> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 5](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264770) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/34-1) LSID 34-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158174) QID Q158174 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Abel, Clarke|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Abel, Clarke (1789-1826), British surgeon and botanist, chief medical officer to Lord Amherst's mission in China 1816-1817, shipwrecked on his return in H.M.S. Alceste; with Lord Amherst in India 1823-1826. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Abel* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.Abel*\] #### Herbarium and types see treatment TL-2/1: 1-2. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 1 (b. 1780?); Barnhart 1: 6 (b. 5 Sep 1789, d. 14 Nov 1826); BB p. 1; BM 1: 2; Bradley 5(ind.): 2; Bret. p. 225-227; CSP 1: 4; Dawson p. 5; Desmond p. 1 (b. 1780, d. 14 Nov 1826 Cawnpore, India); DNB 1: 32-33 (by B.D. Jackson, b. 1780); Frank 3 (Anh.): 3; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 25; Kew 1:3; Lasègue p. 435, 503 (coll.); MW p. 1; PR 2; TL-2/1: 1-2; Tucker 1: 27; Zander ed. 10, p. 627; ed. 11, p. 712. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 72. 1967. - Anon., Monthly Rev. ser. 2. 88: 113-124. Feb 1819, 364-378. Apr 1819; Quarterly Rev., London 21(41): 67-91. Jan 1819 (review of Narrative, with extracts). - Carter, H.B., Sir Joseph Banks 504, 505. s.d. - Coats, A.N., Quest for plants, the Plant Hunters 94-95. 1969 (portr.). - Cox, E.H.M., Plant hunting in China 50-51. 1945. - Crawford, D.G., Hist. Indian Med. Service 1600-1913, 2: 146. 1914 (fide Desmond). - Dawson, W.R., The Banks letters 5. 1958. - Fisher, J., The origin of garden plants 225. 1982. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 469. 1864. - Lyte, C., Sir Joseph Banks 174, 175. 1980. - Mabberley, D.J., Jupiter botanicus 212-214, 226, 406. 1985. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. nat. hist. depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 129. 1904 (part of the Chinese collections; major part lost in shipwreck Alceste).