William Alfred Weber

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William Alfred Weber (November 16, 1918 – March 18, 2020) was an American botanist and lichenologist. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former curator of the University of Colorado Museum Herbarium (Index Herbariorum designation COLO).

Biography

William Alfred Weber was born on November 16, 1918, and grew up in New York City.[1]

He earned his master's in 1942 and PhD in 1945, both at Washington State University and began teaching at Colorado in 1946.[2][3][4] Weber was well known for editing the exsiccata series Lichenes exsiccati distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, William A. Weber, Curator (1961–1988).[5]

In 2018 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS).[6] He died on March 18, 2020, in Longmont, Colorado.[7]

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The standard author abbreviation W.A.Weber is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

Honors and awards

The New Guinean lichen species Peltigera weberi Template:Au was named in his honour in 2009.[11]

Selected publications

  • Weber, W. A. 1946. A taxonomic and cytological study of the Wyethia, family Compositae, with notes on the related genus Balsamorhiza. Amer. Midl. Nat. 35:400-452.
  • Weber, W. A. 1950. Recent additions to the flora of Colorado. Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 1:46-50.
  • Weber, W. A. 1958. Rediscovery of Neoparrya. Rhodora 60:265-271.
  • Weber, W. A. 1959. Some features of the distribution of Arctic relicts at their austral limits. Proc. IX Internat. Bot. Congr. 2:425-426.
  • Weber, W. A. 1962. Environmental modifications and the taxonomy of the crustose lichens. Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 56:293-333.
  • Weber, W. A. 1963. Additions to the bryophyte flora of Colorado. Bryologist 66:192-200.
  • Weber, W. A. 1967. A synopsis of the North American species of Cyphelium. Bryologist 70:197-203.
  • Weber, W. A. 1976. Rocky Mountain Flora. 5th edition. Colorado Assoc., Univ. Press.
  • Weber, W. A. and G. Argus. 1986. Salix lanata ssp. calcicola in Colorado. Madroño 33:148-149..
  • Weber, W. A. 1987B. Colorado Flora: Western Slope. Colorado Assoc. Univ. Press.
  • Weber, W. A. 1987. Noteworthy collections, Colorado. Bryum blindii BSG. Madroño 29:246.
  • Weber, W. A. Lichenes Exsiccati distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Fasc. 17-18, Nos. 641-700.
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  • Colbridge, J. N., and W. A. Weber. 1998. A Rocky Mountain Lichen Primer. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Mary Jane Campbell, “Naturalist Weber Honored for Lifetime Achievement,” University of Colorado, October 30, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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