Louis Cutter Wheeler

Louis Cutter Wheeler (1910–1980) was an American botanist and professor of botany with an international reputation for his research on Euphorbiaceae.

Biography Louis Cutter Wheeler's father was a citrus farmer in California, where the summer appearance of the "intricate inflorescence" of Euphorbia albomarginata (rattlesnake weed) aroused Louis's interest in botany. After attending La Verne Junior College, he studied botany from 1931 to 1933 at UCLA under Carl Epling and from 1933 to 1934 at Claremont University College under Philip A. Munz. After graduating in 1934 with a master's degree, Wheeler worked for the U.S. Forest Service in the Siskiyou Mountains and in the Angeles National Forest within the San Gabriel Mountains. From 1936 to 1939 he was a graduate student at Harvard University. He was a co-collector with Bernice Giduz Schubert. Funded by the Project, Wheeler collected in the Puttalam District (1969), Anuradhapura District (1971), and Kandy District (1977).

Family Louis Cutter Wheeler an older brother, Willis Hayes (1906–1996), and 4 sisters, Hazel Ruth (1908–2013), Florence Elizabeth (1914–1920), Muriel Flora (1917–2006), and Janet Lucile (1919–2016). Their father was born in Kansas and arrived in California around 1903 from Colorado. Their mother was born in Massachusetts and belonged to New England's Cutter family,

Selected publications Articles 1938. Lichens of Point Lobos Reserve. The Bryologist Vol. 41, No. 5 (Oct., 1938), pp. 107–113 1941 Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce in Canada and the United States exclusive of southern Florida. Rhodora 43:97-154, 168–205, 223-286 1941 Euphoribaceae of the Washington-Baltimore area . 10 pp.

Books 1973. Cobb Estate Nature Trail. 33 pp. ed. Altadena CA: The Altadenan Publ. Co.

Eponyms (Euphorbiaceae) Chamaesyce geyeri var. wheeleriana (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Mayfield (Euphorbiaceae) Argythamnia wheeleri J.W.Ingram (Euphorbiaceae) Phyllanthus wheeleri G.L.Webster (Dothioraceae) Metasphaeria wheeleri Linder