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Index of Botanists

NameCanby, William Marriott
Date of birth1831
Date of death1904
Remarks [collector note: Original herbarium at NY. E United States (col. 1864-1886): A, B, BP, BUF, CI, CH, CN, CS, DS, E, F, FI, GH, GRA, ILL, LE, LY, MASS, MEL, MIN, MICH, MANCH, MO, NY, P, P-DU, PH, US, WELC (types now at GH; general collection at NY), WS. Alaska (col. 1897): F, GH, LUY, NY (75 musci), PH, US (orig.)., Colorado (1871): NY. Florida, Texas (1858-1882): DELS, E, F, GH, GRA, MIN, MO, NY, PH, US. Vancouver Island (British Columbia) (Journey of 1897, in Company with Profs. C. S. Sargent and John Muir)]
ASA Botanist ID125089 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9f211228-afdf-4bd7-b546-da723f5c5d8f
Variant nameWilliam Marriott Canby
Author nameCanby
B & P Author Abbrev.Canby
Standard/Label NameW. M. Canby
Full NameCanby, William Marriott
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorCanada,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors M
Citation as CollectorSyntype (GH) Hydastylus borealis E. P. Bicknell
Citation as CollectorMEL collection datum from: Wayne Gebert
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. M. Canby
Collections in[no date] (73),  1846 (2),  1858 (2),  1860 (1),  1861 (3),  1862 (6),  1863 (44),  1864 (6),  1865 (18),  1866 (17),  1867 (13),  1869 (55),  1870 (4),  1871 (39),  1872 (15),  1873 (1),  1874 (13),  1876 (6),  1878 (8),  1881 (1),  1882 (5),  1883 (93),  1884 (1),  1885 (1),  1886 (2),  1887 (1),  1888 (2),  1889 (8),  1890 (18),  1891 (1),  1893 (3),  1894 (4),  1895 (68),  1896 (1),  1897 (154),  1898 (2),  1899 (73),  1900 (61),  1901 (31),  1902 (55),  1903 (60),  1907 (4),  1913 (2),  1918 (1),  1922 (1),  1969 (1)
Collector Teams:C. S. Sargent & W. M. Canby  A. Gray, C. S. Sargent, J. H. Redfield & W. M. Canby  W. M. Canby, C. S. Sargent & W. Trelease  W. M. Canby, C. S. Sargent & J. Muir  W. M. Canby & B. H. Smith  Canby & Rose  W. M. Canby & C. S.Sargent  W. M. Canby, C. S. Sargent, W. Treleash & B. F. Bush  A. Gray, W. M. Canby, & J. H. Redfield  W. M. Canby & J. N. Rose  W. M. Canby & J. P. Otis  W. M. Canby, C. S. Sargent & B. F. Bush 
Author Teams:Canby & Rose