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Index of Botanists

NameNelson, Edward William
Date of birth1855
Date of death1934
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: US; duplicates in A, F, G, GH, K, NY, US] [collector note: Herbarium: US; Alaska: US; Arizona: US; Cuba: US; Guatemala: F; Mexico (col. 1892-1906): A, F, G, GH, K, NY, S, US; Wyoming & Florida: NY]
ASA Botanist ID127455 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/bf155a05-bd8a-4858-a2e4-5333caa9990c
Variant nameEdward William Nelson
Author nameE. W. Nelson
B & P Author Abbrev.E. W. Nelson
Standard/Label NameE. W. Nelson
Full NameNelson, Edward William
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorCuba,  Guatemala,  Mexico,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by E. W. Nelson
Collections in[no date] (2),  1891 (2),  1893 (1),  1894 (104),  1895 (119),  1896 (38),  1897 (44),  1898 (63),  1899 (39),  1902 (9),  1903 (31),  1904 (1),  1928 (1),  1953 (1)
Collector Teams:E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman