Edgar T. Wherry

• Asplenium × wherryi D.M. Smith (A. bradleyi × A. montanum) • Castilleja wherryana Pennell • Dryopteris × neo-wherryi Wagner (D. goldieana × D. marginalis) • Dryopteris wherryi Small • Iris wherryana Crane • Mimosa wherryana (Britton) Standl. • Mimosopsis wherryana Britton • Penstemon wherryi Pennell • Phlox wherryi Heath • Silene wherryi Small • Tiarella wherryi Lakela == Plants named by Wherry ==

Wherry authored 109 plant taxon names, and coauthored another 11. Additionally, he made 223 combinations based on pre-existing names. Following are a few examples. • Asplenium x trudellii Wherry (A. montanum x Asplenium pinnatifidum) • Microgramma heterophylla (L.) Wherry • Sarracenia oreophila (Kearney) Wherry • Sarracenia jonesii Wherry • Trillium cernuum f. tangerae Wherry == Books by Wherry ==

• Wherry, Edgar T. Wild Flowers of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Garden Club of Mount Desert, Bar Harbor, Maine. 1928. 164 pp. ill. • Wherry, Edgar T. The Wild Flower Guide, Northeastern and Midland United States. Doubleday, Garden City, New York. 1948. 202 pp. ill. • Wherry, Edgar T. Guide to Eastern Ferns. Illustrated with line drawings by Oliver Stoner and Cyrus Feldman. First edition: The Science Press Printing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1937. iv, 220 pp. frontispiece, illus, 6.5x4in (170x100mm), hardcover. Second edition: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1942. iv, 252 pp. hardcover. Reprint of second edition: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1948. iv, 252 pp. hardcover. • Wherry, Edgar T. The Genus Phlox. 174 p., illus. Morris Arboretum Monograph 3. 1955. 174 pp. ill. • Wherry, Edgar T. The Fern Guide (Northeastern and Midland United States and Adjacent Canada; Doubleday Nature Guide Series). Illustrated by James C. W. Chen. First printing: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York. 1961. 318 pp. hardcover. Reprint: Dover Publications Inc., New York, New York. 1994 (1995?). 318 pp. 120 b/w ill, softcover. . • Wherry, Edgar T. The Southern Fern Guide (Southeastern and Midland United States; Doubleday Nature Guide Series). Illustrated by James C. W. Chen and Keith C. Y. Chen. First edition: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York. 1964. 349 pp. hardcover. Second edition: "Corrected First Edition with Nomenclatural Changes". American Fern Society, New York Chapter, Bronx, New York. 1972. 349 pp. softcover. LC 77–93190. Reprint of second edition: American Fern Society, New York Chapter, Bronx, New York. 1978. 349 pp. hardcover. == References ==