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Karl McKay Wiegand
Born	(1873-06-02)2 June 1873
Died	12 March 1942(1942-03-12) (aged 68)
Nationality	American
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	University

Karl McKay Wiegand (June 2, 1873 – March 12, 1942) was an American botanist who headed the Department of Botany at Cornell University for 28 years. He was a member of the Botanical Society of America and served as its president in 1939.

Wiegand was married to Maud Cipperly who collected with him.

The standard author abbreviation Wiegand is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

Knudson, Lewis (1942). "Karl M. Wiegand". Science. 95 (2470): 449–450. Bibcode:1942Sci....95..449K. doi:10.1126/science.95.2470.449. JSTOR 1668968. PMID 17736875.
"Wiegand, Karl McKay". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 42. New York: James T. White & Company. 1958. pp. 245–246.
University, Cornell; Faculty, Office of the Dean of the University (1942). "Karl McKay Wiegand". Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement.
"Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
International Plant Names Index. Wiegand.

External links

Works by or about Karl McKay Wiegand at the Internet Archive

v t e Presidents of the Botanical Society of America
1894–1924	William Trelease (1894) Charles Edwin Bessey (1895) John Merle Coulter (1896) Nathaniel Lord Britton (1897) Lucien Marcus Underwood (1898) Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1899) Byron Halsted (1900) Joseph Charles Arthur (1901) Beverly Thomas Galloway (1902) Charles Reid Barnes (1903) Robert Almer Harper (1904) William Ashbrook Kellerman (1905) Franklin Sumner Earle (1906) George Francis Atkinson (1907) William Francis Ganong (1908) Roland Thaxter (1909) Erwin Frink Smith (1910) William Gilson Farlow (1911) Lewis Ralph Jones (1912) Douglas Houghton Campbell (1913) A. S. Hitchcock (1914) John Merle Coulter (1915) Robert Almer Harper (1916) Frederick Charles Newcombe (1917) William Trelease (1918) Joseph Charles Arthur (1919) Nathaniel Lord Britton (1920) Charles Elmer Allen (1921) Henry Chandler Cowles (1922) Benjamin Minge Duggar (1923) William Chambers Coker (1924)
1925–1949	Jacob R. Schramm (1925) Liberty Hyde Bailey (1926) Harley Harris Bartlett (1927) Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1928) Margaret Clay Ferguson (1929) Lester W. Sharp (1930) Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1931) George James Peirce (1932) Ezra Jacob Kraus (1933) E. D. Merrill (1934) Aven Nelson (1935) C. Stuart Gager (1936) Edmund Ware Sinnott (1937) Arthur Johnson Eames (1938) Karl McKay Wiegand (1939) Edgar Nelson Transeau (1940) John Theodore Buchholz (1941) Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1942) William Jacob Robbins (1943) Gilbert Morgan Smith (1944) Irving Widmer Bailey (1945) Neil Everett Stevens (1946) Ralph Erskine Cleland (1947) Henry Allan Gleason (1948) Ivey Foreman Lewis (1949)
1950–1974	Albert Francis Blakeslee (1950) Katherine Esau (1951) Edgar Anderson (1952) Ralph H. Wetmore (1953) Adriance S. Foster (1954) Oswald Tippo (1955) Harriet Creighton (1956) George Sherman Avery, Jr. (1957) Frits Warmolt Went (1958) William Campbell Steere (1959) Kenneth V. Thimann (1960) Vernon Cheadle (1961) G. Ledyard Stebbins (1962) Constantine John Alexopoulos (1963) Paul J. Kramer (1964) Aaron John Sharp (1965) Harold Charles Bold (1966) Ralph Emerson (1967) Arthur Galston (1968) Harlan Parker Banks (1969) Lincoln Constance (1970) Richard C. Starr (1971) Charles Heimsch (1972) Arthur Cronquist (1973) Theodore Delevoryas (1974)
1975–1999	Peter H. Raven (1975) Barbara Frances Palser (1976) Warren H. Wagner (1977) William August Jensen (1978) Herbert George Baker (1979) Charles Bixler Heiser (1980) Patricia Kern Holmgren (1981) Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. (1982) Barbara D. Webster (1983) Mildred Esther Mathias (1984) William Louis Stern (1985–86) Ray Franklin Evert (1986–87) Shirley Cotter Tucker (1987–88) W. Hardy Eshbaugh (1988–89) David Leonard Dilcher (1989–90) Beryl B. Simpson (1990–91) William Louis Culberson (1991–92) Gregory Joseph Anderson (1992–93) Grady Webster (1993–94) Harry T. Horner (1994–95) Barbara A. Schaal (1995–96) Daniel Crawford (1996–97) Nancy Dengler (1997–98) Carol C. Baskin (1998–99)
2000–present	Douglas E. Soltis (1999–2000) Patricia G. Gensel (2000–1) Judy Jernstedt (2001–2) Scott D. Russell (2002–3) Linda E. Graham (2003–4) Allison A. Snow (2004–5) Edward L. Schneider (2005–6) Christopher H. Haufler (2006–7) Pamela S. Soltis (2007–8) Karl J. Niklas (2008–9) Kent Holsinger (2009–10) Judith Skog (2010–11) Stephen G. Weller (2011–12) Elizabeth Kellogg (2012–13) Pamela Diggle (2013–14) Tom Ranker (2014–15) Richard Olmstead (2015–16) Gordon Uno (2016–17) Loren Rieseberg (2017–18) Andrea Wolfe (2018–19) Linda Watson (2019–20) Cynthia S. Jones (2020–21) Michael Donoghue (2021–22) Vivian Negron-Ortiz (2022–23) Brenda Molano-Flores (2023–24) Jenny Xiang (2024–2025)

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