> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 48](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260036) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/18136-1) LSID 18136-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174244) QID Q1174244 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Don, David|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Don, David (1799-1841), British botanist, born 21 Dec 1799 at Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, Scotland, died London 8 Dec 1841, librarian to A.B. Lambert and to the Linnean Society, professor of botany, King's College, London 1826-1841. **Abbreviated name**: *D. Don* \[standard form in IPNI: *D.Don*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection LINN|LINN]], further material at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection P|P]]-JU. – See TL-2/1: 668; A. de Candolle Phytographie 408. 1880 (D. Don had no herbarium, fide Bentham). #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 789, 5(1): 804, 6(1): 344; Barnhart 1: 463 (b. 21 Dec 1799, Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, d. 8 Dec 1841, London); BB p. 92; BM 1: 472; Bret. p. 205; Clokie p. 156; CSP 2: 312-314, 6: 642; Desmond p. 189-190; DNB 15: 204-205; Frank 3(Anh.): 25; Hortus 3: 1192; IH 2: 165; Jackson p. 540; Kew 2: 208; Lasègue p. 322, 337, 496; LS 7240; MW p. 99; NI p. 50; PR 2364-2365, ed. 1: 2675; Rehder 5(index): 233; TL-1: 110; TL-2/1: 668-669; Zander ed. 10, p. 653, ed. 11, p. 743. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 25: 320. 28 Mai 1842; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 8: 397-399, 478-479. 1842 (bibl.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 145-149. 1842 (1849) (bibl.); Bot. Zeit. 1(31): 535. 1843; Generalregister Bot. Not. 1839-1938, vol. 42: 209. - Baillon, H.E., Dict. Bot. 2: 465. 1884. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 397 (255.177, 269.132, 275.17). 1980. - Carr, D.J. and S.G.M. Carr, People and plants in Australia 106. 1981. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 110, 137. 1893. - Hara, H., Taxon 34(4): 690-691. 1985. - Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 36, 322. 1984. - Mabberley, D.J., Taxon 29(5-6): 603. 1980; Jupiter botanicus 478 (index). 1985. - Marticorena, C., Bibl. bot. taxonom. de Chile, Monogr. syst. bot. Missouri bot. gard. 41: 229-230. 1992. - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19(4): 489-504. 1970. - Munz, P.A. and D.D. Keck, A California flora 1558. 1959. - Schultes in W.J. Hooker, Bot. Misc. 1: 61-62. 1838. - Smith A.R. and C.R. Fraser-Jenkins, Taxon 31(2): 326-329. Mai 1952 (reëxamination of Don's prodr. Fl. Nepal.). - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 11. 1977 (coll. Webb, FI). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 132. 1984. - Weberbauer, A., Pflanzenwelt Peruan. Anden, Veg. Erde 12: 30. 1911. #### Composite works - (1) David Don *in* A.B. Lambert, *Descr. Pinus*, TL-2/no. 4145 (author of Vol. 2). - (2) David Don *in* R. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2, *pl. 315.* 1835, *Calliopsis drummondii*. ### Publications ##### n.31.265. Descriptions **Title** *Descriptions* of several new *plants* from the Kingdom of *Nepaul*: taken from specimens preserved in the herbarium of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. communicated by Mr. David Don... \[Edinburgh (Mem. Wern. nat. Hist. Soc.) 1820\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820 (read 18 Nov 1820), p. 407-415, *pl. 20. Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Wern. nat. hist. Soc. 3: 407-415, *pl. 20.* 1820. ##### n.31.266. monograph **Title** A *monograph* of the genus *Saxifraga*... \[Transactions of the Linnean Society... 1822\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3-19 Dec 1822 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. Mar 1970, read 20 Feb 1821), p. 341-452. *Copies*: B, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13(2): 341-452. 1822. ##### n.31.267. illustration **Title** An *illustration* of the *natural family* of plants called *Melostomaceae*... \[Memoirs Wernerian natural history society... 1823\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: after 17 Mai 1823 (see remark J. Wurdack, read 16 Nov 1822), p. \[i, t.p.\], \[1\]-54. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Wern. nat. hist. Soc. 4: 276-329. 1823. ##### n.31.268. Descriptions **Title** *Descriptions* of Nine *new* Species of the Genus *Carex*, Natives of the Himalaya Alps in Upper Nepal... \[London (Trans. Linn. Soc.) 1823\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Nov 1824 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. 1970, read 2 Dec 1823), p. 325-333. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14(2): 325-333. 1823 \[publ. 1825\]. ##### n.31.269. monograph **Title** \[A\] *monograph* of the genus *Pyrola*... \[From the Memoirs of the Wernerian natural history society... 1824\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Jun 1824 (presented to the Linnean Society), p. \[i, t.p.\], \[verso of i=1\], \[2\]-28. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. Wern. nat. hist. Soc. 5: 220-226. 1824. ##### n.31.270. Descriptions **Title** *Descriptions* of the new genera and species of the class *Compositae* belonging to the floras of *Peru*, Mexico, and Chile... \[Transactions Linnean Society 1830\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Mai 1830 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. 1970, read Jan 20 and Mar 17 1829), p. 169-303. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16(2): 169-303. 1830. *Note*: Though p. 303 mentions "The continuation of this paper will be given in a future part of the transactions", no continuation found by us. ##### n.31.271. Indian Gentianaceae **Title** Descriptions of *Indian Gentianaceae*... \[Transactions of the Linnean Society... 1837\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Jul – 8 Aug 1837 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75, 1970, read 3 and 17 Nov 1835), p. 503-532. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17(4): 503-532. 1837. ##### n.31.272. monograph **Title** A *monograph* of the genus *Disporum*... \[Transactions of the Linnean Society... 1841\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Jul – 11 Aug 1841 (fide S. Raphael,Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. Mar 1970, read 19 Nov 1839), p. 513-524. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18(4): 513-524. 1841. ##### n.31.273. monograph **Title** A *monograph* of *Streptopus*, with the description of a new genus first separated from it... \[Transactions of Linnean Society... 1841\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Jul – 11 Aug 1841 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. Mar 1970, read 3 Dec 1839), p. 525-534. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18(4): 525-534. 1841. *Note*: The new genus described on p. 531 is *Prosartes*, earlier published in Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1. 1839, see ING 3: 1414. 1979.