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Lloyd Herbert Shinners (September 22, 1918 – February 16, 1971) was a Canadian-American botanist and professor who had expertise in the flora of Texas and Wisconsin.

Early life

Shinners was born in Bluesky, Alberta on September 22, 1918. His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when he was five, and he went on to graduate valedictorian from Lincoln High School. He continued his education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned a Ph.D. under Norman Carter Fassett in 1943. He worked for the town of Milwaukee before moving to Dallas, Texas in 1945.

Career

Shinners worked for the Southern Methodist University as a research assistant, before being placed in charge of the university's herbarium. In 1960, he attained a full professorship. Through his guidance, the herbarium grew from 20,000 specimens to over 340,000. He was specifically interested in the Compositae.

Publications

Shinners authored 274 articles, and published a comprehensive 514 page Flora of north-central Texas.

Eponyms

Shinners was the namesake of one genus, Shinnersia, and more than 15 species, including:

• Thelypodiopsis shinnersii (M.C.Johnst.) Rollins
• Ipomoea shinnersii D.F.Austin
• Carex shinnersii P.Rothr. & Reznicek

Legacy

Shinner's library of botanical books and collection of plant specimens formed the initial collections of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth when it was founded in 1987.

References

1. ^ Correll, Donovan S. (1971). "Lloyd Herbert Shinners–A Portrait". Brittonia. 23 (2): 101–104. doi:10.1007/BF02805075. ISSN 0007-196X. JSTOR 2805425. S2CID 33732243.
2. Mahler, W. F. (1971). "Lloyd Herbert Shinners 1918-1971". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 4 (3): 229–231. ISSN 0036-1488. JSTOR 41966409.
3. Flook, Jerry M. (1973). "Guide to the Botanical Contributions of Lloyd H. Shinners (1918-1971)". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 5 (3): 137–179. ISSN 0036-1488. JSTOR 23909226.
4. International Plant Names Index.  Shinners.
5. Phytologia 19: 297 1970 (IK)
6. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 206: 13 1976 (IK)
7. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64 (2): 337, nom. Nov. 1978 (IK)
8. Novon 11 (2): 225. 2001 (IK)
9. "About the BRIT Herbarium". FWBG-BRIT. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
10. "About the Library". BRIT. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

Further reading

• Ginsburg, Ruth (2002). Lloyd Herbert Shinners: By Himself. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-10-2. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

• 20th-century Canadian botanists
• 1918 births
• 1971 deaths
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• Southern Methodist University faculty
• Canadian emigrants to the United States
• 20th-century American botanists