A brief biography of Wolfgang Wolf and typification of the plant names he published
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v11.i1.1142Keywords:
Wolfgang Wolf, Alabama, Cullman County, nomenclature, vascular plants, Talinum, Erythronium, typificationAbstract
Wolfgang Wolf (1872–1950) was a German-born Benedictine monk and self-taught botanist who lived and worked at the St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, U.S.A. Wolf studied and documented the plant life of the north central region of the state, amassed a personal herbarium of thousands of sheets and became particularly expert in the genera Talinum and Erythronium. A brief biography of Wolf is presented, highlighting his little-known correspondences between many prominent botanists during the first half of the twentieth century. Typification of the nine names he published then follows, including the designation of four type specimens.
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Harper, R.M. 1951. Death of W. Wolf. Castanea 16:23–24.
Kiger, R.W. 2001. New combinations in Phemeranthus Rafinesque (Portulacaceae). Novon 11:319–321.
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McNeill, J. (& 13 others). 2012. International code of nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). Adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Regnum Veg. 154.
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Morgan, M.T. 1942. Contribution to the flora of Cullman County, Alabama. Masters thesis, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Murdy, W.H. & M.E.B. CArter. 2001. Speciation in Talinum in the southeastern United States. Castanea 66:145–153.
Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Vol. 2. Printed for the author by D. Heartt, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (see page 3 of Additions).
Parks, C.R. & J.W. Hardin. 1963. Yellow Erythroniums of the eastern United States. Brittonia 15:245-259.
Shores, E.F. 2010. On Harper’s trail: Roland McMillan Harper, pioneering botanist of the Southern Coastal Plain. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
Thiers, B. 2016 [continuously updated]. Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/.
Torrey, J. & A. Gray. 1838. Flora of North America. Wiley & Putnam, New York. 1:197.
Wallace, G.D. 2009. Monotropsis. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, U.S.A. 8:394–395.
Wolf, W. 1918. Quercus bernardiensis sp. nov. Torreya 18:161–162.
Wolf, W. 1920. Notes on Alabama plants. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6:151–158.
Wolf, W. 1922. Notes on Alabama Plants. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8:104–127.
Wolf, W. 1939. The status of Talinum in Alabama. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22:315–332.
Wolf, W. 1941. Erythronium, a neglected genus in Alabama. Castanea 6:21–27.
Wolf, W. 1945a. Quercus capesii (Quercus Phellos L. ×Quercus nigra L.). Castanea 10:91.
Wolf, W. 1945b. ×Quercus capesii: A supplemental note. Castanea 10:120.
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2017-07-24
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Hansen, C. J. . (2017). A brief biography of Wolfgang Wolf and typification of the plant names he published. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 11(1), 103–116. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v11.i1.1142
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