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### Author
Yuncker, Truman George (1891-1964), American botanist; studied at Michigan State University, East Lansing; B.S. ib. 1914; M.A. Univ. Nebraska 1915; at Emmerich Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Indiana 1915-1916; graduate assistant in botany, Univ. Illinois 1916; Dr. phil. ib. 1919; assistant professor of biology De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana 1919, professor and head of the Dept. of Botany from 1921-1956; emeritus professor from 1956; collected in Honduras 1934, 1936, 1938.
**Abbreviated name**: *Yunck.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Yunck.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection DPU|DPU]]. – Other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BISH|BISH]] (first set Nive, Tonga), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BUT|BUT]], [[Collection F|F]] (first set Honduras), [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UCWI|UCWI]], [[Collection US|US]] (impt. set), [[Collection WELT|WELT]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (e.g. to Barnhart).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 535 (b. 20 Mar 1891); BL 1: 149, 325; Bossert p. 447; Hirsch p. 331; Hortus 3: 1207; IF suppl. 4: 349; IH 1 (ed. 1): 38, (ed. 2): 55, (ed. 3):67, (ed. 4): 73, 79, (ed. 5): 79, (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 346, 2: 375, suppl. 4: 349; Langman p. 815; MW p. 547;, suppl. p. 412; NAF ser. 2. 4: 46; NW p. 62; PH 209, 450; Roon p. 126; SIA see index; TL-2/781, 15.051; Zander ed. 10, p. 735, ed. 11, p. 838.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Arner. men sci. eds. 3-10. 1921-1961; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 599-600. 1969; Who's who Amer. 20-33. 1938-1965; Who was who Amer. 4: 1044. 1974.
- Deam, C.C, Fl. Indiana 1119. 1940.
- Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 619 \[index\]. 1984.
- Laubengayer, R.A. ed., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 74: 55-59. 1965 (obit.).
- Maguire, B., Gard. J. 14: 73. 1964 (obit. not., portr.).
- Markle, M.S., Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 76: 145. 1967.
- Welch, W.H., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 91(5): 406-417. 1964 (obit., portr., bibl., d. 8 Jan 1964), 104(1): 24. 1977 (bibl. concluded), Taxon 13(6): 189-192. 1964 (obit., portr.).
- Yuncker, T.G., Vita, in his Rev. N. Amer. W. Ind. sp. Cuscuta 1919.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Piperaceae, in* A.A. Pulle et al., eds., *Fl. Suriname* 1(2): 218-290. 1957. TL-2/8293).
- (2) *Piperaceae*, K.H. Rechinger et al., *Fl lowland Iraq* 1964.
- (3) *Cuscuta, North American flora* ser. 2. 4: 1-51. 15 Dec 1965. TL-2/781.
- (4) *Piperaceae, in* B. Maguire et al., *The botany of the Guyana Highland*, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 41-44. 17 Feb 1964.
- (5) *Piperaceae, in* R.F. Woodson et al., *Fl. Panama* 4(1), Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37: 1-120. Feb 1950.
- (6) For further contr. to composite works outside our period see Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 600. 1969.
#### Note
Outside our period: (1) *The Piperaceae of Northern South America*, with W. Trelease (see TL-2/15.051), 2 vols. 1950, p. \[i\]-vii, 1-434, \[viii\], *pl. 1-393* and p. \[i\]-v, 435-838, \[vi\], *pl. 394-674.*
- (2) *Plants of Tonga*, 283 p., B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 220, repr. 1971 (Neudeln, Kraus) ISBN 0-527-02328-0.
#### Eponymy
*Yunckeria* Lundell (1964).
### Publications
##### n.18.457. Revision of the North American and West Indian species of Cuscuta
**Title**
*Revision of the North American and West Indian species of Cuscuta* with thirteen plates. Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in botany in the graduate school of the University of Illinois 1919. \[Published by the University of Illinois, 1921\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Revis. N. Amer. Cuscuta*.
**Notes**
*Thesis ed*.: 1 Mar 1921, p. \[3\]-141, *pl. 1-13. Copy*: MICH. Alternative pagination p. \[93\]-231, see below. We have no indication that preprints exist.
*Commercial ed*.: 1 Mar 1921, cover, p. \[1\]-141, *pl. 1-13. Copies*: BR, G, HH, M, MICH, NY, US (rd. 21 Mar 1921), USDA. – Issued as Ill. biol. Monogr. 6(2-3): \[93\]-231 and with thesis pagination.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1970, New York (Johnson).
##### n.18.458. Revision of the South American species of Cuscuta
**Title**
*Revision of the South American species of Cuscuta*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1922... 1923. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 10 Jan 1923 (for Dec 1922) and 3 Feb 1923 (for Jan 1923), cover-t.p., p. 557-575, 1-17. *Copies*: G, HH, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 9(10): 557-575. 10 Jan 1923, 10(1): 1-17. 3 Feb 1923.
##### n.18.459. The genus Cuscuta
**Title**
*The genus Cuscuta*... Published for the \[Torrey botanical\] Club by George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin 1932. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cuscuta*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Jun 1923 (date on cover), cover-t.p., p. \[i-iii\], 113-331. *Copies*: BR, HH. – Issued as Mem. Torrey bot. Club 18(2).
##### n.18.460. Revision of the Hawaiian species of Peperomia
**Title**
*Revision of the Hawaiian species of Peperomia*... Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the \[Bernice P. Bishop\] Museum) 1933. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Revis. Hawaii. Peperomia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1933, p. \[i\], \[1\]-131. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, M, MICH, MO, NY, U.
##### n.18.461. Anatomy of Hawaiian Peperomias
**Title**
*Anatomy of Hawaiian Peperomias*... Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the \[Bernice P. Bishop\] Museum) 1934. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Anat. Hawaii. Peperom.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: William Dudley Gray (1912-x).
*Publ*.: 1934, p. \[1\]-19. *Copies*: G, HH. – Issued as B.P. Bishop Mus. Occ. Pap. 10(20). 1934.
##### n.18.462. Revision of the Polynesian species of Peperomia
**Title**
*Revision of the Polynesian species of Peperomia*... Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the \[Bernice P. Bishop\] Museum) 1937.
**Abbreviated title**: *Revis. Polynes. Peperomia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Mar 1937, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\], \[3\]-73. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, NY, U. – Issued as B.P. Bishop Museum Bull. 143.
##### n.18.463. Revision of the Micronesian species of Peperomia
**Title**
*Revision of the Micronesian species of Peperomia*... Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii... 1938.
**Abbreviated title**: *Revis. Micrones. Peperomia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Mar 1938, p. \[7\]-25. *Copies*: G, Peterson. – Issued as Occ. Pap. B.P. Bishop Mus., Honolulu, Hawaii 14(2). 1938.
##### n.18.464. A contribution to the flora of Honduras
**Title**
*A contribution to the flora of Honduras*... Chicago, U.S.A. 1938. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Contr. fl. Honduras*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Jan 1938, p. \[285\]-407, *pl. 1-18. Copies*: G, HH, M, MICH, NY, U. – Issued as Bot. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 17(4). 1938.
##### n.18.465. The genus "Cuscuta" in Argentina
**Title**
*The genus "Cuscuta" in Argentina*... Buenos Aires (Imprenta y Casa Editora "coni"...) 1939. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1939, p. \[i\], \[447\]-462. *Copies*: B, G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lilloa 4: \[447\]-462. 1939.
##### n.18.466. A new species of Cuscuta from Yucatan
**Title**
*A new species of Cuscuta from Yucatan*... Separately printed, without change of paging from Bulletin of the Torrey botanical Club... 1939.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1939, p. 623-624. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 66: 623-624. 19 Dec 1939.
##### n.18.467. Flora of the Aguan Valley
**Title**
*Flora of the Aguan Valley* and the coastal regions near la Ceiba Honduras... \[Chicago\] Field Museum of Natural History) 1940. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 22 Mar 1940, p. \[243\]-346. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY, U. – Issued as Bot. Ser. Field Mus. nat. Hist. 9(4). 1940.
##### n.18.468. Parasitism as a way of life
**Title**
Presidential address *Parasitism as a way of life*... Proceedings of Indiana Academy of Science... 1940 Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1940, cover-t.p., p. 6-15. *Copies*: B, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 49: 6-15. 1940.
##### n.18.469. The flora of Niue Island
**Title**
*The flora of Niue Island*... Honolulu, Hawaii (published by the \[Bernice P. Bishop\] Museum) 1943. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Niue Isl*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 18 Jun 1943, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], i, \[3\]-126, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: BR, G, HH, NY. – B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 178.
##### n.18.470. Plants of the Manua Islands
**Title**
*Plants of the Manua Islands* Honolulu, Hawaii (Published by the \[Bernice P. Bischop\] Museum) 1945. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *pl Manua Isl*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17 Apr 1945, p. \[1-2\], map, \[3\]-73. *Copies*: BR, G, HH. – B.P. Bishop Museum Bull. 184.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1971, Neudeln (Kraus) 1971, ISBN 0-527-02292-6.