| Title | A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties ... the scientific names accentuated ... |
| Abbreviation | Gen. Hist. |
| Authors | G. Don, Jr. |
| Publication Dates | 1831-1838. vol. 1: 1831; vol. 2: 1832; vol. 3: 1834; vol. 4(1): 1837; vol. 4(2): 1838 |
| Place of publication | London |
| Publisher | J.G. and F. Rivington [etc.] |
| TL2 | 1.498 |
| Remarks | Often cited as "A General System of Gardening and Botany," from the original title. Volume 4 has 908 pages, and the page break between vol. 4(1) and 4(2) is not known. Sprague (Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 312. 1925) mentioned: Vol. iv. (1837). Reviewed in Loud. Gard. Mag., Aug. 1838, xiv. 380. The original title-page is dated 1837, while the one issued along with the publisher's "Advertisement" (which is dated February, 1838) bears the date 1838. As the volume was apparently published in parts (vide Loud. Gard. Mag., April 1835, xi. 194), it is probable that the greater portion of it appeared in 1837, and perhaps only the last part in the beginning of 1838. |
The Harvard University Herbaria hold 23 type specimens of taxa described in this publication
Cynoglossum wallichii G. Don [Isotype] 1837, 4: 354Cynoglossum heynei G. Don [Isotype] 1837, 4: 354
Echium benthami Wallich ex G. Don [Isotype] 1838, 4: 333
Rhododendron brachycarpum D. Don ex Don [Type] 1834, 33: 843
Agapetes acuminata D. Don ex Don [Type] 1834, 3: 862
Prinos dubius G. Don [Holotype] 1832, 2: 20
Prinos dubius G. Don [Syntype] 1832, 2: 20
Acacia cultriformis A. Cunningham ex G. Don [Isosyntype] 1832, 2: 406
Acacia brunioides A. Cunningham ex G. Don [Type] 1832, 2: 404
Acacia scapuliformis A. Cunningham ex G. Don [Isolectotype] 1832, 2: 405
Acacia adunca A. Cunningham ex G. Don [Isolectotype] 1832, 2: 406
Acacia oleifolia A. Cunningham ex G. Don [Isosyntype] 1832, 2: 405
Acacia rigens A. Cunningham ex G. Don [Isotype] 1832, 2: 403
Ranunculus purshii var. repens Hooker ex D. Don [Isotype] 1831, 1: 33
Ranunculus purshii var. repens Hooker ex D. Don [Isotype] 1831, 1: 33
Ranunculus purshii var. hookeri D. Don [Isotype] 1831, 1: 33
Ranunculus purshii var. hookeri D. Don [Isotype] 1831, 1: 33
Ranunculus affinis var. subintegrifolius D. Don [Isotype] 1831, 1: 35
Mussaenda variolosa Wallich ex G. Don [Type] 1834, 3: 490
Symplocos adenophylla Wallich ex G. Don [Isotype] 1837, 4: 3
Symplocos ramosissima Wallich ex G. Don [Isotype] 1837, 4: 3
Ophiorrhiza geminata Wallich ex G. Don [Isosyntype] 1834, 3: 523
Bauhinia pottsii G. Don [Isotype] 1832, 2: 462