> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 421](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266098) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1839-1) LSID 1839-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2029038) QID Q2029038 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Coulter, Thomas|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Coulter, Thomas (1793-1843), Irish botanist, born at Dundalk, County Louth, educated in Dundalk, studied at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, explored Central Mexico 1825-1834 and S. California 1831-1833, curator of the herbarium of Trinity; with A.P. de Candolle 1822-1823 at Genève. **Abbreviated name**: *Coult.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Coult.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TCD|TCD]] (150.000). – Further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection US|US]] (incl. field notes). #### Eponymy Add: *Romneya coulteri*, of which plant Thomas Coulter was the discoverer. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(2): 73; Barnhart 1: 387 (b. 1793, nr. Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland, d. 1843, Dublin); BB p. 74; BM 1: 395; Bossert p. 85; CSP 2: 73; Desmond p. 152; Frank 3(Anh.): 20; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 141; Kew 1: 631; Lasègue p. 468; PR 1929, ed. 1: 2020; Zander ed. 10, p. 647, ed. 11, p. 730. #### Biofile - Alden, R.H. and J.D. Ifft, Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 20: 38-39. 1943. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 4(14): 256. 3 Apr 1846 (collections). - Brewer, W.H., *in* S. Watson, Bot. Calif. 2: 555. 1880. - Briquet, J., Ber. Schweiz, bot. Ges. 50A: 196-197. 1940 (major source). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève 5: 59-60. 1830; Mémoires Souvenirs 325, 331-332, 357, 389. 1862. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 405. 1880. - Castañeda, A.M., La flora del estado de Jalisco 116. Oct 1933. - Coats, A.M., Huntia 2: 192. 1965 (portr., detailed caption); The plant hunters 264, 309, 312, 341-344, 345. 1969. - Coville, F.V., Bot. Gaz. 20: 519-531. 1895. - Eastwood, A., Calif. Hist. Soc. Quart. 18(4): 341. 1939. - Ewan, J., *in* A Century of progress in sciences, San Francisco 1955, p. 47. - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 2: 249. 1881. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 280, 319. 1967. - Hemsley, W.B., Biol. Centr.-Amer. 4: 125. 1887. - Jaeger, E.C., Source-book biol. names, terms ed. 3 (4th printing) 310. 1966. - James, H., Trees of Bicton 1969, p. 107. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 49. 1957. - Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6: 18. 1983 (collections, authors). - McClintock, E., Fremontia 8(4): 6-10. 1981 (portr.). - McVaugh, R., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 33(3): 65-70, map. 15 Mar 1943 (travels 1824-1827); Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 9: 226-227. 1972. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 148. 1981 (Mexico plants). - Murray, G., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 141. 1904 (225 Calif. pl.). - Nelson, E.C., Glasra 4: 43. 1980; Zoonooz 55(3): 16-19. 1982; Garden London 107(11): 454-456. 1982 (Romneya coulteri); Contr. Hist. N. Amer. Nat. Hist., Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. London 1983: p. 59-71 (major source); Newsletter Soc. biogr. nat. Hist 14: 7-8. Mai 1982, 21: 6-7. 1984; Huntia 9(1): 13-14. 1993. - Nelson, E.C. and A. Probert, A man who can speak of plants: Dr Thomas Coulter (1793-1843) of Dundalk in Ireland, Mexico & Alta California viii and 129 p. illustr., privately published. Dublin 1994. - Parnell, J.A.N., Lichenologist 14: 281. 1982 (lichens at TCD). - Praeger, R.L., Some Irish naturalists 68. 1949. - Reveal, J.L. and Hafen, *in* Hafen et al., Western America ed. 3: 384. 1970. - Robinson, J.T.R., Proc. Roy. Irish Soc. 2: 553-557. 1844. - Roderick, W., Four seasons 6(2): 16. 1980. - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 165, 184. 1942. - Sargent, C.S., Silva of North America 3: 84. 1892. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 307. Mai 1975. - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Linnaea 19(2): 155. 1843. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4: 154. 1982 (field notes of C. at US). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 198. 1984. - Thomas, J.H., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(6): 152. 1961; Huntia 3(1): 10-11. 1969. - Wright, P., Notes bot. school Trinity Coll. Dublin 1: 3-4. 1896.