William Randolph Taylor (1895-12-21 – 1990-11-11), American phycologist.

IPNI standard form: W.R.Taylor

Taxon names authored

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• 168 taxon names authored by William Randolph Taylor

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Taylor, W.R. 1928. The marine algae of Florida with special reference to the Dry Tortugas. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 379: [i]–v, [1]–219, 3 figs, 7 tables, 37 plates.

• Howe, M.A. & Taylor, W.R. 1931. Notes on new or little-known marine algae from Brazil. Brittonia 1: 7–33. JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/2804654 Reference page. 
• Taylor, W.R. 1939. Algae collected by the "Hassler", "Albatross" and Schmitt expeditions. II. Marine algae from Uruguay, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, and the Strait of Magellan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 24: 127–164, Plates 1–7.

• Taylor, W.R. 1942. Caribbean marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expedition, 1939. Allan Hancock Atlantic Expedition Report 2: 1–193, 20 plates. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1943. Marine algae from Haiti collected by H.H. Bartlett in 1941. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 28: 143–163. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. BHL Hathitrust University of Southern California Reference page. 
• Taylor, W.R. 1947. Algae collected by the "Hassler", "Albatross" and Schmitt expeditions. III. Marine algae from Peru and Chile. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 31: 57–90.
• Taylor, W.R. 1950. Plants of Bikini and other northern Marshall Islands. pp. [i]–xv, [1]–227, 79 pls. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

• Taylor, W.R. 1951. Structure and taxonomic status of Trichogloea herveyi. Hydrobiologia 3: 113–121. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1955. Notes on algae from the tropical Atlantic Ocean. IV. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 40: 67–76[–78], Plates I–V. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1957. Marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America. pp. [i]–vii, [1]–509, 60 pls. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1960. Marine algae of the eastern tropical and subtropical coasts of the Americas. pp. [i]–xi, 1–870, 14 figs, 80 pls. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1961. Notes on three Bermudian marine algae. Hydrobiologia 18: 277–283. DOI: 10.1007/BF00046472 . Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1962 (1968). Marine algae from the tropical Atlantic Ocean: V. Algae from the Lesser Antilles. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 36: 43–62. BHL Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1964. The genus Turbinaria in eastern seas. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 58: 475–490, 8 figs, 3 plates. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1965. A new Turbinaria from the Red Sea district. Israel Journal of Botany 14: 97–100, 11 figs. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1966. Records of Asian and western Pacific marine algae, particularly algae from Indonesia and the Philippines. Pacific Science 20: 342–359, 2 text figs. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1966. Notes on Indo-Pacific turbinarias. Hydrobiologia 28: 91–100, 19 figs, 1 plate. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1971. Notes on algae from the tropical Atlantic Ocean - V. British Phycological Journal 6: 145–156, 19 figs. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1971. A new Naccaria from the West Indies. Hydrobiologia 38: 207–212. Reference page. 

• Taylor, W.R. 1974. Notes on algae from the tropical Atlantic Ocean VII. Revue Algologique, Nouvelle Serie 11: 58–71. Reference page.