A Bibliography of the Theses and Publications of C. Ritchie Bell

Compiled by Rhonda Teague Rogers; emended and updated by William R. Burk (January 1995, November 2006) and Zena Wubneh (January 2007)

Theses

1948

A taxonomic study of the Sarraceniaceae of North America. M.A. Thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Botany. iii, 72 pp. + 9 plates.

1953

The Sanicula crassicaulis complex (Umbelliferae): A study of variation and polyploidy. Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley. 149 pp.

[Abstract and Brief Vita]. The Sanicula crassicaulis complex (Umbelliferae): A study of variation and polyploidy. [4] pp. In Summary of the Dissertation Submitted in Partial Satisfaction of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of California, Graduate Division, Northern Section, [Berkeley, California].

Publications

1949

A cytotaxonomic study of the Sarraceniaceae of North America. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 65: 137-166 + plates 8-14.

1952

Natural hybrids in the genus Sarracenia. I. History, distribution and taxonomy. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 68: 55-80 + plates 2-7.

1953

(with E.A. Steinhaus). The effect of certain microorganisms and antibiotics on stored-grain insects. Journal of Economic Entomology 46: 582-598.

Review of P.D. Strausbaugh and E.L. Core. Flora of West Virginia. (Part I). 1952. Madroño 12: 63- 64.

1954

Additional data on animistic thinking. Scientific Monthly 79: 67-69. Review of P.D. Strausbaugh and E.L. Core. Flora of West Virginia. (Part II). 1953. Madroño 12: 158-159.

Sarracenia leucophylla Rafinesque. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 70: 57-60.

The Sanicula crassicaulis complex (Umbelliferae): A study of variation and polyploidy. University of California Publications in Botany 27: 133-230 + plates 9-13. [Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis, 1953].

1955

Review of R.W. Pohl. How to know the grasses. 1954. Madroño 13: 48.

1956

(with F.W. Case). Natural hybrids in the genus Sarracenia. II. Current notes on distribution. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 72: 142-152.

1957

(with L. Constance). Chromosome numbers in Umbelliferae. American Journal of Botany 44: 565- 572.

Hydrocotyle Americana L. in South Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 73: [446]-447.

1958

(with R.O. Alava, H.J. Arnott [and others], compilers). Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1956. [Volume I, Number 1]. Published by the California Botanical Society with the aid of a grant from the University Research Council of the University of North Carolina and a grant from the National Science Foundation. 57, vii, pp.

(with R.O. Alava, H.J. Arnott [and others], compilers). Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1957. [Volume I, Number 2]. Published by the California Botanical Society with the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation. vii, 61 pp.

(with H.E. Ahles and A.E. Radford). Species new to the flora of North or South Carolina. Rhodora 60: [10]-32.

1959

(with R.O. Alava, H.J. Arnott [ and others], compilers). Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1958. [Volume I], Number 3. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 61, ix pp. (with R.O. Alava, H.J. Arnott [and others], compilers). Index to plant chromosome numbers, Supplement (Previous to 1956). Published by the California Botanical Society with the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation. 61, ix pp.

Mineral nutrition and flower to flower pollen size variation. American Journal of Botany 46: 621- 624.

Taxonomy: one kind, or many? ASB Bulletin 6: 39-40.

1960

[Abstract]. Chromosome numbers in Eryngium species of the southern United States. ASB Bulletin 7: 22.

(with L. Constance). Chromosome numbers in Umbelliferae. II. American Journal of Botany 47: 24-32.

(with R.O. Alava, H.J. Arnott [and others], compilers). Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1959. [Volume I], Number 4. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 59, ix, 12 pp.

(with A.E. Radford). Laboratory directions and exercises for General Botany. Drawings by Peggy- Ann Kessler. [The Authors, Chapel Hill, N.C.]

Review of C.L. Porter. Taxonomy of flowering plants. 1959. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 87: 222-223.

1961

(with H.J. Arnott, W.R. Ernst [and others], compilers). In M.S. Cave and H.F. Chisaki- Hommersand (editors), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1960. Volume II, Number 5. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 1-84.

Variation in the size of pollen cells, pp. 41-43. In American Institute of Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Committee on the Gifted Student, High School Biology: Biological Investigations for Secondary School Students. Boulder, Colorado: Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, University of Colorado. xviii, 402 pp.

1962

(with H.J. Arnott, J. B. Hair [and others], compilers). In M.S. Cave and H.F. Chisaki-Hommersand (editors), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1961. Volume II, Number 6. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 85-160.

[Abstract]. Taxonomic characters of some species of Matelea (Asclepiadaceae). ASB Bulletin 9: 40.

1963

The genus Eryngium in the southeastern United States. Castanea 28: 73-79.

(with H.J. Arnott, J.B. Hair [and others], compilers). In M.S. Cave and H.F. C.-Hommersand (editors), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1962. Volume II, Number 7. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 161-252.

[Chapter] 46. Variation in the size of pollen cells, pp. [25]-28. In American Institute of Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Research Problems in Biology: Investigations for Students, Series Two. Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 2 volumes.

Review of C.C. Campbell, W.F. Hutson, H.L. Macon, and A.J. Sharp. Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers. 1962. Plant Science Bulletin 9 (1): 7-8.

(with W. Johnson, W. Balamuth [and others]). Standards for staff and facilities in departments of biological science. A.I.B.S. Bulletin 13: 14-19.

1964

Cytomixis in Tauschia nudicaulis Schlecht (Apiaceae). Cytologia 29: 396-398.

(with A.E. Radford, H.E. Ahles, and contributors). Guide to the vascular flora of the Carolinas, with distribution in the southeastern states. Chapel Hill: The Book Exchange, University of North Carolina. 383 pp.

Incidence of polyploidy correlated with ecological gradients. Evolution 18: 510-511.

(with H.J. Arnott, J.B. Hair [and others], compilers). In M.S. Cave and H.F. C.-Hommersand (editors), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1963. Volume II, Number 8. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 253-374.

Notes on Calystegia (Convolvulaceae) in the Carolinas. Sida 1: 386.

1965

(with A.E. Radford and H.E. Ahles). Atlas of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Tech[nical] Bull[etin] No. 165. Raleigh: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 208 pp.

Bibliography: plant taxonomy. BioScience 15: 383-385.

Documented plant chromosome numbers 65: 3. Sida 2: 168-170.

(with J.B. Hair, L.R. Heckard, [and others], compilers). In M.S. Cave and H.F. C.-Hommersand (editors), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1964. Volume II, Number 9. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 375-476. Molecular plant taxonomy. American Biology Teacher 27: [92]-96.

The North Carolina Botanical Gardens. The North Carolina Gardener 34 (1): 21.

Review of P.H. Davis and V.H. Heywood. Principles of angiosperm taxonomy. 1963. Quarterly Review of Biology 40: 199.

Review of I.K. Langman. A selected guide to the literature on the flowering plants of Mexico. 1964. ASB Bulletin 12: 69.

1966

(with L. Constance). Chromosome numbers in Umbelliferae. III. American Journal of Botany 53: 512-520.

Review of C.S. Hires. Spores. Ferns. Microscopic Illusions Analyzed. Vol. 1: Varied Plant Groups Introduce True Ferns through Spore Tetrad Structure. 1965. BioScience 16: 130.

1967

(with A.E. Radford, J.W. Hardin, and R.L. Wilbur). Contributors' guide for the "Vascular flora of the southeastern United States." [The Authors, Chapel Hill, N.C.]. 20 pp.

(with J.B. Hair, L.R. Heckard [and others], compilers.). In R. Ornduff (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1965. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 50. Published by the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Utrecht, Netherlands. viii, 128 pp.

North Carolina Botanical Garden is many things. Southern Gardens 4: 5-11.

(with D.R. Windler). Notes on preparation for a botanical field trip to Mexico. ASB Bulletin 14: 59-64.

Plant variation and classification. Drawings by Susan Carlton Smith. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company. vi, 135 pp.

1968

(with Th.W.J. Gadella, J.B. Hair [and others]). In R. Ornduff (editor), index to plant chromosome numbers for 1966. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 55. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published by the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 126 pp.

(with A.E. Radford and H.E. Ahles). Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. lxi, 1183 pp.

The North Carolina Botanical Garden. North Carolina Architect 15 (6-7): 34-35. Review of H.D. Harrington. Edible native plants of the Rocky Mountains. 1967. BioScience 18: 1070.

(with W.S. Justice). Wild flowers of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. xxvii, 217 pp.

1969

Basic library list for the biological sciences. C.U.E.B.S. Publication 22. Commission on Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences.

Biology in the next two decades. (Part 1). C.U.E.B.S. News 6: 3-4.

(with Th.W.J. Gadella, J.B. Hair [and others]). In R. Ornduff (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1967. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 59. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published by the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 129 pp.

[Abstract]. Pollination vectors and floral variability in Aquilegia caerulea and A. elegantula. XI International Botanical Congress Abstracts: 12.

[Abstract]. Variation and selection pressure in Aquilegia caerulea James (Ranunculaceae). ASB Bulletin 16: 44.

1970

[Abstract]. Fertility patterns in Gerardia L. sensu Fernald. ASB Bulletin 17: 30.

(with N. Agapova, Th.W.J. Gadella [and others]). In R.J. Moore (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1968. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 68. Ultecht, Netherlands: Published by the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 115 pp.

Review of F.P. Woodford (editor). Scientific writing for graduate students: A CBE manual. 1968. BioScience 20: 576-577.

Seed distribution and germination experiment, pp. D-177 - D-182. In H.T. Odum (editor), A tropical rain forest. Division of Technical Information, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. 1 volume (various pagings).

1971

Breeding systems and floral biology of the Umbelliferae, or evidence for specialization in unspecialized flowers, pp. 93-107. In V.H. Heywood (editor), The Biology and Chemistry of the Umbelliferae. Supplement 1 to the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 64, 1971. London, New York: Published for the Linnean Society by Academic Press. x, 438 pp. (with L. Constance and T.-I. Chuang). Chromosome numbers in Umbelliferae. IV. American Journal of Botany 58: 577-587.

(with N. Agapova, Th.W.J. Gadella [and others]). In R.J. Moore (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1969. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 77. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published by A. Oostheok's Uitgeversmaatschappij for the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. 112 pp.

[Abstract]. Intergeneric variation in the stylopodia of some Apiaceae. American Journal of Botany 58: 462.

[Abstract]. Trends to specialized pollination in the Apiaceae. ASB Bulletin 18: 27.

1972

(with N. Agapova, Th.W.J. Gadella [and others]). In R.J. Moore (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1970. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 84. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published by A. Oosthoek's Uitgeversmaatschappij for the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. 134 pp.

1973

(with N. Agapova, P.E. Brandham [and others]). In R.J. Moore (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers 1967-1971. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 90. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published by Oosthoek's Uitgevermaatschappij for the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. ii, 539 pp.

(with J. Edison Adams, Victor A. Greulach, Lindsey S. Olive, and Albert E. Radford). Memorial Henry Roland Totten. The Journal of the Mitchell Society 89: 262-263.

1974

(with N. Agapova, Th.W.J. Gadella [and others]). In R.J. Moore (editor), Index to plant chromosome numbers for 1972. Regnum Vegetabile, Volume 91. Utrecht, Netherlands: Published for the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. 108 pp.

(with J.K. Moore). The North Carolina Botanical Garden: a natural garden of native plants. American Horticulturist 53 (5): [23]-29.

[Abstract]. Pollen production in relation to ovule number in two species of Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae). ASB Bulletin 21: 38.

(with A.E. Radford, W.C. Dickison, [and others]). Vascular plant systematics. New York: Harper & Row. 891 pp.

1975

[Abstract]. (with B. Kowalczyk). Pollination ecology of Hedysarum Spp. (Fabaceae) in the Yukon. ASB Bulletin 22: 60.

1976

(with R.A. Goldsby [and others]). Biology. A Leogryph Book. Harper & Row, New York. xxiii, 862 pp.

(with L. Constance and T.-I. Chuang). Chromosome numbers in Umbelliferae. V. American Journal of Botany 63: 608-625.

[Abstract]. Inflorescence shape and pollinator activity in Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae). ASB Bulletin 23: 42.

1977

(with B. Butcher, S. Bondurant, [and others]). Vascular plants: discussion, pp. 139-142. In J.E. Cooper, S.S. Robinson and J.B. Funderburg (editors), Endangered and threatened plants and animals of North Carolina. Raleigh: North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. xvi, 444 pp.

[Abstract]. (with A.H. Lindsey). Floral structure and pollinator specialization in three genera of the Apiaceae. Botanical Society of America, Miscellaneous Series Publication 154: 4.

[Abstract]. Umbellet number of pollination efficiency in Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae). ASB Bulletin 24: 36.

1978

(with A.H. Lindsey). The umbel as a reproductive unit in the Apiaceae, pp. [739]-747. In A.-M. Cauwet-Marc and J. Carbonnier (editors.), Les Ombellifères: Contributions Pluridisciplinaires à la Systématique: Actes du 2e Symposium International sur les Ombellifères. Perpignan: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. xix, 865 pp.

[Abstract]. Variation in pollinator efficiency in 5 populations of Asclepias syriaca L. (Asclepiadaceae). Botanical Society of America, Miscellaneous Series Publication 156: 83.

1979

(with J. Morley). Floodplain tree species: A bibliographic literature search with abstracts. Fort Belvoir, Virginia: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Topographic Laboratories. xxv, 286 pp.

1980

[Abstract]. (with J.M. Farmer). Dynamics of pollen flow in Asclepias syriaca L. (Asclepiadaceae), p. 145. In Second International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. Vancouver: University of British Columbia. 441 pp.

[Abstract]. (with A.H. Lindsey). Evidence for specialized pollination in Oxypolis greenmanii Mathias & Constance (Apiaceae). Botanical Society of America, Miscellaneous Series Publication 158: 67.

[Abstract]. (with A.H. Lindsey). Pollinator activity and fruit set in sympatric populations of Osmorhiza (Apiaceae). Botanical Society of America, Miscellaneous Series Publication 158: 11.

[Abstract]. (with A.H. Lindsey). Protogyny and associated reproductive characters in Apiaceae, p. 269. In Second International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. Vancouver: University of British Columbia. i, 441 pp.

(with J.T. Kartesz). A summary of the taxa in the vascular flora of the United States, Canada and Greenland. American Journal of Botany 67: 1495-1500.

(with J.T. Kartesz, R. Kartesz, and A.H. Lindsey). Synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland, Vol. II: The Biota of North America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. xlviii, 498 pp.

(with R. Kane). An anomalous rhizomatous population of Cicuta maculate L. at Mountain Lake, Virginia. Castanea 46: 4-7.

1981

[Abstract]. (with A.H. Lindsey). Wasp pollination in Oxypolis (Apiaceae). ASB Bulletin 8: 75.

[Abstract]. (with A.H. Lindsey). Floral structure and differential insect visitation in two sympatric species of Osmorhiza (Apiaceae). ASB Bulletin: 75.

1982

(with B.J. Taylor). Florida wild flowers and roadside plants. Laurel Hill Press, Chapel Hill, N.C. xxi, 308 pp.

(with L.J. Musselman). Unilateral hybridization in Aureolaria Raf. (Scrophulariaceae). American Journal of Botany 69: 647-649.

1985

(with A.H. Lindsey). Reproductive biology of Apiaceae. II. Cryptic specialization and floral evolution in Thaspium and Zizia. American Journal of Botany 72: 231-247. (with J. Farmer). A new combination in Asclepias. Phytologia 57: 380.

(with K. Moore, editors). Growing and propagating wild flowers. By Harry R. Phillips. With contributions by Rob Gardner and Charlotte A. Jones-Roe in collaboration with the staff of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Edited by C. Ritchie Bell and Ken Moore. Illustrations by Dorothy S. Wilbur. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. x, 331 pp.

[Introduction], pp. xiii-xiv. In John K. Terres From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog: The walking adventures of a naturalist. With Illustrations by Charles L. Ripper and a New Introduction by C. Ritchie Bell. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. xix, 227 pp.

1986

(with J.M. Farmer and S.C. Price). Population, temperature, and substrate influences on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seed germination. Weed Science 34: 525-528.

1990

(with A. H. Lindsey). Fall color and woodland harvests: A guide to the more colorful fall leaves and fruits of the eastern forests. Chapel Hill, NC: Laurel Hill Press. 184 pp.

(with B.C. Bennett and R.T. Boulware). Geographic variation in alkaloid content of Sanguinaria Canadensis (Papaveraceae). Rhodora 92: 57-69.

1991

(with A.H. Lindsey). Fall color finder: A pocket guide to the more colorful trees of eastern North America. Chapel Hill, NC: Laurel Hill Press. 63 pp.

1993

Fall Color: Trees of the eastern forests. Photography: Anne H. Lindsey, David H. Ramsey. Script: C. Ritchie Bell. Instrumental: Clark Jones. Post Production: David H. Ramsey, Industrial Video and Photography. A Laurel Hill Press Natural History Video. Chapel Hill, NC: Laurel Hill Press. 1 videocassette (30 minutes).

1994

Spring wild flowers of the eastern forests. Photography: Anne H. Lindsey. Script: C. Ritchie Bell. Voice Over: Catherine Smith. Original Music: Alan Kaufman. Original Music: Clark Jones. Post Production: David H. Ramsey. A Laurel Hill Press Natural History Video Guide (Volume I: 1). Chapel Hill, NC: Laurel Hill Press. 1 videocassette (45 minutes).

Summer wild flowers. Photography: Anne H. Lindsey. Script: C. Ritchie Bell. Voice Over: Catherine Smith. Original Music: Alan Kaufman. Original Music: Clark Jones. Post Production: David H. Ramsey. A Laurel Hill Press Natural History Video Guide (Volume I: 2). Chapel Hill, NC: Laurel Hill Press. 1 videocassette (45 minutes). 2005

(with William S. Justice and Anne H. Lindsey). Wild flowers of North Carolina. 2nd edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. xxxviii, 325 pp.

2007

A bibliography of the theses and publications of C. Ritchie Bell. Compiled by Rhonda Teague Rogers; emended and updated by William R. Burk (January 1995, November 2006) and Zena Wubneh (January 2007).