Roland Wilbur Brown

Roland Wilbur Brown (1893–1961), U.S. paleobotanist and geologist.

IPNI standard form: R.W.Br.

Taxon names authored

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• 6 taxon names authored by Roland Wilbur Brown

Eponyms

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• 3 eponyms of Roland Wilbur Brown

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1934

• Brown, R.W. 1934. Celliforma spirifer, the fossil larval chambers of mining bees. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 24(12): 532–539. BHL.

1935

• Brown, R.W. 1935. Some fossil conifers from Maryland and North Dakota. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25: 441–450. BHL.
• Brown, R.W. 1935. Miocene Leaves, Fruits, and Seeds from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Journal of Paleontology 9(7): 572–587. JSTOR .
• Brown, R.W. 1935. Further notes on fossil larval chambers of mining bees. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25(12): 526–528. BHL.

1936

• Brown, R.W. 1936. The genus Glyptostrobus in America. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26: 353–357. BHL.
• Brown, R.W. 1936. A fossil shelf-fungus from North Dakota. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26: 460–462. BHL.

1937

• Brown, R.W. 1937. Fossil legumes from Bridge Creek, Orego. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 27: 414–418. BHL.
• Brown, R.W. 1937. Further additions to some fossil floras of the western United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 27: 506–517. BHL.

1938

• Brown, R.W. 1938. Two fossils misidentified as shelf-fungi. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28: 130–131. BHL.

1939

• Brown, R.W. 1939. Some American fossil plants belonging to the Isoetales. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 29: 261–269. BHL.
• Brown, R.W. 1939. Fossil Leaves, Fruits, and Seeds of Cercidiphyllum. Journal of Paleontology 13(5): 485–499. JSTOR .

1940

• Brown, R.W. 1940. New species and changes of name in some American fossil floras. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 30(8): 344–356. BHL.
• Brown, R.W. 1940. A bracket fungus from the late Tertiary of southwestern Idaho. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 30(8): 422–424. BHL.

1942

• Brown, R.W. 1942. A Miocene grapevine from the valley of Virgin Creek in northwestern Nevada. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32: 287–291. BHL.

1943

• Brown, R.W. 1943. A climbing fern from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 33: 141–142. BHL.

1944

• Brown, R.W. 1944. Temperate species in the Eocene flora of the southeastern United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 34: 349–351. BHL.

1946

• Brown, R.W. 1946. Fossil egg capsules of Chimaeroid fishes. Journal of Paleontology 20(3): 261–266. JSTOR
• Brown, R.W. 1946. Alterations in some fossil and living floras. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 36(10): 344–355. BHL.

1947

• Brown, R.W. 1947. Fossil Plants and Human Footprints in Nicaragua. Journal of Paleontology 21(1): 38–50. JSTOR .

1949

• Brown, R.W. 1949. Pliocene plants from Cache Valley, Utah. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 39: 224–229. BHL.

1950

• Brown, R.W. 1950. An Oligocene evergreen cherry from Oregon. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 321–324. BHL.

1956

• Brown, R.W. 1956. New items in the Cretaceous and Tertiary flora of the western United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(4): 104–108. BHL.
• Brown, R.W. 1956. Ivory-Nut Palm from Late Tertiary of Ecuador. Science 123(3208): 1131–1132. DOI: 10.1126/science.123.3208.1131 . JSTOR .

1958

• Brown, R.W. 1958. New occurrences of the fossil quillworts called Isoetites. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48(11): 358–361. BHL.

1959

• Brown, R.W. 1959. Some Paleobotanical Problematica. Journal of Paleontology 33(1): 120–124. JSTOR .

1960

• Brown, R.W. 1960. Corkwood in the Eocene Flora of the Southeastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 34(3): 429–432. JSTOR .

References

• Mamay, S.H. 1963. Memorial to Roland W. Brown (1893–1961). GSA Bulletin 74(6): P79–P84. DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[P79:MTRWB]2.0.CO;2 . [includes list of publications]