William Albert Setchell

William Albert Setchell (1864–1943), American botanist and naturalist.

IPNI standard form: Setch.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 401 taxon names authored by William Albert Setchell

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1890s

• Setchell, W.A. 1893. On the classification and geographical distribution of the Laminariaceae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 333–375. BHL Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1897. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. VI–VIII, Nos. 251–400. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1899. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XII–XIII, Nos. 551–650. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 

1900s

• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1900. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XIV–XVI, Nos. 651–800. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1901. Notes on algae, I. Zoe 5: 121–129. BHL Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1901. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XVII–XVIII, Nos. 801–900. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1903. Algae of northwestern America. University of California Publications in Botany 1: 165–418, Plates 17–27. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1905. Parasitic Florideae of California. Nuova Notarisia 16: 59–63. Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1905. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XXV–XXVI, Nos 1201–1300. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1906. A revision of the genus Constantinea. Nuova Notarisia 17: 162–173. BHL Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1908. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XXX–XXXI, Nos 1451–1550. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1908. Nereocystis and Pelagophycus. Botanical Gazette 45: 125–134. BHL Reference page. 

1910s

• Setchell, W.A. 1912. Algae novae et minus cognitae, I. University of California Publications in Botany 4: 229–268, pls 25–31. Hathitrust Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1912. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XXXVII–XXXVIII, Nos 1801–1900. Malden, Massachusetts. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1914. Parasitic Florideae, I. University of California Publications in Botany 6: 1–34. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1914. The Scinaia assemblage. University of California Publications in Botany 6: 79–152, Plates 10–16. BHL Reference page. 
• Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. 1915. Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XLI, Nos 2001–2050. Malden, Massachusetts.
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1919. The marine algae of the Pacific coast of North America. Part I. Myxophyceae. University of California Publications in Botany 8(1): 1–139, pls. 1–8. BHL. Reference page. 

1920s

• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1920. The marine algae of the Pacific coast of North America. Part II. Chlorophyceae. University of California Publications in Botany 8: 139–374, Plates 9–33. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1920. Phycological contributions. I. University of California Publications in Botany 7: 279–324. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1922. Phycological contributions. II. New species of Myrionema. University of California Publications in Botany 7: 334–352, 2 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1922. Phycological contributions. III. New species of Compsonema. University of California Publications in Botany 7: 353–376, 4 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1922. Phycological contributions. IV. New species of Hecatonema. University of California Publications in Botany 7: 377–384, 2 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1922. Phycological contributions. V. New species of Pylaiella and Streblonema. University of California Publications in Botany 7: 385–402, 2 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1923. Parasitic Florideae, II. University of California Publications in Botany 10: 393–396. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1923. A revision of the west North American species of Callophyllis. University of California Publications in Botany 10: 397–401. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1924. American Samoa: Part I. Vegetation of Tutuila Island Part II. Ethnobotany of the Samoans Part III. Vegetation of Rose Atoll. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 341: [i]–vi, [1]–275, 57 figs, 3 tables, 37 plates. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1924. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The marine algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 12(29): 695–949. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1924. Phycological contributions, VII. University of California Publications in Botany 13: 1–13. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1925. Notes on Microdictyon. University of California Publications in Botany 13: 103–107. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1925. The marine algae of the Pacific coast of North America. Part III. Melanophyceae. University of California Publications in Botany 8: 383-898, Plates 34-107. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1926. Tahitian algae collected by W.A. Setchell, C.B. Setchell and H.E. Parks. University of California Publications in Botany 12: 61–142, Pls 7–22. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1926. Notes on Microdictyon. II. University of California Publications in Botany 13: 147–153. Reference page. 

1930s

• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1930. Marine algae of the Revillagigedo Islands Expedition in 1925. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 19: 109–215, Plates 4–15. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1931. Hong Kong seaweeds, II. Hong Kong Naturalist 2: 237–253, 41 figs. PDF Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1933. A preliminary survey of Gigartina, with special reference to its Pacific North American species. University of California Publications in Botany 17: 255–339, Plates 46–65. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1933. Some early algal confusions II. University of California Publications in Botany 17: 187–254.
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1934. De Gigartinis. Revue Algologique 7: 131–138. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1936. Iridophycus gen. nov. and its representation in South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 22: 469–473. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1937. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 31: A preliminary report on the algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4 22: 65–98, 1 fig, plates 3–25. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1937. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 34. Report on the Sargassums. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4 22: 127–158, pls 28–33. BHL Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. 1937. The Codiums of the Juan Fernandez Islands. In: The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. (Skottsberg, C. Ed.) Vol. 2, pp. 587–600. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri. Reference page. 

1940s

• Setchell, W.A. 1940. Some trabeculate Codiums (including two new species). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 26: 443–448. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Mason, L.R. 1943. Goniolithon and Neogoniolithon: two genera of crustaceous coralline algae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 29: 87–92. Reference page. 
• Setchell, W.A. & Mason, L.R. 1943. New or little known crustaceous corallines from Pacific North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 29: 92–97.
• Setchell, W.A. 1943. Mastophora and the Mastophoreae: genus and subfamily of Corallinaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 29: 127–135. Reference page. 

Biographies

• Biographical Memoir of W.A. Setchell by D.H. Campbell
• Biography of W.A. Setchell by Richard L. Moe and D. Browne, Univ. of California, Berkeley
• W.A. Setchell by Francis Drouet, American Midland Naturalist

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 3 eponyms of William Albert Setchell