(6): 162. 1961. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron bot. 1: 315, 316. 1935, 2: 303. 1936, 4: 83, 453. 1938, 5: 307, 369, 370. 1939, 6: 165, 171, 421, 461. 1941. - West, J., Botany of San Diego County ed. 3. 126-127. s.d. #### Eponymy *Wigginsia* D.M. Porter (1964). #### Note Outside our period: - (1) With John Hunter Thomas, *A flora of the Alaskan arctic slope*, Toronto 1962, x, 425 p. - (2) With Forrest Shreve, *Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert*, Stanford, Calif. 1964, 2 vols., ISBN 0-8047-0163-6, x, 840 p., *37 pl*. (p. 189-840 const. vol. 2). - (3) With Duncan M. Porter, *Flora of the Galápagos Islands*, Stanford 1971, xx, 998 p. ### Publications ##### n.17.566. The Pteridophytes of San Diego County **Title** *The Pteridophytes of San Diego County*, California... Reprinted from American Fern Journal... 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep 1932 (in journal), p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Fern. J. 22(2): 33-42. 5 Jul, 87-93. Sep 1932. ##### n.17.567. A report on several species of Lycium **Title** *A report on several species of Lycium* from the southwestern deserts... Stanford University (Stanford University Press) 1934. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Nov 1934, p. \[i-ii\], 197-206, \[207\], *pl. 18-19. Copies*: B, MO, NY, U. – Issued as and to be cited from Contr. Dudley Herb. 1(6): 197-206, \[207\], *pl. 18-19*. 1934. ##### n.17.568. A resurrection and revision of the genus Iliamna **Title** *A resurrection and revision of the genus Iliamna* Greene... Stanford University (Stanford University Press) 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Jun 1936, p. \[i-ii\], 213-229, *pl. 20. Copies*: B, NY, U, US. – Issued as and to be cited from Contr. Dudley herb. 1(7): 213-229, *pl. 20*. 1936. ##### n.17.569. Distributional notes on and a key to the species of Cheilanthes **Title** *Distributional notes on and a key to the species of Cheilanthes* in the Sonoran Desert and certain adjacent regions... Reprinted from American Fern Journal... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1939 (US rd. 31 Mai 1939), p. \[59\]-69. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Fern. J. 29(2): \[59\]-69. 1939. ##### n.17.570. Taxonomic notes on the genus Dalea **Title** *Taxonomic notes on the genus Dalea* Juss. and related genera as represented in the Sonoran Desert.... Contributions from the Dudley Herbarium... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Jul 1940, p. \[41\]-64, *pl. 6-13. Copy*: B. – Issued as and to be cited from Contr. Dudley Herb. 3(2): \[41\]-64, *pl. 6-13*. 1940. ##### n.17.571. New and poorly known species of plants from the Sonoran Desert **Title** *New and poorly known species of plants from the Sonoran Desert*... Contributions from the Dudley Herbarium... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Aug 1940, p. \[65\]-88, *pl. 14-21. Copy*: B. – Issued as and to be cited from Contr. Dudley Herb. 3(3): \[65\]-88, *pl. 14-21*. 1940.