> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 448](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068690) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4509-1) LSID 4509-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16866780) QID Q16866780 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Johnson, Charles (1791-1880), British physician and botanist, lecturer St. John's Hospital 1830-1873, father of Charles Pierpont Johnson. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Johns.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Johnson*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 257; BB p. 167; BL 2: 220, 673; BM 2: 935; CSP 3: 555; Desmond p. 346; DNB 30: 7; Jackson p. 564; Kew 3: 174; NI 993-996; Plesch p. 283; PR 4448 (only); SO 842b. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1881: 39. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 18: 351-352. 1880. #### Composite works Edited J. Sowerby and J. E. Smith, *English Botany*, ed. 2, 1832-1846. #### Eponymy *Johsonia* P. Miller (1754, *nom. rej.*) and *Johnsonia* R. Brown (1810, *nom. cons.*) are dedicated to Thomas Johnson (x-1644), English botanist, who published an enlarged and amended edition of J. Gerard's *Herball* (TL-2/1993). The same, probably, holds for *Johnsonia* Adanson (1763). *Johnsonia* K. B. Kordoe (1965) is dedicated to Jesse Harlan Johnson (1892-x), American geologist and paleobotanist, who is also commemorated in *Harlanjohnsonella* G. F. E. Elliott (1968). ### Publications ##### n.3372. The ferns of Great Britain **Title** *The ferns of Great Britain*: illustrated by John E. Sowerby... the descriptions, synonyms, &c. by Charles Johnson,... London (John E. Sowerby,...) 1835. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns Gr. Brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1854-1855, in eight parts, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-87, \[88, err.\], *pl. 1-49*, col. liths. by John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870). *Copies*: BR, MICH, MO, NY; IDC 7203.-Two issues: fully col. pl. (all Copies seen) and partly col. pl. (n.v.). *Reissue*: 1859, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-87, \[88, err.\], *pl. 1-49* (id.). *Copies*: NY, USDA(2). – London (Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden). Oct. (in fours). ##### n.3373. British poisonous plants **Title** *British poisonous plants*. By Charles Johnson,... illustrated with twenty-eight coloured plates transferred from "English botany." London (printed by Taylor and Francis,... for the proprietor, John E. Sowerby,...) 1856. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit, poison, pl.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1856 (p. iv: Feb 1856), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-59, *pl. 1-28* (col. liths by John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870)). *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1861, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-76, *pl. 1-32* (col. liths., id.). *Copies*: MICH, NY. – "*British poisonous plants*. Illustrated by John E. Sowerby. Described by Charles Johnson,... and C. Pierpont Johnson. Second edition, Illustrated with thirty-two coloured plates, including the principal poisonous fungi." London (John van Voorst,...) 1861. *Co-author*: Charles Pierpont Johnson (x-1893). ##### n.3374. The fern allies **Title** *The fern allies*: a supplement to the ferns of Great Britain. Illustrated by John E. Sowerby,... the descriptions, synonyms, &c. by Charles Johnson,... London (printed by Taylor and Francis,... for the proprietor, John E. Sowerby,...) 1856. Oct. (in fours). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1856, p. \[i\], \[1\]-52, *pl. 1-31* (col. liths. by John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870). *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, MO, NY; IDC 7204. *Reissue*: 1859, p. \[i\], \[1\]-52, *pl. 1-31* (id.). *Copies*: NY, USDA. – London (Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden). Oct. (in fours). ##### n.3375. The grasses of Great Britain **Title** *The grasses of Great Britain*; illustrated by John E. Sowerby,... described, with observations on their natural history and uses, by Charles Johnson,... London (John E. Sowerby,... and William Kent & Co.,... 1861. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Grasses Gr. Brit.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1857-1861, plates dated from 1 Oct 1857- 1 Sep 1861, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-144*, col. liths. by John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870). *Copies*: BR, L. *Other issue*: 1883?, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-192, *pl. 1-144* (id.). *Copies*: B, MO, NY, USDA. – Imprint: London (Robert Hardwicke,... s.d.