| Name | Dayton, William Adams |
| Date of birth | 1885 |
| Date of death | 1958 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: USFS (1561, orig.)] [collector note: USFS (1561, orig.)] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 101680 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a67642c2-cf94-470a-a151-8915c6295f32 |
| Variant name | William Adams Dayton |
| Author name | Dayton |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Dayton |
| Standard/Label Name | W. A. Dayton |
| Full Name | Dayton, William Adams |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Geography Collector | Costa Rica, United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | TL-2/S |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors A-D |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Author in | Notes Natl. Forest Range Pl., Pt. 1, Grasses |
| Author in | Standard. Pl. Names, ed. 2. |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by W. A. Dayton |
| Collections in | 1911 (1), 1912 (4), 1913 (52), 1914 (1), 1916 (1) |
| Collector Teams: | W. A. Dayton & W. R. Barbour H.P. Kelsey & Dayton |
| Author Teams: | H.P. Kelsey & Dayton |