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### Author
Davall, Edmund (1763-1798), English botanist who settled in Switzerland and became an inspector of forests. Entertained correspondence with J. E. Smith.
**Abbreviated name**: *Davall* \[standard form in IPNI: *Davall*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Davall left his herbarium to J. E. Smith; it is now in the Smith herbarium at the Linnean society ([[Collection LINN|LINN]]). The herbarium contains Swiss plants collected by Davall himself, as well as by Favrod and Reynier; further collectors represented are Bellardi (Italy), Dickson (England), F. Ehrhart (Germany) and D. Villars (France). Other material at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection LAU|LAU]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 152.
- Drake, *in* Konig et Sims, Ann. Bot. 1: 576-577. 1805.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 12(2): 700; Barnhart 1: 421; BB 1: 85; DNB 14: 19; PR p. 77.
- Drake, *in* Konig et Sims, Ann. Bot. 1: 576-577. 1805.
- De Beer, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 159(1): 42-65. 1947.
#### Eponymy
*Davallia* J. E. Smith (1793); *Davallodes* (Copeland) Copeland (1908).
#### Handwriting
Taxon 22: 388. 1972.