WIGGINS, Ira Loren
WIGGINS, Ira Loren (1899-1987)[SS#565-24-9859], Wisconsin-born graduate of Stanford University, professor of botany and director of the natural history museum at Stanford University. He began his Stanford career in 1929 as Assistant Professor, and was an active faculty member until his retirement in 1964.
Ira Wiggins = [1923] married Dorothy Bruce (1901-1991)
- 1. Bruce Leon Wiggins (1927-c. 2017) = Elizabeth McMurray
- 2. Donnalie Mae Wiggins [McPherson] (1930-2013)
Wiggins, in the company of botanist LeRoy Abrams, collected plants in June of 1931 on Santa Cruz from the Smugglers Cove area, as reported in the December 1931 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Leaflet. They also collected on Santa Rosa, Anacapa, Santa Catalina and San Clemente islands. Wiggins was the first recipient of the Fellow’s Medal of the California Academy of Sciences and was among the most productive of America’s botanists. His Flora of Baja California remains the standard today.
Wiggins collected on:
- Anacapa Island (1931, 1941)
- San Clemente Island (1931, 1949)
- Santa Barbara Island (1931)
- Santa Catalina Island (1925, 1931)
- Santa Cruz Island (1931)
- Santa Rosa Island (1930, 1931)
- Islas Coronados (1949)
- Isla Guadalupe (1958)
- Isla Todos Santos (1949)
- 1960. Wiggins, Ira Loren Investigations in the natural history of Baja California Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th Series. 3(1): 1-45, September 30, 1960.
- [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]
Island Collections~
Anacapa
1931 plants
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Anacapa Island | I. L. Wiggins | CAS | July 2, 1931 | CAS-8813 | Uta stansburiana elegans | Herps |
| Anacapa Island | I. L. Wiggins | CAS | July 2, 1931 | CAS-8814 | Uta stansburiana elegans | Herps |
| Anacapa Island | I. L. Wiggins | CAS | July 2, 1931 | CAS-8815 | Uta stansburiana elegans | Herps |
| Anacapa Island | I. L. Wiggins | CAS | July 2, 1931 | CAS-8816 | Uta stansburiana elegans | Herps |
| Anacapa Island | I. L. Wiggins | CAS | July 2, 1931 | CAS-8848 | Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata | Herps |
San Clemente Island
1931 plants 2/21,22/1949 CAS herps
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Clemente Island | Ira L. Wiggins | RSA | February 21, 1949 | RSA-52139 | Acmispon dendroideus var. traskiae | Plants |
| San Clemente Island | Ira L. Wiggins | UC | February 21, 1949 | UC-792415 | Acmispon dendroideus var. traskiae | Plants |
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Barbara Island | Le Roy Abrams and Ira Loren Wiggins | CAS | July 3, 1931 | CAS-BOT-BC250291 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | GH | May 28, 1939 | GH-364205 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | GH | May 28, 1939 | GH-364206 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | POM | May 28, 1939 | POM-261330 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | RSA | May 28, 1939 | RSA-213290 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | RSA | September 7, 1941 | RSA-350555 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | RSA | September 7, 1941 | RSA-0005012 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | RSA | September 7, 1941 | RSA-0005013 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | RSA | September 7, 1941 | RSA-0005014 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
| Santa Barbara Island | M. B. Dunkle | RSA | September 7, 1941 | RSA-0005015 | Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum | Plants |
Santa Catalina Island
1931 plants
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Rosa Island | L. R. Abrams & I.L. Wiggins | RSA | June 30, 1930 | RSA-6653 | Pinus torreyana | Plants |
| Santa Rosa Island | L. R. Abrams & I.L. Wiggins | UCB | June 30, 1931 | UC-496308 | Pinus torreyana | Plants |
