> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 142](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259188) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/20043183-1) LSID 20043183-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66659241) QID Q66659241 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author De Crespigny, Eyre Champion (1821-1895), Swiss botanist, born at Vevey, Switzerland 5 Mai 1821, died at Beckenham, Kent 15 Feb 1895, M.D. at Heidelberg, in India 1845-1862, Conservator of Forests and Supt. Bot. Gard. Dapsorie, Poona 1859. **Abbreviated name**: *De Crespigny* \[standard form in IPNI: *Cresp.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. Drawings of Indian plants at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 433 (b. 5 Mai 1821, Vevey, Helv., d. 15 Feb 1895, Beckenham, Kent); BB p. 87; BL 2: 255, 646 (important); BM 1: 434; Desmond p. 180; IH 2: 144, 156; Jackson p. 18, 256; Rehder 1: 403; Tucker 1: 192. #### Biofile - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 396 (no 229.462). 1980. - Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. Expl. S. Africa: 127. 1981. - Woodward, B.B., Hist. Coll. BMNH 1: 34. 1904. ### Publications ##### n.29.430. London Flora **Title** A new *London Flora*; or Handbook to the botanical localities of the Metropolitan Districts... Compiled from the latest authorities, and from personal observation... London (Hardwicke and Bogue,...) 1877. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *London Fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1877, p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-179. *Copies*: BM, MO, NY. – Rehder 1: 403.