> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 205](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258683) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3139-1) LSID 3139-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16943946) QID Q16943946 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Gilbert, Benjamin Davis (1835-1907), American amateur botanist interested in ferns, born 21 Nov 1835 in Albany, New York, A.B. 1857 Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, book trade 1860-1876, Utica, New York, literary and agricultural editor 1877-1888, Utica Morning Herald \[newspaper\], secretary 1892-1897, New York State Dairymen's Association, died 3 Jun 1907 in Clayville, New York. **Abbreviated name**: *B.D. Gilbert* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gilbert*\] #### Herbarium and types Bermuda (leg. 1898), Jamaica, Lesser Antilles: [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]; New York: [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]]. – Corr. in [[Collection GH|GH]] (George Edward Davenport papers). #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 226; Barnhart 2: 47; CSP 12: 272, 15: 301; Ewan Pap. p. 78; Hortus 3: 1193; IF suppl. 4: 354; IH 2: 224; Lenley p. 180; NW p. 46 (index), Portr. 3: 479; Zander ed. 17: 949. #### Biofile - Anon. \[Clute, W.N.?\], 1901. Fern Bull. 9: 66. (portr.); Torreya 7: 132. 1907. - Chisholm, M.L., 1909. Fern Bull. 17: 115. \[BDG herb. in Utica Public Library\] - Clute, W.N., 1907. Fern Bull. 15: 61-62, 65-67. (portr.) - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 83. - Jones, G.N., 1966. An annotated bibl. Mexican ferns: 74. - Kittredge, E.M., 1939. Amer. Fern J. 29: 74-76. \[location of BDG's herb.\] - Tryon, R.M., 1975. Amer. Fern J. 65: 60. \[BDG's herb. transfered from Hamilton College to GH\] - Urban, I., 1902. Symb. Antill. 3: 51-52. ### Publications ##### n.36.384. new Gymnogramme **Title** A *new Gymnogramme* from *Venezuela*, with remarks on some other Venezuelan ferns... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Nov 1896 (in journal and on p. 448 of reprint), p. \[448\]-454. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23(11): 448-454. 1896. *Note*: The ferns were collected on H.H. Rusby's 1896 exped. to the Orinoco (see L.J. Dorr, Brittonia 47: 1-20. 1995). ##### n.36.385. Revision **Title** *Revision* of the *Bermuda ferns*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Dec 1898 (in journal and on p. 593 of reprint), p. \[593\]-604. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY(2), US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25(12): 593-604. 1898. ##### n.36.386. Working list **Title** *Working list* of *North American Pteridophytes* (North of Mexico), together with descriptions of a number of varieties not heretofore published... Published for the Editor (L.C. Childs & Son, Utica, N.Y.) 1901. Oct. (*Working List N. Amer. Pterid.*). **Notes** *Publ*.: by 23 Jul 1901 (receipt date pencilled on cover at US by W.R. Maxon (1877-1948)), cover-t.p., p. \[1, identif. t.p.\], \[3\]-39. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), MO(2) (n.v.), NY(2) (n.v.), US, USDA. *Ref*.: Davenport, G.E., Fern Bull. 10: 22-24. 1902 (rev.).