Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer (June 14, 1870 – 1942) was an American botanist and plant collector.
[2] He was educated at Washington State College in 1899,[3][4] married Emma Osterman in 1902[2] and earned an A.M. from Stanford University in 1903[4] (or 1904).
[3] Between 1896 and the year of the earning of his A.M., he collected numerous plants in Western United States (especially California)[5][notes 1] then began describing new plant species, his name appearing in earlier numbers of Botanical Gazette [de][4] (e.g. Festuca idahoensis in 1903).
Adolph Elmer died on either April 17, 1942[1][4] or in July 1942, in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in the Manila, Philippines,[3] of natural causes.
The genera Adelmeria (Zingiberaceae),[14] Elmera (Saxifragaceae),[15] Elmerinula (Dothideomycetes), and Elmerobryum (Hypnaceae) are also named after him.