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'''George Richard Vasey''' (1853–1921) was an American ]. He was the son of ], a ] and ]. The botanical activities of father and son overlapped in time, so the two are often confused. '''George Richard Vasey''' (1853–1921) was an American ] who collected in at least eight ]s including California, North Carolina, and Washington. He was the son of ], a ] and ]. The botanical activities of father and son overlapped in time, so the two men are often confused.


==Life== ==Life==
George Richard Vasey was born in 1853. The precise place and date of his birth are unknown but records from the ] of 1900 suggest he was born in Illinois in August 1853.{{r|Census 1900:GRV}} He died in Alberta, Canada on 23 May 1921.{{r|GRV}} George Richard Vasey was born in 1853. The precise place and date of his birth are unknown but records from the ] suggest he was born in Illinois in August 1853.{{r|Census 1900:GRV}} He died in Alberta, Canada on 23 May 1921.{{r|GRV}}


George Richard Vasey was the son of ],{{r|calflora.net}} an English-born ] and ]. The year Vasey was born, the family lived in ] where his father practiced medicine. His mother died when he was about 13 years old. He had six siblings, one of which died as an infant. His younger sister, ], was also a plant collector.{{r|HUH:120909}} George R. Vasey was the son of ] and Martha Jane Scott.{{r|calflora.net|Census 1860:GSV}} Following their marriage in 1846, his parents settled in ] but by the time Vasey was born, the family lived in ] where his father practiced medicine. His mother died when he was about 13 years old. He had six siblings, one of whom died as an infant. Both he and his sister, ], were ]s.{{r|HUH:23354|HUH:120909}}

George R. Vasey lived in the state of Washington for more than 20 years. In 1882, when Washington was still a ], he bought some land near ],{{r|BLM}} which is approximately 40 miles south of what is now ]. During the ], Vasey declared himself to be a farmer.{{r|Census 1900:GRV}} He left Washington around 1905 to homestead in Alberta, Canada, which is where he eventually died.{{r|calflora.net}}


==Collections== ==Collections==
George Richard Vasey collected thousands of plant specimens in at least eight ]s: George R. Vasey collected thousands of plant specimens in at least ten ]s:{{r|GBIF:GRV}}


* 1874–1876: Northern California * 1875–1876: California
* 1878: North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia * 1878: North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia
* 1880–1881: Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas * 1880–1881: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
* 1889–1892: Washington * 1883, 1888–1889, 1899–1901: Washington


His specimens are archived at numerous ] but the bulk of them are found at the ] (US), the ] (NY), and the ] (HUH).{{r|HUH:23354}} Most of them are labeled with the collector name "G. R. Vasey" but a few bear other names such as "Geo. R. Vasey" and "Vasey Jr." His specimens are preserved at numerous ] but the bulk of them are held by the ] (US),{{r|GBIF:GRV at US}} the ] (NY),{{r|NYBG}} and the ] (HUH).{{r|HUH:23354}} Most of them are labeled with the collector name "{{Nowrap|G. R. Vasey}}" but a few bear other names such as "{{Nowrap|Geo. R. Vasey}}" and "Vasey Jr." For comparison, collector names used by his father ] include "{{Nowrap|G. Vasey}}", "{{Nowrap|Geo. Vasey}}", and "{{Nowrap|Dr. Geo. Vasey}}".


His most productive years were 1880 and 1881. In 1880, he studied the trees of Southern California for the Forestry Report of the Tenth Census published in 1884. There are dozens of references to G. R. Vasey in that report. In 1881, he worked in the mountains west of ]. It is thought that his collections were sent to his father George S. Vasey without labels. His most productive years were 1880 and 1881. In 1880, he studied the trees of Southern California for the Forestry Report of the Tenth Census published in 1884.{{r|Anonymous 1880}} There are dozens of references to {{Nowrap|G. R. Vasey}} in that report.{{r|Sargent 1884}} In 1881, he worked in the mountains west of ]. It is thought that his collections were sent to his father ] without labels.{{r|Anderson 2006}}


==Legacy== ==Legacy==
There are dozens of ] taxon names that include an epithet such as ''vaseyi'', ''vaseyanus'', ''vaseyana'', or ''vaseyanum''.{{r|IPNI:vaseyi|IPNI:vaseyanus|IPNI:vaseyana|IPNI:vaseyanum}} Some of these names honor George Richard Vasey while many of them acknowledge his father, ], a botanist who began collecting plants as a teenager growing up in ]. Notable examples of names that recognize the younger Vasey include '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' var. ''vaseyi''. There are dozens of ] taxon names that include an epithet such as ''vaseyi'', ''vaseyanus'', ''vaseyana'', or ''vaseyanum''.{{r|IPNI:vaseyi|IPNI:vaseyanus|IPNI:vaseyana|IPNI:vaseyanum}} Some of these names honor George R. Vasey while many of them acknowledge his father, ], a botanist who began collecting plants as a teenager growing up in ]. Notable examples of names that recognize the younger Vasey include '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' var. ''vaseyi''.


The American botanist ] named and described ''Rhododendron vaseyi'' in 1879.{{r|IPNI:307873-2}} In his description, Gray included the following anecdote:{{sfnp|Gray|1880|loc=}} The American botanist ] named and described ''Rhododendron vaseyi'' in 1879.{{r|IPNI:307873-2}} In his description, Gray included the following anecdote:{{sfnp|Gray|1880|loc=}}
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|text=As this interesting accession to our flora is one of the fruits of a botanical tour recently made by Mr. George R. Vasey, son of Dr. Vasey, the botanist of the Agricultural Department, who recognized its novelty and placed a specimen in my hands, I seize the opportunity of commemorating the name of Vasey in connection with the noble genus ''Rhododendron''. |text=As this interesting accession to our flora is one of the fruits of a botanical tour recently made by Mr. George R. Vasey, son of Dr. Vasey, the botanist of the Agricultural Department, who recognized its novelty and placed a specimen in my hands, I seize the opportunity of commemorating the name of Vasey in connection with the noble genus ''Rhododendron''.
|source=Gray (1880)
}} }}


George Richard Vasey collected the type specimen of ''Rhododendron vaseyi'' {{small|A.Gray}} in ] in 1878.{{r|GH00015336}} The species is sometimes referred to as the '''Vasey Rhododendron'''.{{r|Dunne-Brady}} George R. Vasey collected the type specimen of ''Rhododendron vaseyi'' {{small|A.Gray}} in ] in 1878.{{r|GH00015336}} The species is sometimes referred to as the '''Vasey Rhododendron'''.{{r|Dunne-Brady}}


The species ''Trillium vaseyi'' was named and described by the American botanist ] in 1901.{{r|IPNI:258402-2}} In his description, Harbison claimed that "this ''Trillium'' was collected in the mountains of North Carolina in 1878 by Dr. George Vasey, whose name I take pleasure in associating with this species".{{sfnp|Harbison|1901|loc=}} However, the type specimen of ''Trillium vaseyi'' {{small|Harb.}} was in fact collected by George Richard Vasey,{{sfnp|Floden|Knapp|2023|page=198}}{{r|US00091979}} not his father. The species is commonly known as '''Vasey's trillium'''.{{r|USFS}} The species ''Trillium vaseyi'' was named and described by the American botanist ] in 1901.{{r|IPNI:258402-2}} In his description, Harbison claimed that "this ''Trillium'' was collected in the mountains of North Carolina in 1878 by Dr. George Vasey, whose name I take pleasure in associating with this species".{{sfnp|Harbison|1901|loc=}} However, the type specimen of ''Trillium vaseyi'' {{small|Harb.}} was in fact collected by George R. Vasey,{{sfnp|Floden|Knapp|2023|page=198}}{{r|US00091979}} not his father. The species is commonly known as '''Vasey's trillium'''.{{r|USFS}}


The subspecies ''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp. ''vaseyana'' was first described as ''Artemisia vaseyana'' by the American botanist ] in 1916.{{r|IPNI:272711-2}} The type specimen was collected by George Richard Vasey in the state of Washington in 1889.{{r|NY00158573}} {{As of|2024|12}}, ''Artemisia vaseyana'' {{small|Rydb.}} is a homotypic synonym for ''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp. ''vaseyana'' {{small|(Rydb.) Beetle}}.{{r|POWO:20795-2}} The taxon is commonly called the '''Vasey sage'''.{{r|FEIS}} The subspecies ''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp. ''vaseyana'' was first described as ''Artemisia vaseyana'' by the American botanist ] in 1916.{{r|IPNI:272711-2}} The type specimen was collected by George R. Vasey in the state of Washington in 1889.{{r|NY00158573}} {{As of|2024|12}}, ''Artemisia vaseyana'' {{small|Rydb.}} is a homotypic synonym for ''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp. ''vaseyana'' {{small|(Rydb.) Beetle}}.{{r|POWO:20795-2}} The taxon is commonly called the '''Vasey sage'''.{{r|FEIS}}


The variety ''Cirsium hydrophilum'' var. ''vaseyi'' was first described as ''Cnicus breweri'' var. ''vaseyi'' by Asa Gray in 1884.{{r|IPNI:61763-2}} The type specimen was collected by George Richard Vasey on ] in 1876.{{r|GH00006051}} In his description of ''Cirsium hydrophilum'' var. ''vaseyi'' in 1959, the American botanist ] referred to the taxon as "the plant of Vasey's collecting",{{sfnp|Howell|1959|loc=}} more commonly known as '''Vasey's thistle'''.{{r|Calflora.org}} The variety ''Cirsium hydrophilum'' var. ''vaseyi'' was first described as ''Cnicus breweri'' var. ''vaseyi'' by Asa Gray in 1884.{{r|IPNI:61763-2}} The type specimen was collected by George R. Vasey on ] in 1876.{{r|GH00006051}} In his description of ''Cirsium hydrophilum'' var. ''vaseyi'' in 1959, the American botanist ] referred to the taxon as "the plant of Vasey's collecting",{{sfnp|Howell|1959|loc=}} more commonly known as '''Vasey's thistle'''.{{r|Calflora.org}}


==References== ==References==
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<ref name="Anderson 2006">{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=G. D. |title=''Potentilla ambigens'' Greene (silkyleaf cinquefoil): a technical conservation assessment |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5206882.pdf |publisher=USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region |access-date=1 January 2025 |page=13 |date=2006}}</ref>

<ref name="Anonymous 1880">{{cite journal |title=Botanical notes |journal=The American Naturalist |date=1880 |volume=14 |issue=8 |page=593 |doi=10.1086/272630 |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/272630 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="BLM">{{cite web |title=Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c.&nbsp;1955 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KRS-KDKF |publisher=United States, Bureau of Land Management |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref>


<ref name="calflora.net">{{cite web |last1=Charters |first1=Michael L. |title=An Annotated Dictionary of Botanical and Biographical Etymology |url=https://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageV.html |website=California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="calflora.net">{{cite web |last1=Charters |first1=Michael L. |title=An Annotated Dictionary of Botanical and Biographical Etymology |url=https://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageV.html |website=California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref>
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<ref name="Calflora.org">{{cite web |title=''Cirsium hydrophilum'' {{small|(Greene) Jeps.}} var.&nbsp;''vaseyi'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.T.Howell}} |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=2134 |website=Calflora |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="Calflora.org">{{cite web |title=''Cirsium hydrophilum'' {{small|(Greene) Jeps.}} var.&nbsp;''vaseyi'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.T.Howell}} |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=2134 |website=Calflora |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>


<ref name="Census 1860:GSV">{{cite web |title=United States Census 1860: George S.&nbsp;Vasey |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCS-2WF |url-access=registration |website=FamilySearch |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="Census 1900:GRV">{{cite web |title=United States Census 1900: George R.&nbsp;Vasey |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5S-S37 |url-access=registration |website=FamilySearch |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="Census 1900:GRV">{{cite web |title=United States Census 1900: George R.&nbsp;Vasey |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5S-S37 |url-access=registration |website=FamilySearch |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>


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<ref name="FEIS">{{cite web |last1=Innes |first1=Robin J. |title=''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp.&nbsp;''vaseyana'' |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/arttriv/all.html |website=Fire Effects Information System |publisher=USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |access-date=31 December 2024 |date=2017}}</ref> <ref name="FEIS">{{cite web |last1=Innes |first1=Robin J. |title=''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp.&nbsp;''vaseyana'' |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/arttriv/all.html |website=Fire Effects Information System |publisher=USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |access-date=31 December 2024 |date=2017}}</ref>

<ref name="GBIF:GRV">{{cite web |title=Search for '{{Nowrap|G. R. Vasey}}' |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?basis_of_record=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN&recorded_by=G.%20R.%20Vasey&advanced=1 |publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="GBIF:GRV at US">{{cite web |title=Search for '{{Nowrap|G. R. Vasey}}' at US |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?basis_of_record=PRESERVED_SPECIMEN&institution_code=US&recorded_by=G.%20R.%20Vasey&advanced=1 |publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>


<ref name="GH00015336">{{cite web |title=Specimen GH00015336: ''Rhododendron vaseyi'' {{small|A.Gray}} |url=https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_search.php?mode=details&id=52706 |publisher=Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="GH00015336">{{cite web |title=Specimen GH00015336: ''Rhododendron vaseyi'' {{small|A.Gray}} |url=https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_search.php?mode=details&id=52706 |publisher=Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>
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<ref name="IPNI:61763-2">{{IPNI |id=61763-2 |taxon=''Cnicus breweri'' var.&nbsp;''vaseyi'' |authority={{small|A.Gray}} |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="IPNI:61763-2">{{IPNI |id=61763-2 |taxon=''Cnicus breweri'' var.&nbsp;''vaseyi'' |authority={{small|A.Gray}} |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>


<ref name="NYBG">{{cite web |title=Search for '{{Nowrap|G. R. Vasey}}' at NY |url=https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/specimen-list/?ColParticipantLocal_tab=G.%20R.%20Vasey |publisher=New York Botanical Garden |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="NY00158573">{{cite web |title=Specimen NY00158573: ''Artemisia vaseyana'' {{small|Rydb.}} |url=https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/specimen-details/?irn=261934 |publisher=New York Botanical Gardens |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="NY00158573">{{cite web |title=Specimen NY00158573: ''Artemisia vaseyana'' {{small|Rydb.}} |url=https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/specimen-details/?irn=261934 |publisher=New York Botanical Gardens |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>


<ref name="POWO:20795-2">{{cite POWO |id=20795-2 |title=''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp.&nbsp;''vaseyana'' {{small|(Rydb.) Beetle}} |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="POWO:20795-2">{{cite POWO |id=20795-2 |title=''Artemisia tridentata'' subsp.&nbsp;''vaseyana'' {{small|(Rydb.) Beetle}} |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="Sargent 1884">{{cite book |last1=Sargent |first1=Charles S. |title=Report on the Forests of North America |date=1884 |publisher=Department of the Interior, Census Office |location=Washington |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022191806&seq=7 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>


<ref name="US00091979">{{cite web |title=Specimen US00091979: ''Trillium vaseyi'' {{small|Harb.}} |url=http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368d91f02-67ce-40b3-9ac3-df3c7c8add20 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref> <ref name="US00091979">{{cite web |title=Specimen US00091979: ''Trillium vaseyi'' {{small|Harb.}} |url=http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368d91f02-67ce-40b3-9ac3-df3c7c8add20 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
* {{cite journal |last1=Floden |first1=Aaron |last2=Knapp |first2=Wesley |title=Typification of the North American species of ''Trillium'' subg.&nbsp;''Trillium'' (Melanthiaceae: Parideae) |journal=Phytotaxa |date=June 2023 |volume=599 |issue=3 |pages=193–200 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.599.3.6 |doi-access=free}} * {{cite journal |last1=Floden |first1=Aaron |last2=Knapp |first2=Wesley |title=Typification of the North American species of ''Trillium'' subg.&nbsp;''Trillium'' (Melanthiaceae: Parideae) |journal=Phytotaxa |date=June 2023 |volume=599 |issue=3 |pages=193–200 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.599.3.6 |doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=Asa |title=Botanical contributions |journal=Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=1880 |volume=15 |pages=25–52 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8052337#page/35/mode/1up |access-date=29 December 2024 |location=Boston, Massachusetts}} * {{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=Asa |title=Botanical contributions |journal=Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |date=1880 |volume=15 |pages=25–52 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8052337#page/35/mode/1up |access-date=29 December 2024 |location=Boston, Massachusetts|doi=10.2307/25138561 |jstor=25138561 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Harbison |first1=Thomas G. |title=New or little known species of ''Trillium'' |journal=Biltmore Botanical Studies |date=1901 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=19–24 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42992471#page/25/mode/1up |access-date=20 December 2024}} * {{cite journal |last1=Harbison |first1=Thomas G. |title=New or little known species of ''Trillium'' |journal=Biltmore Botanical Studies |date=1901 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=19–24 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42992471#page/25/mode/1up |access-date=20 December 2024}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Howell |first1=John Thomas |title=Studies in ''Cirsium'' II |journal=Leaflets of Western Botany |date=1959 |volume=9 |pages=9–15 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46979#page/19/mode/1up |access-date=30 December 2024 |location=San Francisco, CA}} * {{cite journal |last1=Howell |first1=John Thomas |title=Studies in ''Cirsium'' II |journal=Leaflets of Western Botany |date=1959 |volume=9 |pages=9–15 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46979#page/19/mode/1up |access-date=30 December 2024 |location=San Francisco, CA}}
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==External links== ==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Vasey, George Richard |url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Person/100120358 |website=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=23 December 2024}} * {{cite web |title=Vasey, George Richard |url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Person/100120358 |website=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=23 December 2024}}
* {{cite web |title=George Richard Vasey |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121639863/george_richard_vasey |website=Find a Grave |access-date=23 December 2024}}
* {{cite web |title=George Richard Vasey |url=https://www.wikitree.com/Vasey-429 |website=WikiTree |access-date=23 December 2024}}
* {{cite journal |last=Spady |first=Betty |year=2004 |title=George Vasey: An Email Conversation |journal=Rhododendron and Azalea News |volume=3 |issue=1 |url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/brown/sciscan/rhododendrons/ran0103/people.htm#Vasey |access-date=2007-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314182332/http://www.lib.virginia.edu/brown/sciscan/rhododendrons/ran0103/people.htm#Vasey|archive-date=2008-03-14}} * {{cite journal |last=Spady |first=Betty |year=2004 |title=George Vasey: An Email Conversation |journal=Rhododendron and Azalea News |volume=3 |issue=1 |url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/brown/sciscan/rhododendrons/ran0103/people.htm#Vasey |access-date=2007-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314182332/http://www.lib.virginia.edu/brown/sciscan/rhododendrons/ran0103/people.htm#Vasey|archive-date=2008-03-14}}


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American plant collector (1853–1921)

George Richard Vasey (1853–1921) was an American plant collector who collected in at least eight U.S. states including California, North Carolina, and Washington. He was the son of Dr. George S. Vasey, a physician and botanist. The botanical activities of father and son overlapped in time, so the two men are often confused.

Life

George Richard Vasey was born in 1853. The precise place and date of his birth are unknown but records from the United States census of 1900 suggest he was born in Illinois in August 1853. He died in Alberta, Canada on 23 May 1921.

George R. Vasey was the son of George S. Vasey and Martha Jane Scott. Following their marriage in 1846, his parents settled in Dexter, New York but by the time Vasey was born, the family lived in Ringwood, Illinois where his father practiced medicine. His mother died when he was about 13 years old. He had six siblings, one of whom died as an infant. Both he and his sister, Flora Nancy Vasey, were plant collectors.

George R. Vasey lived in the state of Washington for more than 20 years. In 1882, when Washington was still a territory, he bought some land near Steptoe, which is approximately 40 miles south of what is now Spokane. During the United States census of 1900, Vasey declared himself to be a farmer. He left Washington around 1905 to homestead in Alberta, Canada, which is where he eventually died.

Collections

George R. Vasey collected thousands of plant specimens in at least ten U.S. states:

  • 1875–1876: California
  • 1878: North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia
  • 1880–1881: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
  • 1883, 1888–1889, 1899–1901: Washington

His specimens are preserved at numerous herbaria but the bulk of them are held by the United States National Herbarium (US), the New York Botanical Garden (NY), and the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH). Most of them are labeled with the collector name "G. R. Vasey" but a few bear other names such as "Geo. R. Vasey" and "Vasey Jr." For comparison, collector names used by his father George S. Vasey include "G. Vasey", "Geo. Vasey", and "Dr. Geo. Vasey".

His most productive years were 1880 and 1881. In 1880, he studied the trees of Southern California for the Forestry Report of the Tenth Census published in 1884. There are dozens of references to G. R. Vasey in that report. In 1881, he worked in the mountains west of Las Vegas, New Mexico. It is thought that his collections were sent to his father George S. Vasey without labels.

Legacy

There are dozens of eponymous taxon names that include an epithet such as vaseyi, vaseyanus, vaseyana, or vaseyanum. Some of these names honor George R. Vasey while many of them acknowledge his father, George S. Vasey, a botanist who began collecting plants as a teenager growing up in Oneida County, New York. Notable examples of names that recognize the younger Vasey include Rhododendron vaseyi, Trillium vaseyi, Artemisia vaseyana, and Cirsium hydrophilum var. vaseyi.

The American botanist Asa Gray named and described Rhododendron vaseyi in 1879. In his description, Gray included the following anecdote:

As this interesting accession to our flora is one of the fruits of a botanical tour recently made by Mr. George R. Vasey, son of Dr. Vasey, the botanist of the Agricultural Department, who recognized its novelty and placed a specimen in my hands, I seize the opportunity of commemorating the name of Vasey in connection with the noble genus Rhododendron.

George R. Vasey collected the type specimen of Rhododendron vaseyi A.Gray in Jackson County, North Carolina in 1878. The species is sometimes referred to as the Vasey Rhododendron.

The species Trillium vaseyi was named and described by the American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901. In his description, Harbison claimed that "this Trillium was collected in the mountains of North Carolina in 1878 by Dr. George Vasey, whose name I take pleasure in associating with this species". However, the type specimen of Trillium vaseyi Harb. was in fact collected by George R. Vasey, not his father. The species is commonly known as Vasey's trillium.

The subspecies Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana was first described as Artemisia vaseyana by the American botanist Per Axel Rydberg in 1916. The type specimen was collected by George R. Vasey in the state of Washington in 1889. As of December 2024, Artemisia vaseyana Rydb. is a homotypic synonym for Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana (Rydb.) Beetle. The taxon is commonly called the Vasey sage.

The variety Cirsium hydrophilum var. vaseyi was first described as Cnicus breweri var. vaseyi by Asa Gray in 1884. The type specimen was collected by George R. Vasey on Mount Tamalpais in 1876. In his description of Cirsium hydrophilum var. vaseyi in 1959, the American botanist John Thomas Howell referred to the taxon as "the plant of Vasey's collecting", more commonly known as Vasey's thistle.

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