> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 310](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265037) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/440-1) LSID 440-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048451) QID Q3048451 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bancroft, Edward Nathaniel (1772-1842), British botanist and physician, studied medicine in Cambridge, M.B. 1794, M.D. 1804, military physician at the Windward Islands, Portugal and Egypt; settled in Kingston (Jamaica) 1811-1842, ultimately general inspector of the local military installations; son of Edward Bancroft. **Abbreviated name**: *E.N. Bancroft* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bancr.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (incl. corr.); further material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 116; BB p. 18 (b. 1772); CSP 1: 75; Desmond p. 34 (b. London 1772, d. Jamaica 18 Sep 1842); DNB 3: 106-107; Hortus 3: 1188; IH 2: 53; Kew 1: 150. #### Biofile - Mabberley, D.J., Taxon 30(1): 7-17. 1981 (Edw. N. Bancroft's obscure journal publications and his father's plant names; identifications). - Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold Arb. 46: 265. 1965. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3(1): 19. 1902. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed to John Lunan, *Hort. jamaic.* 1814, see TL-2/5096. #### Eponymy *Bancroftia* Macfadyen 1837 (ING 1: 175).