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Index of Botanists

NameBrown, Robert
Date of birth1773
Date of death1858
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: mainly at BM, K, E; additional material at AWH, B, BR, C, CANB, CW, DBN (Ireland before 1801), E, F, FI, G, G-DC, K (2nd set), LE (important set), LINN, LIV, M, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, P (1,000), PH, S, SBT, W (orchids, orig.), WELT] [collector note: Voyage around Australia (1801-03); Australia, Tasmania, Torres Strts, Timor; with Flinders in the "Investigator"): B, BM, (1st set), BR, C, CW, E (3rd set), F, FI, G-DC, K (2nd set), LE(2055), LINN, LIV, M, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, P (±1000, Ph., Pter.; nearly complete), P-JU, S, SBT, W (Orch., orig.); Cape (1801): BM, E, L, P, W]
ASA Botanist ID138403 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9d3930a3-35b4-430a-9e28-a80064045a0e
Variant nameRobert Brown
Author nameR. Brown
B & P Author Abbrev.R. Br.
Standard/Label NameR. Brown
Full NameBrown, Robert
Geography AuthorAustralia (Country),  South Africa
Geography CollectorAustralia (Country)
Specialty AuthorBryophytes
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as AuthorTaxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2)/S
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
Member of teams/groups
Author in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.
Author in Chlor. Melvill.
Author in Asclepiadeae
Author in Observ. Compositae
Author in Narr. Travels Africa
Author in Voy. Terra Austral.
Author in J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot.
Author in Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.
Author in Voy. Explor. Baffin's Bay
Author in Bot. Sturt's Exped. Australia
Author in Pterocymbium
Author in Cyrtandreae
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by R. Brown
Collections in[no date] (3),  1793 (1),  1801 (3),  1802 (6),  1803 (21),  1804 (14)
Collector Teams:Swartz & R. Brown  J. J. Bennett & R. Brown 
Author Teams:Swartz & R. Brown  Benn. & R. Br. 

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