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Index of Botanists

NameMerrill, Elmer Drew
Date of birth1876
Date of death1956
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: A, FH, NY, PNH (destroyed), UC; southeast Asian floras] [collector note: Bureau of Science, Philippines; New York Botanical Garden; Arnold Arboretum; collections widely distributed, orig. collections A, NY (ca. 23,000), PNH (destroyed), UC (11,000); NEBC]
URLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Drew_Merrill
ASA Botanist ID100368 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a2bf7b4c-ef8c-4f86-b836-f6a58f6ef593
Variant nameElmer Drew Merrill
Author nameMerrill
B & P Author Abbrev.Merr.
Standard/Label NameE. D. Merrill
Full NameMerrill, Elmer Drew
Geography AuthorChina,  Philippines,  United States of America
Geography CollectorChina,  Indonesia,  Malaysia,  New Caledonia,  Papua New Guinea,  Philippines,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
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 M
Citation as CollectorNEBC card file of collectors
Member of teams/groups
Author in Sp. Blancoan.
Author in Interpr. Herb. Amboin.
Author in use: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. vol. 15. 1829
Author in Bibliogr. Enum. Born. Pl.
Author in Dict. Pl. Names Philipp.
Author in Enum. Pl. Sumatra
Author in Index Rafinesq.
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by E. D. Merrill
Collections in[no date] (118),  1886 (2),  1890 (2),  1891 (9),  1892 (3),  1893 (18),  1894 (2),  1895 (60),  1896 (416),  1897 (160),  1898 (281),  1899 (18),  1900 (6),  1901 (5),  1902 (173),  1903 (344),  1904 (36),  1905 (85),  1906 (275),  1907 (4),  1908 (19),  1909 (28),  1910 (52),  1911 (103),  1912 (15),  1913 (407),  1914 (378),  1915 (134),  1916 (80),  1917 (54),  1918 (13),  1919 (1),  1920 (1),  1921 (2),  1922 (75),  1923 (5),  1924 (1),  1927 (2),  1929 (12),  1932 (4),  1945 (1),  1946 (1),  1947 (1)
Collector Teams:F. L. Scribner & E. D. Merrill  E. D. Merrill & W. Y. Chun  E. D. Merrill & L. M. Perry  E. Quisumbing & E. D. Merrill  E. D. Merrill & F. L. Freeman  E. D. Merrill & F. P. Metcalf  J. Burtt Davy & E. D. Merrill  E. D. Merrill & H. Y. Chen  E. D. Merrill & E. Quisumbing  E. D. Merrill & R. A. Rolfe  E. D. Merrill & F. C. How  E. D. Merrill & L. M. Perry  N. L. Burman (Burm. f.) & Merrill  Merrill & Perrottet  E. D. Merrill & F. P. Metcalf  E. D. Merrill, L. O. Williams, & Ant. Molina  E. D. Merrill & E. N. Wilcox  E. B. Chamberlain & E. D. Merrill  E. D. Merrill & P. L. Ricker  L. O. Williams, Ant. Molina & E. D. Merrill  E. D. Merrill & F. Harper  L. F. Tsu & E. D. Merrill 
Author Teams:Scribner & Merrill  Merrill & Chun  Merrill & L. M. Perry  Quisumbing & Merrill  Merrill & F. L. Freeman  Merrill & F. P. Metcalf  Burtt Davy & Merrill  Merrill & H. Y. Chen  Merrill & Quisumbing  Merrill & Rolfe  Merrill & F. C. How  Merrill & L. M. Perry  N. L. Burman (Burm. f.) & Merrill  Merrill & Perrottet  Merrill & F. P. Metcalf  E. D. Merrill & E. E. Sherff  Merrill & Burtt Davy  Merrill & Harper  E. D. Merrill & E. Hackel 

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