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Index of Botanists

NameBigelow, John Milton
Date of birth1804
Date of death1878
Remarks [author note: Surgeon and Botanist on the Whipple Expedition for a Railway Route, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, near the 35th parallel of Latitude, in 1853-4. Herbarium and types: BM, GH, K, MO, NY, PH (large set), US, WELC (now at NY)] [collector note: chiefly W & SW U.S. (col. 1850-54); BUF, CGE, F, FI, G-DC, GH, LE, MASS, MO, NY, P-DU, PH, US, WELC]
ASA Botanist ID101531 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/48322d55-f610-4b41-9866-8ba9e0a32f14
Variant nameJohn Milton Bigelow
Author nameJ. M. Bigelow
B & P Author Abbrev.J. M. Bigelow
Standard/Label NameJ. M. Bigelow
Full NameBigelow, John Milton
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorMexico,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as AuthorTaxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2)/S
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
Citation as CollectorPl. Collectors N. Mexico. 1979
Member of teams/groups
Author in Pacific Railr. Rep. 4, Pt. 5, No. 3 (Whipple)
Author in Descr. Cact. (Engelm.)
Author in Pacific Railr. Rep. 4, Pt. 5, No. 1 (Whipple)
Author in Pacific Railr. Rep. 4, Pt. 5, No. 2 (Whipple)
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by J. M. Bigelow
Collections in[no date] (218),  1841 (1),  1842 (2),  1844 (2),  1845 (2),  1849 (1),  1850 (26),  1851 (7),  1852 (37),  1853 (331),  1854 (163),  1856 (1),  1859 (1),  1865 (6),  1866 (14),  1867 (4)
Collector Teams:C. Wright & J. M. Bigelow  C. C. Parry, J. M. Bigelow, C. Wright & A. C. V. Schott  Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow  C. C. Parry & J. M. Bigelow  G. Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow 
Author Teams:Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow  Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow