Bibliography of Truman G. Yuncker

A list of publications by Truman G. Yuncker covering a period of almost 60 years is presented.     

Notable collections represented in the Truman G. Yuncker Herbarium (DPU), now deposited at The New York Botanical Garden (NY)

The integration of the vascular plants from the Yuncker Herbarium (DPU) into the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY) has been completed, and the curatorial work is summarized. The most notable vascular plant collections, with emphasis on the local collections from Indiana, are reported on and a list of the most prominent collectors is presented. An index to all collectors of vascular plants represented in the Yuncker Herbarium has been deposited in the New York Botanical Garden Library.     

Index to collectors of the piperaceae represented in the T. G. Yuncker Herbarium of DePauw University

In 1987 the New York Botanical Garden (NY) purchased the T. G. Yuncker Herbarium of DePauw University (DPU), which contains T. G. Yuncker’s collections of Piperaceae from the Pacific, South America, and Central America. An index to the collectors of the Piperaceae is presented. These collections have been incorporated into the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium and are available for study.     

Piperaceae types from the T. G. Yuncker Herbarium (DPU) now filed in the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)

Five hundred sixty-one type specimens, representing 522 basionyms, of Piperaceae have been verified among the specimens of Piperaceae acquired by the New York Botanical Garden (NY) in the purchase of the Truman G. Yuncker Herbarium of DePauw University (DPU) in 1987. Included are types of 319 names published by T. G. Yuncker, as well as smaller numbers of types of names published by Trelease, C. de Candolle, Miquel, and others. Geographic emphasis of the specimens is on tropical America, particularly Brazil and Honduras, and the South Pacific. An index to the types, which includes basionym, place of publication, kind of type, and country of origin and collection number of type, is included.     

Type specimens of vascular plants in the T.G. Yuncker Herbarium of Depauw University (DPU), now deposited at the New York Botanical Garden (NY)

A list of 226 vascular plant type specimens, representing 220 basionyms, found during the incorporation of the DePauw University Herbarium (DPU) into the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY), is presented. Included are the types from Truman G. Yuncker's numerous expeditions to Honduras and the South Pacific. Lists of the types found in the Piperaceae, Cuscutaceae, and cryptogamic collections are being published elsewhere or have already appeared.