> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 172](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120303) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/657-1) LSID 657-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682867) QID Q682867 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Bennett, John Joseph (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Bennett, John Joseph (1801-1876), British botanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Benn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Benn.*\] #### Types The original Horsfield collections on which the *Plantae javanicae rariores* are based are at BM. Other Bennett types and British material as well as the original drawings by J. & C. Curtis as well as drawings made in Java also at BM. Bennett's original herbarium is with the Croydon Natural History Society (Young 1955). *Ref*.: Kent, Brit. herbaria 42. 1953. - Young, Proc. bot. Soc. Brit. Isles 1(4): 490-491. 1955. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 163; BB p. 29; BM 1: 135; Bossert p. 34; CSP 1: 275; DNB 4: 246; HR; Jackson p. 118, 483; Kew 1: 214; MW p. 40; NI 13; PR 613; Zander ed. 10, p. 633. - Carruthers, J. Bot. 14: 97-104. 1876 (bibl.) - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888-1889; 32. 1891 (portr.) - Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 9. 1898. - Milner, Cat. Portr. Kew 9. 1906. #### Composite works Bennett edited the "Miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown," q.v. #### Eponymy *Bennettia* R. Brown (1852); *Bennettia* S. F. Gray (1821, also dedicated to Edward Turner Bennett (1797-1836), elder brother of John Joseph); *Bennettia* Miquel (1858); *Bennetticarpus* T. M. Harris (1932); *Bennettiodendron* Merrill (1927); *Bennettistemon* T. M. Harris (1932); *Bennettitacearum* Gothan (1914); *Bennettites* W. Carruthers (1870); *Bennettitolepis* Florin (1933). ### Publications ##### n.418. Plantae javanicae rariores **Title** *Plantae javanicae rariores*, descriptae iconibus illustratae, quas in insula Java, annis 1802-1818, legit et investigavit Thomas Horsfield, M. D. e siccis descriptiones et characteres plurimarum elaboravit Joannes J. Bennett; observationes structuram et affinitates praesertim respicientes passim adjecit Robertus Brown. London (W. H. Allen) 1838-1852. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. jav. var.* **Notes** *Co-authors*: Robert Brown (1773-1858); Thomas Horsfield (1773-1859). |part |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[1\]-104 |1-24 |4-7 Jul 1838| |2 |105-196 |25-40 |Mai 1840| |3 |197-238 |41-45 |Nov 1844| |4 |239-258, \[1, summ.\] |46-50 |8-31 Mai 1852| | |\[i\]-viii, \[i\]-viii,| | |\[i\]-xvi, map| The original drawings by J. and C. Curtis, with proofs etc. of the plates, as well as some drawings made in Java, are at BM. The dates are those given by Stearn. For an announcement see Flora 14: 638-639. 1831. *Copy*: U. The 50 plates are hand-coloured (except nos. 4, 5 and 17 which are plain) copper engravings by C. and J. Curtis engraved by J. Curtis and E. Weddell (GF). *Ref*.: BM 1: 135; GF p. 49; Jackson p. 396; Kew 1: 214; MW 40; NI 934; PR 613; RS p. 76; SK p. clxix (Stearn), IDC 5845. - Sotheby, Cat. Stiftung Botanik 36-37. 1975 (sold at £ 550).