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University Of Richmond Herbarium, W. John Hayden
University Of Richmond Herbarium, W. John Hayden
Biology Faculty Publications
The Department of Biology at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, maintains an herbarium of approximately 15,000 specimens. Although recently assigned the acronym URV, this collection has not yet been included in Index Herbariorum and, consequently, few botanists outside of Virginia are aware of its existence. This note provides a brief account of the history of URV, a summary of its contents, and a short bibliography of works pertaining to the collection.
Curatorial News From The University Of Richmond Herbarium, W. John Hayden
Curatorial News From The University Of Richmond Herbarium, W. John Hayden
Biology Faculty Publications
The Department of Biology at the University of Richmond maintains a herbarium of approximately 15,000 specimens. In an effort to make this collection better known to Virginia botanists, this note describes some recent curatorial improvements upon the UR Herbarium and outlines its contents.
Jamaican Blue-Green Algae Collections Of J.C. Strickland, W. John Hayden
Jamaican Blue-Green Algae Collections Of J.C. Strickland, W. John Hayden
Biology Faculty Publications
Professor John C. Strickland (1915-1980) devoted much of his life to teaching biology, botany, and phycology at the University of Richmond. Throughout his academic career he maintained a keen interest in the Myxophyceae, or blue-green algae, studying their culture, cytology, and taxonomy (Drouet & Strickland, 1942; Strickland, 1940, 1946). Most of his collections of these and other algae were made in Virginia and are housed in the herbarium maintained by the Department of Biology, University of Richmond. However, he also made four trips to Jamaica in the years 1966-1971 before his health deteriorated to the extent that field work, and …
Proposal For The Conservation Of The Generic Name Picrodendron Grisebach (1859) Against Picrodendron Planchon (1846) (Euphorbiaceae), W. John Hayden, James L. Reveal
Proposal For The Conservation Of The Generic Name Picrodendron Grisebach (1859) Against Picrodendron Planchon (1846) (Euphorbiaceae), W. John Hayden, James L. Reveal
Biology Faculty Publications
Petalacte has been in continuous use for this genus of 1-3 species since proposed by D. Don. The only exception was Lessing's misuse of Petalolepis Cassini, from which he excluded the two original Australian species and substituted two from S. Africa. Lessing was not followed by later authors.T he genus was recently revised by Lundgren (in Bot. Notiser 127: 119-124. 1974) and this revision may be consulted for full references.