> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 264](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265941) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1736-1) LSID 1736-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2624463) QID Q2624463 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Colenso, William|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Colenso, William (1811-1899), British (Penzance) missionary, ethnologist and botanist, worked with Richard Watts and Son in London 1832, printers to the Church Missionary Society, sent to New Zealand 1834 at Taihia missionary station, becoming as well a botanical explorer, in good contact with Joseph Hooker, teacher at Te Waimate 1842/43-1853, from 1854 at Napier, member of the N.Z. Parliament 1861, inspector of schools 1872-1878. **Abbreviated name**: *Colenso* \[standard form in IPNI: *Colenso*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]](5115), and [[Collection WELT|WELT]] (20.000), Hepatics via Stephani at [[Collection G|G]], further material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PDD|PDD]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection W|W]]. – Manuscripts at Mitchell Library, Sydney. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 58; Barnhart 1: 366 (b. 17 Nov 1811, Penzance, Cornwall, Engl.); BB p. 69; BJI 1: 11; BL 1: 78, 80, 291; BM 1: 364, 6: 218; Clokie p. 147; CSP 2: 13, 7: 415, 9: 550, 14: 302; Desmond p. 141 (b. 17 Nov. 1811, d. Napier, New Zealand 10 Feb 1899); GR p. 369; GR, cat. p. 61; Hortus 3: 1190; IF p. 690-691; IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 133; Jackson see index; Kew 1: 578; Lasègue p. 500, 506, 565; LS 5430-5444, 32.191-32.192; PR 1783-1784; Quenstedt p. 86; Rehder 5(index): 184; SBC p. 118; TL-2/1: 522-523 and see indexes; Urban-Berl. p. 297-337; Zander ed. 10, p. 646, ed. 11, p. 735. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 127. London 1967. - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1898/9: 51-52. 1899; Nature 59: 420. 1899 (obit.). - Bagnall, A.G., Turnbull Libr. Record 111: 5-10. 1941. - Bagnall, A.G. and G.C. Petersen, "William Colenso", Reed. Wellington 1948 (494 p.). - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 2: 128. 1880. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269. 104. 1980. - Britten, J. and G.S. Boulger, J. Bot. 41: 371. 1903. - Buller, W.L. \[as vice-president\], Trans. New Zealand Inst. 31: 722-724. 1899 (obit.). - Candolle, Alph de, Phytographie 404. 1880. - Cheesemann, T.F., Manual New Zealand Fl. xxxiv-xxxv. 1906. - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 233, 236-239. 1969. - Cockayne, L., Veg. New Zealand 4. 1921. - Colenso, W., London J. Bot. 3:1-62. 1884 (journal of a naturalist), Account of visits... the Ruahine Mountain Range 1844 (Napier); Fifty years ago in New Zealand. 1888 (Napier). - Cunningham, G.H., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 77: 275-299. 1953 (rev. *Austral. & N.Z. Theleph. and Hydn.*). - Glenn, R., The botanical explorers of New Zealand 173. 1950. - Graham, B., The Cornish Garden 25. 1982. - Hamilton, Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 36: 350-354. 1903 (obit.). - Hamlin, B.G., New Zealand J. Bot. 9(4): 695-698. 1971 (on Bryophyte colls.). - Haydock, D., Plant hunters in New Zealand 1. Hebe News, Newsl. Hebe Soc. 5(1): 18-20. 1990. - Hedge, I.C. and J. M. Lamond, Index Coll. Edinburgh 70. 1970. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 16: 354. 1980 (lich. at M.) - Hodgson, E.A., Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 73: 270-296. 1944 (rev. of *N.Z. spec. Plagiochila*). - Hooker, J.D., Obit. Notes Fellows Roy. Soc. Part 1: 57-60. Oct 1904. - Huxley, L., Life and letters of Sir J.D. Hooker, 2 vols. London 1918 (see index). - Mueller, K., frib., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 197-208. 1896. - Lièvre, A. le, Kew Magazine 7(4): 186-200. 1990 (biogr., portr., life and work, list of many sources, not all mentioned here). - McKenzie, E.H.C., Arch. Nat. Hist. 11(2): 233-247. 1983 (mycol. hist. expl. N.Z., info on Colenso et al.). - Oliver, W.R.B., Science, Bot. discovery in New Zealand, Post-primary school Bull. 5(12): map, p. 261-280. 1951. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 305. 1975. - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 21. 1977 (coll. in FI-Webb). - Stephanie, F., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 263-280. 1892 (rev. of *Hepatics*). - St. George, I., Colenso on Orchids. Dunedin, New Zealand Native Orchid group 1989, 64 p. (map, portr.). #### Journals - (1) Hocken Library, Dunedin, mss. (photocopies in Dominion Mus. Wellington). - (2) Notes... of early crossing of... Lake Waikaremoana in the years 1841 and 1843, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 359-382. 1854. - (3) Journal of a naturalist, London J. Bot. 3: 1-62. 1844. - (4) Letters to W.J. Hooker at K, with photocopies in Dominion Mus. Wellington. ### Publications ##### n.26.965. A classification **Title** *A classification* and description of some newly discovered *ferns*, collected *in the Northern Island of New Zealand*, in the summer of 1841-2... The Tasmanian Journal of natural Science... \[1842\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1842, p. \[161\]-240, *in* The Tasmanian Journal of natural Science 2(8): 161-240. 1842. – See IDC 7175. – No reprint seen. *Final book issue* (same title): 1845, p. \[i\], \[1\]-29. *Copies*: BM, NY; IDC 7175/1. – Launceston, ... (printed at the office of the Launceston Examiner) 1845. Oct. (*Classif. ferns*, *N. Zealand*). ##### n.26.966. On the botany **Title** *On the botany*, geographic and oeconomic, *of the North Island* of the New Zealand Group... Trans. Proc. New Zeal. Inst. 1869. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[1\]-58. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Proc. New Zeal. Inst. (1868)1(3, art. 3): 1-58. 1869. – See BL 1: 80. *Ed. 2*: 1875, p. \[233\]-283. *Copy*: KNAW, *in* Trans. Proc. New Zeal. Inst. 1, second edition. 1875. ##### n.26.967. An account of visits to **Title** *An account of visits to*, and crossings over, *the Ruahine Mountain range*, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, and of the natural history of that region, 1845-1847. Two papers read before the Hawke's Bay philosophical Institute, 1878... Napier 1884. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Visits to Ruahine Mt. range*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1884, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-72. *Copies*: BM, HH. – Fide Tucker 1: 164. 1914, BM 1: 364. ##### n.26.968. Fifty years ago in New Zealand **Title** *Fifty years ago in New Zealand*. A commemoration: a jubilee paper: a retrospect: a plain and true story. Read before the Hawke's Bay philosophical Institute, October 17th, 1887 ... Napier (printed by R.C. Harding,...) 1888. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fifty years ago N. Z.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1888, p. \[1\]-49, *1 pl*. *Copy*: U (photocopy). ##### n.26.969. Orobanche **Title** A description of a species of *Orobanche* (supposed to be new) parasitical *on* a plant of *Hydrocotyle*... Transactions of the New Zealand Institute... 1889. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1889 (in journal), p. \[41\]-43, 43-80, 80-108. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 21(1888): 41-43. 1889 (text above), 43-80, 1889 (*A description* of some newly-discovered *cryptogamic plants*; being a further contribution towards the making known the Botany of New Zealand), 80-108, 1889 (*A description* of some newly-discovered *Phanerogamic plants*, being...). *Note*: Three titles combined in one reprint. ##### n.26.970. A description **Title** *A description* of some newly-discovered *indigenous plants*, being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand... Transactions of the New Zealand Institute... 1892. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1892 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[387\]-409. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 24(1891): 387-409. 1892.