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> [!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.