> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 446](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066786) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11858-1) LSID 11858-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727273) QID Q727273 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Woodson, Robert \[Everard\], Jr. (1904-1963), American botanist; studied at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; M.S. ib. 1927; M.A. Harvard 1928; Dr. phil. Washington Univ. 1929; instructor in botany ib. 1929-1935, assistant professor 1935-1942, associate professor 1942-1945, regular professor 1945-1963; assistant herbarium Missouri Botanical Garden 1928-1937, asst. curator 1937-1947, "curator" 1945-1955, curator 1955-1956, 1959-1963. **Abbreviated name**: *Woodson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Woodson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MO|MO]]. – Other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection VT|VT]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Field notes* and *manuscripts*: [[Collection MO|MO]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], IAPT, [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 518; BJI 2: 194; Bossert p. 442; Hortus 3: 1207; IH 1 (ed. 1): 90, (ed. 2): 114, (ed. 3): 135, (ed. 4): 151; Langman p. 811-812; MW p. 536; NW p. 61; PH 209; SIA see index; TL-2/781, 12.172; Tucker 3:341; Zander ed. 10, p. 734, ed. 11, p. 838. #### Biofile - Allen, C.K., Garden J. 14: 38-39. 1964 (obit.); Brittonia 17: 1-4. 1965 (obit., portr.). - Anderson, E., Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 52(1): 2-4. 1964. - Anderson, E. & G.B. Van Schaack, Taxon 13: 45-48. 1964 (obit., portr.). - Anon., Amer, men sci. eds. 5-10. 1933-1961; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 576-578. 1969; Taxon 8: 108. 1959 (app. curator MO), 13: 28. 1964 (d.); St. Louis Globe-Democrat 7 Nov 1963 (d., heart attack); Who's who Amer. 26-32. 1950-1963; Who was who America 4: 1033. 1961-1968. - Croat, T.B., Fl. Barro Colorado Isl. 50. 1978 (W. initiated study of Fl. Panama in 1934). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 237. 1984. - Lewis, W.H., Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52: 248-250. 1965 (graduate students of W.). - Mathias, M.E., Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52(3): 225-228. 1965 (biogr. sketch., portr., b. 28 Apr 1904, d. 6 Nov 1963). - Nevling, L.I., Brittonia 17: 6-11. 1965 (bibl.); Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52(3): 229-233. 1965. - Rogers, D.J., Brittonia 17: 4-5. 1965 (as scientist). - Robyns, A., Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52(3): 229-233. 1965 (index to Contr. Fl. Panama and Fl. Panama). - Steenis, C.G.G.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 12: 471. 1956 (resigned curatorship MO, devotes more time to education), 14: 629. 1959 (app. curator MO). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 314. 1935, 2: 68, 335. 1936, 3: 300. 1937, 4: 180, 453, 542, 566. 1938, 5: 173, 176, 298, 370. 1939, 6: 172. 1941. #### Composite works - (1) Collaborator, A.C. Smith, *A collection of flowering plants from Mount Roraima* 1940, TL-2/12.172. - (2) *Apocynaceae, in* North American Flora 29(2): 103-192. 11 Jul 1938. - (3) Editor, and in part author, with R.J. Seibert, later R.W. Schery, *Contributions toward a Flora of Panama* 1937-1943, in Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 24-30, 1937-1943, for full details see A. Robyns, Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52: 235-241. 1965. - (4) Editor, and in part author, *Flora of Panama* parts 2, 3, 4, 5(1-3), 7(1-4). 1943-1959, for full details see A. Robyns, Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52: 243-245. 1965. - (5) *Apocynaceae, in* H.A. Gleason, *Botanical results of the Tyler-Duida expedition*, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 58: 452-454. 1931. - (6) *Apocynaceae, in* H.A. Gleason & A.C. Smith, *Plantae Krukovianae*, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 60: 392. 1933 (TL-12.164). - (7) *Apocynaceae, in* G. Cufodontis, *Risultati della spedizione biologica austriaca in Costarica* nel 1930, Arch. Bot. Forli 10: 38-41. 1934, 11: 178, 179. 1935. - (8) *Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae, in* A. Rehder, *Notes on the ligneous plants described by Léveillé* from eastern Asia. J. Arnold Arb. 15: 310-318. 1934. - (9) *Temnadenia, in* A. Lemée, *Dict. descr. synon. Phan.* 6: 480-481. 1935 (TL-2/4389). - (10) *Apocynaceae, in* H.A. Gleason and E.P. Killip, *The flora of Mount Auyan-Tepui, *Venezuela, Brittonia 3: 190. 1939. - (11) *The botany of Rauwolfla, in* R.E. Woodson, Jr., H.W. Youngken, E. Schlitter, and J.A. Schneider, Rauwolfia, Boston, Toronto, 1957, p. 3-31. - (12) For further contributions in works by others after 1940 see the bibliography by L.I. Nevling (1965). #### Memorial issue Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 52(3). 1965. #### Eponymy *Allowoodsonia* Markgraf (1967); *Woodsonia* L.H. Bailey (1943). ### Publications ##### n.18.265. Dysosma **Title** *Dysosma*: a new genus of Berberidaceae... Ann. Mo. bot. Gard.... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Dec 1928, p. 335-340, *pl. 46. Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 15: 335-340, *pl. 46.* 1928. ##### n.18.266. Studies in the Apocynaceae **Title** *Studies in the Apocynaceae*. I. A critical study of the Apocynoideae (with special reference to the genus Apocynum)... Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard.... 1930. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 14 Mai 1930, cover-t.p., p. 1-212, *pl. 1-20.* – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 17: *1-212, pl. 1-20.* 1930 (rev. Torreya 30: 104-105. 21 Aug 1930). *2*: 22 Dec 1928, cover-t.p., p. 341-378, *pl. 47-49.* – Id. 15: 341-378, *pl. 47-49.* 1928. *3*: 22 Dec 1928, cover-t.p., p. 379-434, *pl. 50-53.* – Id. 15: 379-434, *pl. 50-53.* 1928. -*3a*, A new species of *Amsonia, id*. 16: 407-410. 30 Dec 1929 (also as reprint). *4*(*1*): 19 Dec 1933, cover-t.p., p. (1)-(186). – Id. 20: 605-790. 1933. *4*(*2*): 25 Mai 1935, cover-t.p., p. (187)-(340). – Id. 22: 153-306. 1935. *4*(*3*): 10 Jun 1936, cover-t.p., p. (341)-(608). – Id. 23: 169-436. 1936. *5*: 12 Mai 1936, cover-t.p., p. \[65\]-105. – Id. Sunyatsenia 3(2-3): 65-105. 1936. *6*: Jul 1936, cover-t.p., p. 205-231, *pl. I.* – Id. Philipp. J. Sci. 60(3): 205-231, *pl. I.* 1936. *7*: 27 Dec 1937 (date in footnote, cover-t.p., however, dated Feb 1938), cover-t.p., p. 189-224. – Id. Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 25: 189-224. 1938. 8: 18 Jun 1951, cover-i. p., p. 119-206, *pl. I.*-Id. 38: 119-206, *pl. I. 1951* (date on cover-t.p. May 1951). *Copies*: B, G, HH, MICH, MO, NY, U, US. ##### n.18.267. New or otherwise noteworthy Apocynaceae of tropical America **Title** *New or otherwise noteworthy Apocynaceae of tropical America*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *1*\]: 24 Dec 1931 (date in footnote), cover-t.p., p. 541-554. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 18: 541-554. 1931 (date on cover reprint Nov 1931: apparently issue for Nov). *2*: 15 Apr 1932 (id), cover-t.p., p. 45-76. – Id. 19: 45-76. 1932 (for Feb 1932). *3*: 15 Nov 1932 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 375-387. – Id. 19: 375-387. 1932 (for Nov 1932). *4*: 12 Dec 1934 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 613-623. – Id. 21: 613-623. 1934 (for Nov 1934). *5*: 20 Mar 1937 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 11-16. – Id. 24: 11-16. 1937 (for Feb 1937). *6*: 29 Apr 1939 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 95-98. – Id. 26: 95-98. 1939 (for Apr 1939). *7*: 30 Nov 1939 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 257-259. – Id. 26: 257-259. 1939. *Copies*: HH, M, MO, NY, U, US. ##### n.18.268. Observations on the inflorescence of Apocynaceae **Title** *Observations on the inflorescence of Apocynaceae* (With special reference to the American genera of Echitoideae)... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1935, cover-t.p., p. 1-48, *pl. 1-3. Copies*: HH, MO, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 22: 1-48, *pl. 1-3.* 1935. ##### n.18.269. The vascular anatomy and comparative morphology of apocynaceous flowers **Title** *The vascular anatomy and comparative morphology of apocynaceous flowers*... Separately printed... from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. – 1938. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mar 1938, cover-t.p., p. 135-166, *pl*. 3-5. *Copies*: MO, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 65: 135-166. *pl*. 3-5. 1938. ##### n.18.270. The Apocynaceous flora of the Yucatan peninsula **Title** *The Apocynaceous flora of the Yucatan peninsula*... Botany of the Maya Area: miscellaneous papers... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Jun 1940, cover-t.p., p. 61-102. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from C.L. Lundell, Botany of the Maya area 15, Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. 22: 59-102. 1940. ##### n.18.271. The North American Asclepiadaceae **Title** *The North American Asclepiadaceae*. I. Perspective of the genera.... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1941. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Apr 1941, cover-t.p., p. 193-244. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 28: 193-244. 1941.