American botanist, specializing in ferns (born 1937)
David Bruce Lellinger (born 1937, Chicago) is an American botanist, specializing in ferns. He began work at the Smithsonian Institution as a student assistant in 1960 and 1961. He was hired as full-time staff in 1963. He was later curator of pteridology there before retiring on 3 March 2002.
Lellinger, David B. The Ferns and Fern-Allies of Costa Rica, Panama, and the Choco (Part I: Psilotaceae through Dicksoniaceae).Pteridologia 2A: The American Fern Society, Inc. 1989. 364pp, softcover. ISBN0-933500-01-7.
Lellinger, David B. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern-Allies of the United States & Canada. Photographs by A. Murray Evans. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 1985. 389pp. Softcover ISBN0-87474-603-5. Hardcover ISBN978-0-87474-602-0.
Lellinger, David B. Flora of the Guianas, Series B: Ferns and Fern Allies, Fascicle 3: Hymenophyllaceae. Koeltz Scientific Books. 1994. 66pp, b/w ill, softcover. ISBN3-87429-366-1.
Lellinger, David B. Modern English Chinese Glossary for Taxonomic Pteridology. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri. 2007. 222pp, softcover. ISBN978-7-5416-2572-5.