Stanley Larson Welsh
Encyclopedia
Stanley Larson Welsh is an American botanist. He has worked as professor of integrative biology at the Brigham Young University
for 44 years and was the founding curator of that university's herbarium
, which is named after him. His fields are North American and Tahitian flora
, especially the genera
Astragalus
, Oxytropis
and Atriplex
.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
for 44 years and was the founding curator of that university's herbarium
Herbarium
In botany, a herbarium – sometimes known by the Anglicized term herbar – is a collection of preserved plant specimens. These specimens may be whole plants or plant parts: these will usually be in a dried form, mounted on a sheet, but depending upon the material may also be kept in...
, which is named after him. His fields are North American and Tahitian flora
Flora
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
, especially the genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Astragalus
Astragalus
Astragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, Oxytropis
Oxytropis
Oxytropis is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of two genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related Astragalus. There are about 300 species native to Eurasia and North America. Several...
and Atriplex
Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
.
Selected publications
- stanley larson Welsh; sherel Goodrich. 1980. Miscellaneous Plant Novelties from Alaska, Nevada, and Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 40:78-88
Books
- 1960. Legumes of the north-central states: Galegeae. Ed. Iowa Agricultural & Home Economics Experiment Station. 249 pp.
- 2003. North American Species of Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae): A Taxonomic Revision. ISBN 978-0-8425-2562-6
- nephi duane Atwood, sherel Goodrich, stanley larson Welsh. 2007. A Utah Flora. Ed. Brigham Young University. ISBN 978-0-8425-2701-9
External links
- http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearch?id=11539-1&query_type=by_id&output_format=object_view