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> [!example] See also [[Forbes, Francis Blackwell (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Forbes, Francis Blackwell (1839-1908), American botanist who lived in China 1857-1882.
**Abbreviated name**: *F.Forbes* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.B.Forbes*\]
#### Herbarium and types
The *Enumeration* is mainly based on the collections at Kew ([[Collection K|K]]). Forbes' own herbarium and manuscripts are at [[Collection BM|BM]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 202; MW p. 122.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 556; BB p. 110; BM 2: 592; Bossert p. 129; Bretschneider p. 720; CSP 9: 896, 15: 49; MW p. 122; Zander ed. 10, p. 659.
- Stapf, Proc. Linn. Soc. 1908/1909: 38-40, 1909.
- Britten, J. Bot. 48: 19-22. 1910.
### Publications
##### n.1814. J. Linn. Soc. Bot.
**Title**
An enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy. *J. Linn. Soc. Bot.* 23: 1-521. *pl. 1-14.* 1886-1888, 26: 1-592, *pl. 1-10.* 1889-1902; 36: i-xi, 1-686. 1903-1905.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: William Botting Hemsley (1843-1926) (actually main author).
*Publ*.: Issued subsequently in three separate volumes, with original pagination, as *Index* *florae sinensis*.
*Collaborators*: A. Bennett, N. E. Brown, I. H. Burkill, C. B. Clarke, A. Franchet, H. F. Hance, M. T. Masters, C.J. Maximowicz, A. B. Rendle, S. A. Skan, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, C. H. Wright.
A *first supplement* was published by M. Smith, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36: 451-530. The *second* *supplement* was by S. T. Dunn, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 39: 411-506. 1911.
|vol. |no. |part |pages |*plates* |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|23(= 1) |1 |\[1\]-80 |1-2 | |20 Mai 1886|
| |2 |81-162 |3-4 | |23 Jul 1886|
| |3 |163-240 |5-6 | |21 Oct 1887|
| |4 |241-328 |7-8 | |12 Dec 1887|
| |5 |329-400 |9-10 | |12 Jun 1888|
| |6 |401-521, \[i-iii\] |11-14 | |29 Dec 1888|
|26(= 2) |173 |7 |\[1\]-120 |1, 2 |30 Apr 1889|
| |174 |8 |121-236 |3, 4 |12 Apr 1890|
| |175 |9 |237-316 |5, 6 |16 Aug 1890|
| |176 |10 |317-396 |7, 8 |30 Jul 1891|
| |177 |11 |397-456 |9, 10 |12 Jun 1894|
| |178 |12 |457-536 | |1 Dec 1899|
| |179-180 |13 |537-592, \[i-iii\] | |21 Oct 1902|
|36(= 3) |249 |\[1\]-72 | | |1 Jan 1903|
| |250 |73-136 | | |1 Apr 1903|
| |251 |137-216 | | |30 Jun 1903|
| |252 |217-296 | | |31 Oct 1903|
| |253 |297-376 | | |31 Mar 1904|
| |254 |377-456 | | |25Jul 1904|
| |255-256 |457-686, \[i-xi\] | | |20 Dec 1905|
*Copies*: MO, NY. – *Facsimile* reprint: announced by Koeltz (1973).
*Ref*.: BM 2: 592; Bretschneider p. 722; CSP 15: 49; MW p. 122.
- Britten, J. Bot. 22: 96. 1884 (origin of project).
- Thiselton-Dyer, J. Linn. Soc. 36. 1905 (preface).
- Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 330. 1945.