Rudolf Mathias Schuster (1921–2012), German-born U.S. botanist and bryologist.

IPNI standard form: R.M.Schust.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 32 taxon names authored by Rudolf Mathias Schuster

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Schuster, R.M. 1953. Boreal Hepaticae, a manual of the liverworts of Minnesota and adjacent regions. American Midland Naturalist 49 (2): i–v, 257–684, figs 1–16, pls 1–110.
• Schuster, R.M. 1958. Keys to the orders, families and genera of Hepaticae of America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 61: 1–66.
• Schuster, R.M. 1963. Studies on Antipodal Hepaticae. I. Annotated keys to the genera of antipodal Hepaticae with special reference to New Zealand and Tasmania. The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 26: 185–309.
• Schuster, R.M. 1963. Studies on Hepaticae. XI–XIII. On Temnoma, Vetaforma, and Lophochaete. Nova Hedwigia 5(1–4): 27–46.
• Schuster, R.M. 1964. Studies on Antipodal Hepaticae. VI. The suborder Perssoniellinae: morphology, anatomy and possible evolution. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 91 (6): 479–490.
• Schuster, R.M. 1966–1992. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, 6 volumes. vols 1–4: (New York: Columbia University Press); vols 5–6: (Chicago:Field Museum Press).
• Schuster, R.M. 1967. Studies on Antipodal Hepaticae. IX. Phyllothalliaceae. Transactions of the British Bryological Society 5(2): 283–288.
• Schuster, R.M. 1970. Studies on Hepaticae. XVIII. The family Jungermanniaceae, s. lat.: a reclassification. Transactions of the British Bryological Society 6(1): 86–107, 2 figs.
• Schuster, R.M. 1972. Phylogenetic and taxonomic studies on Jungermanniidae. The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 36: 321–405, figs. 1–11.
• Schuster, R.M. 1980. "The phylogeny of the Hepaticae". Pages 41–82 in Clarke, G.C.S. & Duckett, J.G. Bryophyte Systematics, Systematics Association Special Volume 14 (British Bryological Society).
• Engel, J.J. & Schuster, R.M. (1981) Austral Hepaticae XV. Brevianthaceae fam. nov. and Brevianthus gen. nov. from Tasmania. Phytologia 47 (4): 317–318.
• Schuster, R.M. (1983) "Phytogeography of the Bryophyta" (chapter 10), New Manual of Bryology 1: 463–626.
• Schuster, R.M. (1984) "Evolution, phylogeny and classification of the Hepaticae" (chapter 15), New Manual of Bryology 2: 892–1070.
• Schuster, R.M. (1984) Diagnoses of some new taxa of Hepaticae. Phytologia 56 (2): 65–74. BHL
• Schuster, R.M. 2000. Austral Hepaticae. Part I. Nova Hedwigia 118. ISBN 3-443-51040-X
• Schuster, R.M. 2002. Austral Hepaticae. Part II. Nova Hedwigia 119. ISBN 3-443-51041-8

References

• Rudolf Mathias Schuster author details on the International Plant Names Index