Remarks | [collector note: Original collections: MO; North America (1875): LE; Louisiana: F, LSU, M, MICH, MO, NO; Mississippi: F, LSU, M, MICH, MO; New Orleans (1885): MO; Texas (1875-84): F, LSU, M, MICH, MO, SMU, US] Eponymy: Panicum joorii Vasey, Carex joorii L.H. Bailey and Barbula jooriana Müller. ["... a native of Louisiana. He practiced medicine in New Orleans and Thibodaux, and then in Harrisburg and Birdston, Texas, before becoming Assistant Commissioner for Texas to prepare a botanical exhibit for the 1884-85 Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans. In 1888 he assumed charge of Tulane University's Museum, first as Assistant Curator, and then Curator and Professor of Botany ..." vide A Brief History of the Tulane Herbarium] |