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Philip A. Munz

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Philip Alexander Munz, botanist, plant taxonomist and educator (1892–1974), worked at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, and was a professor of botany at Pomona College, serving as dean there for three years.[1][2]

In 1935 Munz published his Manual of Southern California Botany. Munz compiled the voluminous A California Flora with David D. Keck, published by the University of California Press in 1959, and with a supplement published in 1968. Munz published A California Flora without any research support and with a relatively small subvention for publication from the University of California Press.[2] In 1974 his book A Flora of Southern California was published posthumously, with the botanical families presented in an alphabetical order.[3]

List of selected publications

Munz authored four popular plant guides for general readers interested in botany but untrained in plant taxonomy, published by the University of California Press, and referred to as the California Wildflower Books:

  • Munz, Philip Alexander (1961). California Spring Wildflowers. University of California Press.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander (1962). California Desert Wildflowers. University of California Press.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander (1963). California Mountain Wildflowers. University of California Press.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander (1964). Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon and Washington. University of California Press.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander (1935). A Manual of Southern California Botany. J.W. Stacey.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander; Keck, David D. (1959). A California Flora. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02405-2.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander; Keck, David D. (1968). A California Flora - Supplement. University of California Press.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander (1974). A Flora of Southern California. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520021464.
  • Munz, Philip Alexander (March 2004). Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers (Volume 74) (California Natural History Guides) First Edition, Revised. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520236325.
The standard author abbreviation Munz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Munz, Philip Alexander (1892-1974)". Jstor. Ithaka. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Carlquist, Sherwin (22 September 1975). "Philip A. Munz, Botanist and Friend" (PDF). Aliso. 8 (3): 211–220. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ Moran, Reid (1974). "A flora of Southern California by Philip A. Munz". Madroño. 22: 408–409. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Munz.



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