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Index of Botanists

NameBeal, William James
Date of birth1833
Date of death1924
RemarksThree important books: 1. Grasses of North America, Vol. I. 1887 2. Grasses of North America, Vol. II. 1896 3. Michigan Flora, 2nd edition. 1903 [author note: Herbarium and types: MSC; duplicates at MO, NY; Poaceae] [collector note: Michigan; MSC, MO, NY]
URLhttp://www.bpp.msu.edu/history/html/beal.html
ASA Botanist ID101593 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/3e825c44-ce86-41fc-a8a8-d820c92b1723
Variant nameWilliam James Beal
Author nameBeal
B & P Author Abbrev.Beal
Standard/Label NameW. J. Beal
Full NameBeal, William James
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as AuthorTaxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2)/S
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
Member of teams/groups
Author in Grasses N. Amer. [Beal]
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. J. Beal
Collections in[no date] (9),  1862 (1),  1865 (1),  1872 (1),  1878 (1),  1880 (1),  1890 (2),  1891 (18),  1892 (2),  1893 (3),  1894 (2),  1895 (1),  1896 (1),  1897 (2),  1898 (2),  1899 (31),  1900 (8),  1901 (7),  1902 (8),  1915 (1),  1998 (1)
Collector Teams:W. J. Beal & C. F. Wheeler 

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