LeRoy Abrams

Professor
LeRoy Abrams
Born October 1, 1874
Died August 15, 1956 (1956-08-16) (aged 81)
Occupation Botanist
Employer Stanford University

LeRoy Abrams (October 1, 1874 – August 15, 1956) was an American botanist and author.[1][2] He taught as a Professor at Stanford University.[2] He wrote and illustrated a four-volume Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, the final volume of which was published posthumously.[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]

Abrams is commemorated in the specific epithet abramsii.[4]

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. 1. Stanford University Press. 1923.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. 2. 1944.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. 3. 1951.
  • Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States. 4. 1960.

References

  1. ↑ "LeRoy Abrams". Harvard University Herbaria – Index of Botanists. Harvard University. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Wilson, Albert (October 1956). "Wilson, Albert, 1903– Papers, ca. 1910–1995, Special Collections & University Archives M1397". Journal of the California Horticultural Society. XVII.
  3. ↑ IPNI.  Abrams.
  4. ↑ Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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