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Index of Botanists

NameWatson, Sereno
Date of birth1826
Date of death1892
Remarks1873: appointed as an Assistant Curator in Gray Herbarium; 1874-1892: Curator in Gray Herbarium; 1881-1884: Instructor in Phytogeography. [author note: Herbarium and types: GH, US (2,000 orig., King's Survey); additional material at B (mostly destroyed), FH (James), FI, K, NY, YU] [collector note: Guatemala: (col. 1885): F, FH, GH (orig.); United States: B (Charac.), FH (bryo.), FI, GH (orig., e.g. plants from King's Survey to Utah and Nevada, 1869; and plants from Montana, 1880) K (r. 1879-91), MANCH (phan.), MW, NA (plants from Montana), NY (plants from Utah and Nevada), OKLA, US (e.g. ±2000 orig. from King's Survey to Utah and Nevada in 1869), YU]
URLhttp://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~gra00056
ASA Botanist ID100246 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/54e3c1b9-36d0-4006-a065-51cf69ef38ef
Variant nameSereno Watson
Author nameS. Watson
B & P Author Abbrev.S. Watson
Standard/Label NameS. Watson
Full NameWatson, Sereno
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorGuatemala,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorAlgae
Specialty CollectorBryophytes
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 T-Z
Member of teams/groups
Author in Botany [Fortieth Parallel]
Author in Bot. California
Author in Manual (Gray), ed. 6
Author in Bibliogr. Index N. Amer. Bot.
Author in Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler
Author in List Pl. Nevada Utah
Author in Cat. Pl. [Wheeler]
Author in Manual (Gray), ed. 6, (2nd issue).
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by S. Watson
Collections in[no date] (78),  1843 (1),  1857 (14),  1859 (3),  1860 (7),  1861 (2),  1862 (2),  1864 (8),  1865 (11),  1867 (92),  1868 (412),  1869 (493),  1874 (5),  1875 (4),  1876 (5),  1877 (1),  1878 (4),  1879 (2),  1880 (325),  1881 (4),  1882 (6),  1884 (11),  1885 (103),  1886 (2),  1887 (10),  1888 (7),  1889 (3),  1890 (20),  1891 (4),  1896 (7),  1919 (2),  1924 (1),  1925 (1),  1969 (1)
Collector Teams:W. H. Brewer & S. Watson  Nees, S. Watson & J. M. Coulter  S. Watson & J. M. Coulter 
Author Teams:W. H. Brewer & S. Watson  Nees, S. Watson & J. M. Coulter  S. Watson & J. M. Coulter