| Name | Farlow, William Gilson |
| Date of birth | 1844 |
| Date of death | 1919 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: FH, duplicates widely distributed] [collector note: FH (orig.). Algae Bermudienses: FH, W. Reliquae Farlowianae: BM, BPI, CUP, FH, IA, IAC, K, NY, OTB, W. North America (incl. Bermuda): B, BM, BPI, BUF, C, DUKE, FH, HBG (fungi), G, GOET, IA, K, KIEL, L, MASS, MICH, PC, S (diatoms), TRTC, W Rhodora 22: 1 Jan 1920 - portrait] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 102134 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/49570925-a8ca-43f9-b0ea-8f4b32be2fce |
| Variant name | William Gilson Farlow |
| Author name | Farlow |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Farl. |
| Standard/Label Name | W. G. Farlow |
| Full Name | Farlow, William Gilson |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Geography Collector | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Algae |
| Specialty Author | Cryptogamic, unspecified |
| Specialty Author | Fungi and Lichens |
| Specialty Collector | Algae |
| Specialty Collector | Bryophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Fungi |
| Specialty Collector | Lichens |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors E-H |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Author in | Icon. Farl. |
| Author in | Algae Exsicc. Amer. Bor. |
| Author in | Mar. Alg. New England |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by W. G. Farlow |
| Collections in | [no date] (552), 1849 (1), 1853 (1), 1867 (1), 1870 (7), 1871 (3), 1874 (17), 1875 (13), 1876 (95), 1877 (90), 1878 (37), 1879 (16), 1880 (22), 1881 (90), 1882 (45), 1883 (16), 1884 (19), 1885 (147), 1886 (17), 1887 (13), 1888 (16), 1889 (16), 1890 (52), 1891 (69), 1892 (24), 1893 (58), 1894 (142), 1895 (21), 1896 (125), 1897 (44), 1898 (42), 1899 (14), 1900 (12), 1901 (39), 1902 (44), 1903 (70), 1904 (92), 1905 (39), 1906 (108), 1907 (49), 1908 (89), 1909 (47), 1910 (81), 1911 (109), 1912 (27), 1913 (39), 1914 (4), 1915 (74), 1916 (41), 1917 (57), 1918 (68) |
| Collector Teams: | W. G. Farlow, C. L. Anderson & D. C. Eaton M. C. Cooke & W. G. Farlow W. G. Farlow & E. L. Rand |
| Author Teams: | Cooke & Farlow Farlow & Burt |