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Willard Winfield Rowlee

(15 Dec) 1861 - 1923 (08 Aug)




CORNELL AFFILIATION:
B.Litt.: (1888); Sc.D. (1893) [Advisor A.N. Prentiss]; Instructor of Botany (1889-1893); Assistant Professor of Botany (1893-1906); Professor of Botany (1906-1923)



W.W. Rowlee received both his B.L. and Sc.D. at Cornell, continuing to teach and work there until his death in 1923. His students included other prolific botanical figures such as E.J. Durand and K.M. Wiegand. His primary interest was in dendrology, with a particular expertise in North American willows and comparative anatomy of woods. During World War I, he was appointed the task of of investigating potential uses of balsa wood in military aircraft. Aside from teaching and research, Rowlee was the superintendent of University grounds for 28 years, a member of a number of University committees, and a member of several scientific organizations such as the Botanical Society of America.


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1891. Rowlee, W. W., William Trimble, John M. Holzinger, Thomas Morong and Frank E. McDonald. Botanical Notes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (3): 86-88.Google Scholar
1892. Rowlee, W. W. and Frank E. McDonald. Botanical Notes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (10): 311-313.Google Scholar
1893. Rowlee, W. W.. Studies Upon Akenes and Seedlings of Plants of the Order Compositae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1): 1-17.Google Scholar
1893. Rowlee, W. W., Charles E. Bessey, L. H. Lighthipe and Geo. V. Nash. Botanical Notes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (2): 68-70.Google Scholar
1893. Rowlee, W. W., O. F. Cook and N. L. B. Reviews of Foreign Literature. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (3): 123-128.Google Scholar


1894. Rowlee, W. W.. The Aeration of Organs and Tissues in Mikania and Other Phanerogams. Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society (3): 143-166.Google Scholar
1896. Rowlee, W. W. and K.M. Wiegand. Salix candida Willd, and its Hybrids. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (5): 194-201.Google Scholar
1896. Rowlee, W. W.. The Stigmas and Pollen of Arisaema. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (9): 369-370.Google Scholar
1896. Rowlee, W. W.. Is Publication of Botanical and Zoological Papers in Microscopical Journals Justifiable?. Botanical Gazette (3): 178-179.Google Scholar
1897. Rowlee, W. W. and K. M. Wiegand. A List of Plants Collected by the Cornell Party on the Peary Voyage of 1896. Botanical Gazette (6): 417-426.Google Scholar
1898. Rowlee, W. W. and M. W. Doherty. The Histology of the Embryo of Indian Corn. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (6): 311-315.Google Scholar
1898. Rowlee, W. W.. The Morphological Significance of the Lodicules of Grasses. Botanical Gazette (3): 199-203.Google Scholar
1898. Rowlee, W. W. and George T. Hastings. The Seeds and Seedlings of Some Amentiferae. Botanical Gazette (5): 349-353.Google Scholar
1899. Rose, J. N., Ezra Brainerd, Thomas C. Porter, Alvah A. Eaton, C. F. Saunders, W. W. Rowlee, Willard N. Clute and F. H. Horsford. NOTES AND NEWS. The Plant World (7): 121-124.Google Scholar
1899. Rowlee, W. W.. HISTORIC TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. The Plant World (8): 125-126.Google Scholar
1899. Rowlee, W. W.. HISTORIC TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. The Plant World (10): 157-158.Google Scholar
1899. Rowlee, W. W.. Descriptions of Two Willows from Central Mexico. Botanical Gazette (2): 136-138.Google Scholar
1900. Rowlee, W. W.. North American Willows. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (5): 247-257.Google Scholar
1900. Rowlee, W. W. and Susie P. Nichols. The Taxonomic Value of the Staminate Flowers of Some of the Oaks. Botanical Gazette (5): 353-356.Google Scholar
1903. Rowlee, W. W.. Conditions of Plant Growth on the Isle of Pines. The Plant World (2): 34-37.Google Scholar
1903. Rowlee, W. W.. Notes on Antillean Pines with Description of a New Species from the Isle of Pines. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (2): 106-108.Google Scholar
1907. Rowlee, Willard Winfield. Two New Willows from the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (3): 157-159.Google Scholar
1916. Rowlee, W. W.. Plants From Southern Patagonia Collected by Charles Wellington Furlong. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (6): 305-321.Google Scholar
1919. Rowlee, W. W.. Synopsis of the genus Ochroma, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences (6): 157-167.Google Scholar
1922. Rowlee, W. W.. The Genus Costus in Central America. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (10): 283-292.Google Scholar