> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 277](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120408) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/972-1) LSID 972-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4100323) QID Q4100323 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Boott, Francis (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Boott, Francis M. B. (1792-1863), American born physician and botanist who settled in England. **Abbreviated name**: *Boott* \[standard form in IPNI: *Boott*\] #### Herbarium, types and drawings [[Collection K|K]](incl. *Carex* herbarium and manuscripts); material from North America also at [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection PH|PH]] (via Lambert and Tacherman), *Carex* also at [[Collection BR|BR]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 86. - Candolle, Phytographie 398. 1880. - Seemann, J. Bot. 3: 191. 1865. - Miller, Taxon 19: 515. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography *AG 1: 34; Barnhart 1: 220; BB p. 38-39; BM 1: 200*; Bossert p. 45; CSP 1: 492; Dawson p. 120; DNB 5: 393; DTS 1: 25, 6(4): 47; Jackson p. 524; Kew 1: 300; ME 1: 166, 3: 541; MW p. 49; PR 994-995. - Anon., Flora 47: 222-223. 1864. - Gray, Am. J. Sci. ser. 2. 37: 288-292. 1864; Scientific Papers 2: 315-320. 1889. - Anon., Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. 6: 305-308. 1865. - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888/90: 33. 1891. - Seemann, J. Bot. 2: 61-62. 1864. - Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 15. 1906. - Graustein, Thomas Nuttall 461 \[index\]. 1967. - Martin, *in* Lenley et al., Index corr. Torrey 448. 1973 (corresp.) #### Composite works A. Gray, Account of the botanical specimens. *In*: Narrative of the expedition... China seas and Japan... M. C. Perry, vol. 2: 305-332. 1856: *Carex* by Boott, p. 322-329. #### Eponymy *Bootia* \[sic\] Bigelow (1824); *Boottia* Wallich (1830). ### Publications ##### n.652. Illustrations of the genus Carex **Title** *Illustrations of the genus Carex*. London (William Pamplin) 1858-1867, 4 parts. Fol. **Notes** *Part 1*: p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-74, *plates 1-200, 146\*, 146*\*\*, 1858, Feb-Mar (Boott sent a dedication copy to Asa Gray, signed "London March 10, 1858"; preface dated 1 Feb 1858). *Part 2*: p. \[i\]-iv, 75-103, *plates 201-310*, 1860. *Part 3*: p. \[i\]-iv, 105-126, *plates 311-411*, 1862. *Part 4*: p. \[i-iv\], 127-233, *plates 412-600*, 1867, after 5 Oct, date of preface by J. D. Hooker (who published this part after the death of the author). *Plates* by Maubert and Miss Rees. *Copy*: HH. – Motto on title pages "The men who labour and digest things most, will be apter to despair than boast" \[Roscommon\]. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1968, Historiae naturalis classica vol. 62, p. \[i\*-iv\*\] followed by material as above. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: BM 1: 200; DTS 1: 25; Jackson p. 127; Kew 1: 300; Langman p. 800; MW p. 49; NI 210; PR 995. - Seemann, J. Bot. 2: 61. - Stafleu, Taxon 17: 727-728. 1968.