Mary S. Taylor

Mary Agnes Stump Taylor (1885-1976) was an American bryologist noted for collecting and identifying many species of bryophytes across North America.^[1][2] Her collection of around 8,000 plants was so extensive that it has been used to identify the range of plants several decades after their original collection.^[3] The standard author abbreviation M.S.Taylor is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[4]

Works

• Taylor, Mary S. (August 1939). "A Study of Nardia Lescurii". The Bryologist. 42 (4): 85–106. doi:10.2307/3239807. JSTOR 3239807.
• Taylor, Mary S.; Coker, W. C. (28 October 1938). "Filmy Ferns in the Carolinas". Science. 88 (2287): 402. doi:10.1126/science.88.2287.402. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17807704.