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Index of Botanists

NameTaylor, William Randolph
Date of birth1895
Date of death1990
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: MICH, US; duplicates AHFH, BM, C, E, FH, GB, LA, LD, MO, NY, PC, PENN, PH, USC] [collector note: NE North America (col. 1915-1956): BM, MICH, NEBC, NFLD, NMW, PH. E coast of Central America (south to Ecuador, incl. Galapagos Is. and Revillagigedo Is.) & Mexico (col. 1934, 1939): AHFH, LA, MICH, UC; Bermudas (col. 1949 & 1956): MICH, US?; British Columbia (col 1926): MICH, US; British Columbia (col. 1926): MICH, NY?; Florida (col. 1924-1926): E, L, PH?; West Indies; Original collections: MICH, UC, US; Collections: FH, GRA, LAM, MICH, NY, POM, US, USC]
ASA Botanist ID102944 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/620aa83a-4540-4483-8558-be20e43f7ac7
Variant nameWilliam Randolph Taylor
Author nameW. R. Taylor
B & P Author Abbrev.W. R. Taylor
Standard/Label NameW. R. Taylor
Full NameTaylor, William Randolph
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorCanada,  Ecuador,  Mexico,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorAlgae
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
Citation as Collector Taxon; Official News Bulletin of the International Society for Plant Taxonomy. Utrecht
Member of teams/groups
Author in Allan Hancock Atlantic Exped., Rep. 2, Carrib. Mar. Alg.
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. R. Taylor
Collections in[no date] (6),  1919 (1),  1920 (3),  1921 (139),  1922 (42),  1923 (28),  1925 (5),  1926 (20),  1928 (5),  1929 (1),  1930 (1),  1931 (7),  1932 (1),  1933 (2),  1934 (89),  1936 (1),  1937 (1),  1938 (1),  1939 (60),  1940 (2),  1941 (10),  1944 (13),  1946 (3),  1949 (4),  1959 (1)
Collector Teams:W. R. Taylor & G. H. Conklin  C. W. Dodge & W. R. Taylor  I. M. Lamb & W. R. Taylor  A. J. Bernatowicz & W. R. Taylor  W. R. Taylor & A. J. Bernatowicz 
Author Teams:M. A. Howe & W. R. Taylor