> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 92](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259138) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2013-1) LSID 2013-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5877805) QID Q5877805 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Davenport, George Edward (1833-1907), American botanist (pteridologist) and plant collector, born at Boston, Mass., 3 Aug 1833, 1892 member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, worked mainly on Pteridophyta, died 29 Nov 1907 at Medford (Mass.). **Abbreviated name**: *Davenp.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Davenp.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]] (formerly with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society), further material at [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]]. – Set of photographs of Ferns of New England is at [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]]. #### Handwriting Bartonia 28: *pl. 3.* 1957. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 422 (b. 3 Aug 1833, Boston, Mass., d. 29 Nov 1907, Medford, Mass.); De Toni 4: xv; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 152; Jackson p. 152, 449; Kew 2: 22; Morren ed. 10, p. 123; NW p. 43; TL-2/4: 7507. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6(8): 51. Aug 1875 (on the herbarium), 8(3): 31-32. Mar 1881; Fern Bull. 9(2): 44. Apr 1901 (with portrait); J. New York Bot. Gard. 9(98): 39. Feb 1908 (d. 29 Nov 1907); Torreya 8(2): 23. 27 Jan 1908 (d.); Bot. Not. 1908: 111 (notice of d.). - Clute, N.C., Fern Bull. 15(3): 68-70. Jul 1907 (obit.). - Collins, F.S., Rhodora 10(109): 1-9. 20 Feb 1908 (portr., bibl.). - Day, M., Rhodora 3(32): 230. 9 Aug 1901. - Eaton, D.C., Fern Journal 14(3): 94-95. 29 Sep 1924 (on his herbarium which was presented to the Gray Herbarium). - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 94. 1972. - Rickett, H.W., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Index to volumes 1-75. p. 26-27. 1955. - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. Bot. 128, 138, 210, 219, 269, 273, 308. 1944. - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 156-157. 1984 (letters). - Wheatherby, C.A., Rhodora 26(303): 49-55. 1924 (on the fern herb. of D.; contained 4000 sheets, given by family to GH). ### Publications ##### n.29.161. Botrychium simplex **Title** Notes on *Botrychium simplex* Hitchcock 1877. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Botrychium simpl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1877 (signed in preface \[1\], appendix Aug 1877), p. \[1\]-22, *2 pl*. (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: Ewan, HH, NY. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 25(Bibl.): 18. 1878 (post Aug). (brief rev.); J. Torrey Bot. - Club 6(36): 191-192. Dec 1877 (rev.). ##### n.29.162. Aspidium spinulosum **Title** *Aspidium spinulosum* (Swartz) and its varieties... American Naturalist 1878. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1878 (in journal), p. \[707\]-717. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Natural. 12(11): 707-717. 1878. ##### n.29.163. Catalogue **Title** *Catalogue* of the "*Davenport Herbarium*" of *North American ferns*. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.... Salem, Mass., (John H. Choate,...) 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Davenport herb.* **Notes** *Note*: Davenport Herbarium now at HH. *Publ*.: 1879 (p.v: Dec 1878 prefatory notice, Nat. Nov. Jun (2) 1879), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-v, slip, \[7\]-42, \[2 slip with p. 19\]. *Copies*: B, HH, NY. *Supplement*: Mar 1883, p. \[43\]-50. *Copies*: HH, NY. *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 3(12): 101. Dec 1878 (ready for printing the publication mentioned above), 139-140. Mar 1879, 4(5): 163. Mai 1879; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6(53): 314-315. - Mai 1879 (info of material); Bull. Soc. bot. France 26(Bibl.): 60. 1879 (rev.). ##### n.29.164. comparative tables **Title** Some *comparative tables* showing the *distribution* of *ferns* in the *United States of North America*... \[Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society... 1893\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Mar 1883 (date of printing in journal), p. 605-612. *Copies*: B, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 20: 605-612. 1893. ##### n.29.165. ferns collected **Title** List of *ferns collected* on the mountains *near* the City of *Chihuahua*, Mexico, during the season of 1885, *by C.G. Pringle*, of Charlotte, Vermont... Reprinted from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1886. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911), see TL-2/4: 401-402 and IH 2: 712. *Publ*.: Aug 1886 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[129\]-135, *pl. 58* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13(8): 129-135, *pl. 58.* 1886 (As: Fern Notes ix). ##### n.29.166. Ferns **Title** *Ferns*... Read before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society... 1891. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Mar 1891 (read before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society), p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.29.167. Two **Title** *Two* new *ferns* from *New England*. With some observations on hybridity and nomenclature... From the Botanical Gazette... \[1894\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Dec 1894 (in journal), p. \[492\]-497. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 19(12): 492-497. 1894. ##### n.29.168. Acrostichum lomarioides **Title** *Acrostichum lomarioides* Jenman... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Jun 1899 (in journal), p. 318-319. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(6): 318-319. 1899. *Note*: The reprint gives as volume 29 instead of 26 which is also done in the periodical \[sic\]. ##### n.29.169. Abnormal forms **Title** *Abnormal forms*, and hybridity *in ferns*... Papers presented... Boston meetings... Binghampton N.Y. (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1899 (text at a Meeting 24 Aug 1898), p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: B, MO, NY. – In *Papers presented at the Boston Meeting* under the auspices of the Linnean Fern Chapter \[U.S.A.\], on p. \[1\]-11. ##### n.29.170. plumose variety **Title** A *plumose variety* of the *ebony spleenwort*... Rhodora 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Jan 1901 (in journal), p. \[1\]-2, *pl. 22* (sic). *Copy*: B (tearsheet). – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 3(25): 1-2, *pl. 22.* 1901.