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James Robert Weir
Born1882
Scottsberg, Indiana
Died1943
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions
Thesis Untersuchungen über die Gattung Coprinus  (1911)
Author abbrev. (botany)Weir

James Robert Weir (1882–1943) was an American mycologist specializing in wood decaying fungi and forest pathology. He advised Henry Ford on rubber plantations and was head of The U.S. National Fungus Collections.[1]

The standard author abbreviation Weir is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. ^ Natural History Museum. "Weir, James Robert (1882-1943)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Weir.
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