> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 453](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066793) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11868-1) LSID 11868-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332980) QID Q1332980 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wooton, Elmer Ottis (1865-1945), American botanist; studied at Earlham College, B.S. 1889, A.M. 1896; in charge of botany New Mexico State College 1890-1896; studied at Columbia University and the New York Botanical Garden 1896-1898; professor of botany Agricultural College and Experiment Station, New Mexico 1898-1900, of biology 1900-1911; in various functions with USDA 1911-1935; in retirement at Arlington, Va. **Abbreviated name**: *Woot.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wooton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]] (main herb.), [[Collection NMC|NMC]] ("apparenty second set", inf. IH ed. 7); further material at [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection IND|IND]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]] (large set), [[Collection NY|NY]] (large set), [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection US|US]] (large set), [[Collection WELC|WELC]], [[Collection WVA|WVA]]. *Exsiccatae*: *New Mexico plants*, collected 1897, sold in sets of ca. 400-500 specimens (see Ewan ed. 2, 243-244). *List*: *New Mexico plants*, p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: [[Collection NY|NY]], s.l.n.d. \[ca. 1897\]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (e.g. in Barnhart corr.), SIA. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 519, 520 (b. 19 Sep 1865); BL 1: 199, 324, 2: 194; BM 5: 2361; Bossert p. 442; Ewan ed. 1: 64, 267, 312, 341-342, ed. 2: 243-244; Hortus 3: 1207; IH 1 (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 346; Langman p. 812; Rehder 1: 327, 2: 299; SIA see index; TL-2/12.752, see P.C. Standley; Tucker 1: 754, 2: xli, 3: 341; Urban-Berl. p. 411; Zander ed. 10, p. 734, ed. 11, p. 838. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-8. 1906-1949; Bot. Centralbl. 76: 111. 1898 (app. New Mexico); Cat. gen. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 227: 142-143. 1977; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 581. 1969; Nat. Nov. 20: 501. 1898 (prof. bot. New Mexico). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 186. 1984. - Knobloch, I.W., pl. coll. North Mexico 74. 1979; Phytologia Mem. 6: 105. 1983 (refs. to inf. on Mexican coll.). - McKelvey, S.D., Bot. expl. Trans.-Miss. West 1790-1850, 1029, 1070. 1955. - Standley, P.C., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 13: 245-246. 1910 (list publ. 1894-1909); J. Washington Acad. Sci. 37: 34-35. 1947 (obit., b. 19 Sep 1865, d. 20 Nov 1945). #### Composite works Co-author with P.C. Standley, *Grass. New Mexico* 1912, TL-2/12.752. #### Eponymy *Wootonella* Standley (1912); *Wootonia* E.L. Greene (1898). ### Publications ##### n.18.286. New Mexico Weeds **Title** New Mexico College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Agricultural Experiment Station... *New Mexico Weeds*. No. I. Las Cruces, N.M. (The Independent Democrat) 1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *New Mexico Weeds*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1894, p. \[1\]-36, *11 pl*. (15 figs.). *Copies*: HH, MO, US. – Issued as Bull. New Mexico Coll. Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 13, 1894. ##### n.18.287. Russian Thistle **Title** New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Agricultural Experiment Station... *Russian Thistle*... Las Cruces, N.M. (Allen Kelly) 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Russ. Thistle*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1895, p. \[1\]-20, *2 pl. Copy*: USDA. – Issued as Bull. 16 N. Mex. Coll. Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 15: 1-20, *2 pl*. 1895. ##### n.18.288. Some New Mexico forage plants **Title** New Mexico College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Agricultural Experiment Station... *Some New Mexico forage plants*... Las Cruces, N.M. (Allen Kelly) 1896. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *New Mexico forage pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1896, p. \[i-ii\], \[57\]-95. *Copy*: HH. – Issued as Bull. New Mexico Coll. Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 18: 57-95. 1896. ##### n.18.289. A new southwestern rose **Title** *A new southwestern rose*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club... 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Mar 1898, cover-t.p., p. 152-154, *pl. 335. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 25(3): 152-154, *pl. 335.* 1898. – Contr. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ. 139. ##### n.18.290. New plants from New Mexico **Title** *New plants from New Mexico*, I-III... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club... 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai, Jun, Aug 1898, consolidated reprint from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 1898 with cover-t.p.: Contr. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ. 148. *Copies*: G, HH, MO, NY, US. *1*: Mai 1898, p. 257-264. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 25(5): 257-264. 1898. *2*: 8 Jun 1898, p. 304-310. – Id. 25(5): 304-310. 1898. *3*: 13 Aug 1898, p. 451-459. – Id. 25(8): 451-459. 1898. ##### n.18.291. Native ornamental plants of New Mexico **Title** *Native ornamental plants of New Mexico*... Santa Fe, N.M. (New Mexican Printing Company) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. ornam. pl. New Mexico*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1904, p. \[1\]-40, *12 pl. – Copies*: HH, MO, US. – Bull. New Mexico Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 51. ##### n.18.292. The genus Androsace **Title** *The genus Androsace* in New Mexico... From the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1907. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Paul Carpenter Standley 1884-1963. *Publ*.: 17 Dec 1907, p. 517-520. *Copies*: G, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 34: 517-520. 1907. ##### n.18.293. Cacti in New Mexico **Title** *Cacti in New Mexico*... Santa Fe, N.M. (The New Mexican Printing Company) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cacti New Mexico*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1911, p. \[1\]-70, *18 pl. Copies*: HH, NY, PH, US. – Bull. New Mexico Coll. Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 78. ##### n.18.294. The grasses and grass-like plants of New Mexico **Title** *The grasses and grass-like plants of New Mexico*... Las Cruces, N.M. (Rio Grande Republican) 1912. Oct. (Grass. pl. New Mexico) 1912. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grass. New Mexico*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963). *Publ*.: 1912 (date imprint; Bull. no. 81 for Dec 1911; PH rd. 24 Jun 1912), p. \[1\]-175, \[176\], *12 pl. Copies*: HH, MO, NY, PH, Stevenson. – Issued as Bull. New Mexico Coll. Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 81. ##### n.18.295. Trees and shrubs of New Mexico **Title** *Trees and shrubs of New Mexico*... Las Cruces (Republican) 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Trees shrubs New Mexico*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1913, p. \[1\]-159. *Copy*: HH. – Issued as Bull. New Mexico Coll. Agr., Agr. Exp. Sta. 87. ##### n.18.296. Descriptions of new plants **Title** *Descriptions of new plants* preliminary to a report upon the flora of *New Mexico... *Washington (Government Printing Office) 1913. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963). *Publ*.: 12 Feb 1913, p. \[i\]-v, 109-196, vii-xi, *pl. 48-50. Copies*: BR, HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Issued as and to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 16(4): \[i\]-v, 109-196, vii-xi, *pl. 48-50.* 1913. ##### n.18.297. Flora of New Mexico **Title** *Flora of New Mexico*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1915. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. New Mexico*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963). *Publ*.: 24 Jun 1915, p. \[1\]-794. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, NY, PH, U, US, USDA; IDC 7641. – Issued as Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 19, 1915. *Facsimile repr*.: 1972, Lehre (Verlag von J. Cramer). – Reprints of US-Floras volume 7. *Copies*: FAS, G. ##### n.18.298. The ferns of New Mexico **Title** *The ferns of New Mexico*... Reprinted... from American Fern Journal... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963). *Publ*.: 9 Jul 1915, p. 65-78. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Fern J. 5: 65-78. 1915. ##### n.18.299. Certain desert plants as emergency stock feed **Title** *Certain desert plants as emergency stock feed*... United States Department of Agriculture... 1918. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Desert pl. stock feed*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Dec 1918, cover, p. \[1\]-27, *pl. 1-8. Copies*: HH, MO. – Issued as USDA Bull. no. 728.