Anna Murray Vail

American botanist, botanical collector, librarian and editor (1863-1955).

Anna Murray Vail (January 7, 1863 – December 18, 1955) was an American botanist and the first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden. She was a student and collaborator of botanist and geologist Nathaniel Lord Britton, with whom she helped to found the New York Botanical Garden.

Abbreviations: Vail
Occupations: scientific collector, librarian, editor, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1863-00-00T00:00:00Z – 1955-00-00T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Brooklyn
Direct attributions: 17 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 37 plants, 0 fungi

17 plants attributed, 20 plants contributed to37 plants:

Asclepias subverticillata (Horsetail Milkweed) (A.Gray) Vail 1898
perennial plant species in the apocynaceae family
Asclepias subverticillata is a plant found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Common names include horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed and whorled milkweed.
Kallstroemia californica (California Caltrop) (S.Watson) Vail 1895
annual plant species in the zygophyllaceae family
Kallstroemia californica is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family known by the common name California caltrop. It is native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States, California, and northern Mexico.
Asclepias pumila (Dwarf Milkweed) (A.Gray) Vail 1898
perennial plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Guaiacum palmeri Vail 1910
plant species in the zygophyllaceae family
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Galactia erecta (Erect Milkpea) (Walter) Vail 1895
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
Galactia erecta, or erect milkpea, is a species in the family Fabaceae, belonging to the genus Galactia, which includes trailing, twining, or climbing perennial vines, as well as erect herbaceous or rarely shrubby forms. It is native to the southeastern United States.
Desmodium lindheimeri (Lindheimer's Tick-trefoil) Vail 1891
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Asclepias scaposa (Bear Mountain Milkweed) Vail 1898
perennial plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Asclepias emoryi (Emory's Milkweed) (Greene) Vail 1903
perennial plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Trautvetteria caroliniensis (Carolina Bugbane) (Walter) Vail 1890
perennial plant species in the ranunculaceae family
Trautvetteria caroliniensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to North America. It is known by the common names Carolina bugbane, false bugbane, and tassel-rue. The genus is named for the botanist Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter. This plant is native to Asia and eastern and western North America. It grows in moist wooded areas and other habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an erect stem up to 1.5 meters in maximum height. The large leaf has a palmate blade up to 30 or 40 centimeters wide with deeply divided, pointed, toothed lobes. The blade is
Rhynchosia michauxii (Michaux's Snoutbean) Vail 1895
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Psoralea mexicana (L.f.) Vail 1917
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Clematis addisonii (Addison's Leather Flower) Britton ex Vail 1890
plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Trautvetteria carolinensis (Walter) Britton ex A.Murray & Vail 1890
plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Guaiacum planchonii A.Gray ex Rydb. & Vail 1910
plant species in the zygophyllaceae family
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Desmodium lineatum var. polymorphum A.Gray ex Vail 1892
plant variety in the fabaceae family
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Asclepias kansana Vail 1904
perennial plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Anemone acuta (Pursh) Vail 1890
plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Matelea alabamensis (Alabama Milkvine) (Vail) Woodson 1941
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Matelea alabamensis is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family known by the common names Alabama milkvine, Alabama anglepod, and Alabama spiny-pod. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. This rhizomatous perennial herb produces one to three stems which creep across the ground or twine around adjacent vegetation, reaching several meters in length. They are green or maroon-tinged, filled with a milky sap, and dotted with reddish glands on the newer parts. The oppositely arranged leaves are borne on petioles a few centimeters
Rhynchosia swartzii (Swartz's Snoutbean) (Vail) Urb. 1918
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Matelea floridana (Florida Milkvine) (Vail) Woodson 1941
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Matelea floridana (also called Florida milkvine or Florida spiny pod) is a flowering plant within the Milkweed Subfamily (Family Apocynaceae; Subfamily Asclepiadoideae). It is endemic to Florida and two counties in Georgia, and is listed as Endangered. It is a perennial dicot. Flowers are purplish black, 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) in diameter, borne on short pedicels that occur at mature nodes along the stem, from one to many flowers. Leaf pairs are opposite, cordate from 5–10 (2–4 in) cm in length, lightly pubescent. This species is very similar in appearance to Matelea carolinensis, but the
Kallstroemia hirsutissima (Hairy Caltrop) Vail ex Small 1903
annual plant species in the zygophyllaceae family
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Dalea grayi (Gray's Prairie Clover) (Vail) L.O.Williams 1936
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Asclepias rusbyi (Rusby's Milkweed) (Vail) Woodson 1954
perennial plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Tephrosia floridana (Vail) Isely 1893
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Psorothamnus thompsoniae (Thompson's Dalea) (Vail) S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood 1975
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Matelea wootonii (Vail) Woodson 1941
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Matelea greggii (Vail) Woodson 1941
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Matelea crenata (Vail) Woodson 1941
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Cynanchum jaliscanum (Vail) Woodson 1941
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Metastelma inaguense Vail ex Britton 1906
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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