> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 70](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265267) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/15946-1) LSID 15946-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635041) QID Q2635041 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Bennett, Alfred William|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Bennett, Alfred William (1833-1902), British bookseller, publisher 1858-1866, M.A. London University ca. 1856; turned to botany 1868, from then on longtime lecturer in botany at St. Thomas' Hospital and Bedford College. **Abbreviated name**: *A.W. Benn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.W.Benn.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BIRM|BIRM]] (400, attrib. to him), [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 162; BB p. 28; BL 2: 233, 557, 566; BM 1: 135; Clokie p. 130; CSP 7: 137, 9: 189, 13: 444; Desmond p. 56; De Toni 1: xi, 2: xii, lxxxiv, 4: v-vi; DNB suppl. 2(1): 143; DTS 1: 18; GR p. 389; Hortus 3: 1188; IH 2: 67; Jackson see index; Kew 1: 212; LS 2255-2270, 31.027; Morren ed. 2, p. 24, ed. 10, p. 71; NI 133, Nordstedt p. 8; Rehder 5(index): 68; Stevenson p. 1235; TL-2/1: 171 and see indexes; Tucker 1: 73; Urban-Berl. p. 328; Zander ed. 10, p. 633, ed. 11, p. 720. #### Biofile - Anon., ÖBZ 47: 311. 1897 (editor J. Roy. Microscop. Soc., London, succeeding J.G. Bell); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1901-1902: 26-27. 1902; Bot. Gaz. 33: 247. 1902; Pharm. J. London 68: 93. 1902. - Baker, J.G., J. Roy. Microscop. Soc. 1902: 155-157 (portr.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.461, 229.462. 1980 (mainly BM(NH)). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 40: 113-115. 1902 (obit., b. Clapham Surrey 24 Jun 1833, d. 28 Jan 1902, London). - Britten, J. and G.S. Boulger, J. Bot. 41: 345. 1903. - G.A.S., Nature 65: 321. 1902 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. Herb. 42. 1917. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 92. 1984 (q.v. for further refs. to herbarium coll.). - Masters, M.T., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 31: 85. 1902 (brief obit.; prepared the mss. catalogue of the Lindley library R.H.S.). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid Univ. 129-138. 1984. - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 157. 1906 (further biogr. refs.). #### Composite works - (1), (2), and (3) see TL-2/1: 171. - (4) J. Sachs, *Textbook of botany*... translated and annotated by A.W. Bennett, assisted by W.T. Thiselton-Dyer, Oxford 1875, see TL-2/9954. - (5) Editor of English version of J. Seboth, *Die Alpenpflanzen* (the *Alpine plants*), 1879-1884, see TL-2/5: 470 (no. 11.586). "*Alpine plants painted from nature*". - (6) Warming, E., *Symbolae* 28: 280-283. 10 Mar 1883 (Hydroleaceae, Polygalaceae). - (7) Translated and edited The *Tourist's Guide to the flora of the Alps* (1886) by K.W. v. Dalla Torre. ### Publications ##### n.20.839. Review of the genus Hydrolea **Title** *Review of the genus Hydrolea*, with descriptions of three new species... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany \[1870\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Mai 1870 (in journal), title-page reprint (recto of 266), \[266\]-279, *pl. 1* (uncol. lith. auct. and Fitch). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11(53): 266-279. 1870. ##### n.20.840. medicinal products of **Title** On the *medicinal products of* the *Indian Simarubeae* and Burseraceae... \[London 1875\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Med. prod. Simarub.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875 (fide Rehder 3: 506), p. \[1\]-11. *Copy*: G. – No identification in pamphlet. The copy of G was received 1876, Rehder dates it at 1875. ##### n.20.841. Review of the British **Title** *Review of the British* species and subspecies of *Polygala*... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1877. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1877 (in journal), p. \[i\]-vii, *pl. 189-190* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 15: 168-174, *pl. 189-190.* 1877. ##### n.20.842. On the structure and affinities of Characeae **Title** *On the structure and affinities of Characeae*... Reprinted from the Journal of Botany for July, 1878. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1878 (in journal), t.p. recto of \[202\], \[202\]-207. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 16: 202-207. 1878. ##### n.20.843. Conspectus Polygalarum Europaearum **Title** *Conspectus Polygalarum Europaearum*... Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany' for 1878. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug and Sep 1878 (in journal), p. \[1\]-23. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 16: 241-246. Aug, 266-282. Sep 1878. ##### n.20.844. Polygalae americanae **Title** *Polygalae americanae* novae vel parum cognitae... Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany' for 1879. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai-Jul 1879 (in journal), p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 17: 137-143. Mai, 168-173. Jun, 201-207. Jul 1879. ##### n.20.845. Reproduction of the Zygnemaceae **Title** *Reproduction of the Zygnemaceae*; a contribution towards the solution of the question, is it of a sexual character?... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany ... \[1884\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Apr 1884 (in journal), p. \[430\]-439. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20(130): 430-439. 1884. ##### n.20.846. Fresh-water Algae **Title** *Fresh-water Algae* (including Chlorophyllaceous Protophyta) *of the English Lake District*; with descriptions of twelve new species... \[Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society,... London 1886\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1886 (read 13 Jan 1886), cover (identif.), *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths auct.), p. \[1\]-15. *Copies*: B, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Roy. Microscop. Soc. London ser. 2. 6, \[22\]:, *pl. 1-2*, 1-15. 1886. *Continuation*: 1888 (read 11 Jan 1888), cover (identif.), *pl. 1*, (id.), p. \[1\]-6. *Copies*: B, L, U. – Id. ser. 2. 8, \[24\]: *pl. 1*, 1-6. 1888. *Ref*.: Möbius, M.A.J., Bot. Centralbl. 27(32/33): 138-139. 1886 (rev.). - Flahault, Ch., Bull. Soc. bot. France 33(Bibl.): 74-75. 1886. ##### n.20.847. Freshwater Algae **Title** *Freshwater Algae* (including Chlorophyllous Protophyta) *of North Cornwall*; with descriptions of six new species... \[Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society... London 1887\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1887 (read 12 Jan 1887, Bot. Centralbl. 4-8 Apr 1887), cover (identif.), *pl. 3-4 *(uncol. liths. auct.), p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: B, L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Roy. Microscop. Soc. London ser. 2. 7: *pl. 3-4*, 8-19. 1887. *Ref*.: Hansgirg, A., Bot. Centralbl. 30(21): 228-229. 23-27 Mai 1887 (rev.). ##### n.20.848. Freshwater algae **Title** *Freshwater algae* and Schizophyceae *of Hampshire and Devonshire*... \[Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society... London\] 1890. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890 (read 11 Dec 1889; Bot. Zeit. 31 Oct 1890), cover (identif.), p. \[1\]-10, *pl. 1. Copies*: L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Roy. Microscop. Soc. London ser. 2. 10: 1-10, *pl. 1.* 1890. ##### n.20.849. The flora of the Alps **Title** *The flora of the Alps* being a description of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to Switzerland; and of the alpine species of the adjacent mountain districts of France, Italy, & Austria including the Pyrenees... London (John C. Nimmo) 1900. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Alps*. **Notes** *Publ*.: *1*: early Mai 1896 (p. xix: Apr 1896; Nat. Nov. Mai (2) 1896, Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1896), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-165, *pl. 1-58* (col. liths. in text, no. 15 as frontisp.). *2*: early Mai 1896 (Nat. Nov. Mai (2) 1896, Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1896), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-223, *pl. 59-120* (id., no. 79 as frontisp.). *Copies*: MO, NY. – Also re-issued (sic) in monthly parts in 1897. *Re-issued*: 1898, 1899, 1900. *Copies* (1900): G, L. *New York issue*: 1898. *Copy*: BR. *1*: \[i\]-xxii, \[1\]-165, \[166, printer's mark\], pl. 1-58 (id.). *2*: \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-223, pl. 59-120 (id.). *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 34: 325-237. Jul 1896 (rev.).