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Index of Botanists

NameRoxburgh, William
Date of birth1751
Date of death1815
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: K (main collection, mainly in Wallich herb.); additional large sets at BM, BR, E, G, LIV; smaller sets at A, B (Willdenow), C, DBN, E, FI, NY, OXF, P, PH, UPS (Thunberg)] [collector note: Sr.; Original herbarium: K (originally at LINN), Cape: BM, DBN, G, P-JU, India: A, BM, BR, CAL, E, G, LIV, MO, NY, OXF, P, UPS, Mauritius: MO, Collections: B, E, FI, PH]
ASA Botanist ID100085 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2f38c6e3-de8a-4ca3-8289-ded7db0aaae4
Variant nameWilliam Roxburgh
Author nameRoxburgh
B & P Author Abbrev.Roxb.
Standard/Label NameW. Roxburgh
Full NameRoxburgh, William
Geography CollectorIndia,  Mauritius,  South Africa
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as AuthorTaxon. Lit., ed. 2. (Taxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2))
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Member of teams/groups
Author in Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.]
Author in Hort. Bengal.
Author in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 (Roxburgh)
Author in Pl. Coromandel
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. Roxburgh
Collections in[no date] (19),  1811 (1)
Collector Teams:Roxburgh & de Candolle 
Author Teams:Roxburgh & de Candolle 

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