LeRoy Abrams

Professor
LeRoy Abrams
LeRoy Abrams (Stanford Quad, 1925)
Born(1874-10-01)October 1, 1874
Sheffield, Iowa
DiedAugust 15, 1956(1956-08-15) (aged 81)
Occupation(s)Professor, Herbarium Curator
EmployerStanford University

LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) was an American botanist and writer.[1][2] He was a Professor of Botany at Stanford University.[2] He wrote and illustrated a four-volume Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, with the final volume published posthumously, after compilation and editing by Roxanna Ferris.[2]

He and his wife had a home overlooking the Santa Clara Valley.[2] Their only child, a daughter, predeceased him.[2]

The standard author abbreviation Abrams is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Bibliography

  • Additions to the Flora of Los Angeles County I. 1902.
  • Additions to the Flora of Los Angeles County II. 1903.
  • Flora of Los Angeles and Vicinity. 1904.
  • Phytogeography of Trees and Shrubs of Southern California. 1908.
  • The Gymnosperms Growing On the Grounds of Leland Stanford Jr. University (PDF). 1913.
  • Cypress Trees in Southern California. 1914.
  • The Floral Features of California. 1915.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Vol. 1. Stanford University Press. 1923.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Vol. 2. 1944.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Vol. 3. 1951.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. Vol. 4. 1960.

References

  1. ^ "LeRoy Abrams". Harvard University Herbaria - Index of Botanists. Harvard University. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wilson, Albert (October 1956). "Wilson, Albert, 1903– Papers, ca. 1910–1995, Special Collections & University Archives M1397". Journal of the California Horticultural Society. XVII.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Abrams.