> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 104](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120235) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/407-1) LSID 407-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730330) QID Q730330 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Baker, John Gilbert (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Baker, John Gilbert (1834-1920), British botanist, keeper of the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. **Abbreviated name**: *Baker* \[standard form in IPNI: *Baker*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WELT|WELT]]. – First herbarium (N. England) destroyed by fire in 1864. *Types* mainly at [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection WELT|WELT]]. Issued *Plantae criticae britannicae exsiccatae, Herbarium of British Roses* and *Plants of North Yorkshire* (1887-1888), sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 50. - Kent, Brit. herbaria 41. 1953. - Rickett, NAF ser. 2(2): 150. 1955. - Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 6. 1969. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 403; Barnhart 1: 108; BB p. 15-16; BL 2: 525-526 \[index\]; Bossert p. 12; CSP 1: 164-165, 7: 74-75, 9: 102-104, 12: 41-44, 13: 253-255, 17: 399; DTS 1: 14; GR p. 388; IF p. 676-680; IF suppl. 1: 75; Jackson p. 518 \[index\]; Kew 1: 130-132; Langman p. 104-105; LS 1577; MW p. 28-30; suppl. 19-20 (bibl.); NI p. 6; PR 356-360; Zander ed. 10, p. 630. - Anon., J. Bot. 28: 216-217. 1890, 37: 48. 1899. - Britten, J. Bot. 31: 243-244. 1893 (portr.) - Babington, Memorials 470. 1897. - Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 7-8. 1898. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 819. 1903, 3(3): 75. 1905. - Milner, Cat. Portr. Kew 4-5. 1906. - Urban, Fl. bras. 1(1): 156-157. 1906. - Sheppard, The Naturalist, 1907: 5-8 (see also J. Bot. 45: 67. 1907). - Davey, Fl. Cornwall lv-lvi. 1909. - Britten, J. Bot. 58: 233-238. 1920 ("no kinder man could ever have lived") (portr. J. Bot. 1893: 293, 1901: frontispiece). - Hutchinson, J. Kew Guild 3: 365-366. 1917 (portr.) - Druce, Rep. bot. Exch. Club 6: 93-100. 1921. - Jackson, Proc. Linn. Soc. 1920-1921: 41-44. - Nelmes and Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927: 210-212. 1932 (portr.) - Anon., The Lily Year-Book 6. 1937 (portr.) - Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 17. 1973. - Dolezal, Friedrich Welwitsch 232 \[index\]. 1974. #### Composite works - (1) Contributions to Martius, *Fl. bras*.: a. *Cyatheaceae, Polypodiaceae*, 1(2): 305-624, *pl. 20-70.* 1 Mai 1870. b. *Connaraceae, Ampelidae*, 14(2): 173-216, *pl. 41-52.* 1 Jul 1871. c. *Compositae* I, 6(2): 1-180, *pl. 1-50.* 1 Jun 1873. d. *Compositae* II, 6(2): 181-376, *pl. 51-102.* 1 Feb 1876. e. *Compositae* III, 6(3): 1-134, *pl. 1-44.* 1 Jul 1882. f. *Compositae* IV, 6(3): 137-412, *pl. 45-108.* 1 Mai 1884. - (2) Baines, *Flora Yorkshire*, Suppl. 1, Flowering plants and ferns, London 1854. - (3) Oliver, *Flora of tropical Africa*, vols. 1-8, 1868-1903, many treatments (see BM 1: 89, 6: 50). - (4) *Journal of Botany*, assistant editor to B. Seemann, vols. 8-13, 1870-1875. - (5) Hooker and Baker, *Synopsis filicum*, see W. J. Hooker. - (6) Hooker, *Fl. Brit. India*: Leguminosae in 2: 56-240. Mai 1876, 241-306. Jul 1878; Scitamineae in 6: 198-224. Dec 1890, 225-264. Jul 1892. - (7) Saunders, *Refugium botanicum*, 5 vols. 1869-1873; descriptions by J. G. Baker. #### Eponymy *Bakerantha* L. B. Smith (1934); *Bakerella* Van Tieghem (1895); *Bakeria* E. F. André (1889); *Bakeria* B. C. Seemann (1864); *Bakeriella* Pierre ex Dubard (1911); *Bakerisideroxylon* (Engler) Engler (1904); *Bakerophyton* (J. Léonard) J. Hutchinson (1964, probably also dedicated to Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949), q.v.); *Bakeropteris *O. Kuntze (1891); *Neobakeria* Schlechter (1924). *Note*: *Bakeridesia* Hochreutiner (1913) is dedicated to Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949), q.v.; *Bakerolimon* Linczevski (1968) is dedicated to Herbert G. Baker (1920-x), British botanist; *Bakeromyces* H. Sydow & P. Sydow (1917) and *Bakerophoma* Diedicke (1916) are dedicated to Charles Fuller Baker (1872-1927), q.v. ### Publications ##### n.266. The flowering plants and ferns of Great Britain **Title** *The flowering plants and ferns of Great Britain*: an attempt to classify them according to their geognostic relations. A paper read before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at the twenty-fifth annual meeting, Glasgow 1855. With additions. London (W. & F. G. Cash) 1855. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. pl. ferns Britain*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep-Dec 1855, date on inside cover (p. ii): 1 Sep 1855, p. \[1\]-30, \[1\]. *Copy*: HH. *Ref*.: BM 1: 89; Jackson p. 231; Kew 1: 130; PR 358. ##### n.267. North Yorkshire **Title** *North Yorkshire*: studies of its botany, geology, climate and physical geography... with four maps. London 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *N Yorkshire*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1863 (p. viii: 1 Mar 1863), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-353, 4 maps. *Ed. 2*: London (A. Brown & Sons) 1906; t.p.: "This work forms the third volume of the botanical series of the Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union," (p. viii: Jan 1906, p. ix: 8 Jan 1906) p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-671, \[1 err.\], \[text starts on p. 3\]. A consolidated reprint of the six parts originally published in the Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union as follows: |part |pages |Transactions |date of issue| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-48, map |11 |Nov 1888| |2 |49-144, 2 maps |12 |Jan 1889| |3 |145-272 |13 |Sep 1889| |4 |273-336 |15 |Nov 1890| |5 |337-400 |17 |Oct 1892| |6 |401-671, ind., titles |33 |Feb 1906| *Ref*.: BL 2: 275; BM 1: 89; Jackson p. 262; Kew 1: 130; PR 359. ##### n.268. Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles **Title** *Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles*: a description of the flowering plants and ferns of those islands. London (L. Reeve & Co.) 1877. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Mauritius*. **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: 2 Aug 1877, the date on which Thiselton-Dyer sent a copy to the Colonial Office (p. 12\*: Apr 1877, J. Bot. Aug 1877); p. \[1\*\]-19\*, \[i\]-1, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-557. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1970, Historiae naturalis classica, t. 75, ISBN 3-7682-0677-7, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\*\]-19\*, \[i\]-l. \[i, h.t.\], \[1\]-557. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BM 1: 89; Jackson p. 353; Kew 1: 131. - Trimen, J. Bot. 15: 309-311. Oct 1877. - Anon., \[Thiselton-Dyer\], Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1905: 37. ##### n.269. A flora of the English Lake District **Title** *A flora of the English Lake District*. London (George Bell & Sons) 1885. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Engl. Lake District*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Mai 1885 (p. iv: Feb 1885; J. Bot. Mai, Nat. Nov. Jun 1885), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-262. *Copy*: HH. *Ref*.: Britten, J. Bot. 23: 189-190. 1885. ##### n.270. Handbook of the fern-allies **Title** *Handbook of the fern-allies*: A synopsis of the genera and species of the natural orders Equisetaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Selaginellaceae, Rhizocarpeae. London (George Bell & Sons) 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. fern-allies*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1887 (pref. p. viii: Mai 1887, copy presented by Baker to BM on 7 Jul 1887; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 2: 167. Aug 1887; Nat. Nov. Aug 1887; information W. T. Stearn), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-159. *Copies*: BM, US. *Ref*.: BM 1: 89; Kew 1: 131. ##### n.271. Handbook of the Amaryllideae **Title** *Handbook of the Amaryllideae*, including the Alstroemerieae and Agaveae. London (George Bell & Sons) 1888. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Amaryll.* **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: Apr 1888, after 20 Mar (preface) and before 15 Apr 1888 (Nat. Nov.) – p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-216. *Copies*: BR (signed by author "May 1888"), G, MO, NY. – The Hypoxideae and Vellosieae are excluded because they had just been treated in the Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 17: 93. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1972, Plant monograph reprints vol. 7, ISBN 3-7682-0751-x, p. \[i-ii\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-216. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BM 1: 89; Kew 1: 131; Langman 108. - Britten, J. Bot. 26: 253-254. 1888. ##### n.272. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae **Title** *Handbook of the Bromeliaceae*. London (George Bell & Sons) 1889. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Bromel.* **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: Aug-Oct 1889, after 17 Aug (preface) and before 15 Oct (Nat. Nov.), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-243. *Copies*: BR, G, L, MO, NY, US. – The abbreviation "M.D." indicates that there is an original drawing of the plant in the Morren collections at Kew. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1972. Plant Monograph Reprints ISBN 3-7682-0752-8, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-243. *Copies*: FAS, NY. *Ref*.: BM 1: 89; Kew 1: 132; Langman p. 108; IDC 5830. - Rendle, J. Bot. 28: 24-26. 1890. ##### n.273. Handbook of the Irideae **Title** *Handbook of the Irideae*. London (George Bell & Sons), New York 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Irid.* **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: Aug-Nov 1892 (preface 17 Aug; Nat. Nov. Dec 1892), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-247. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, US. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1972. Plant Monograph Reprints vol. 9, ISBN 3-7682-0753-6, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-247. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: Rendle, J. Bot. 31: 154-156. 1893.