Collection: Ivar Frederick Tidestrom Papers | National Agricultural Library

Content Description

The Ivar Frederick Tidestrom Papers relate to the flora of several regions and states, including the Chesapeake Bay, Texas, and Oklahoma. The collection also contains a number of keys and revisions of keys for various plant families, as well as notes on plants that Tidestrom collected in France and the United States. There are a few personal photographs and some correspondence related to Latin nomenclature and validation of species.

Dates

Creation: 1940-1950

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical Sketch

Ivar Frederick Tidestrom (1865-1956) was a Swedish-born American botanist, taxonomist, and plant explorer. He served as assistant botanist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with Frederick V. Coville. Tidestrom published several books, including Ferns and Fern Allies (1907-1908), Elysium marianum: Salicaceae, Ceriferae, Betulaceae (1910), and A Flora of Arizona and New Mexico (1941). He retired from USDA in 1934.