> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 284](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212326) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10615-1) LSID 10615-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5512351) QID Q5512351 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thomson, George Malcolm (1848-1933), British (India-born) botanist and zoologist; from 1868 in New Zealand; science master, Otago High School 1877-1889; in charge of Otago Technical School 1889-1903; founder of Portobello Marine Biological Station 1902; analytical chemist 1906-1914; in the New Zealand Legislative Council 1918-1932. **Abbreviated name**: *G.M. Thomson* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.M.Thomson*\] #### Herbarium and types 14 Orchid specimens were at [[Collection B|B]]; other material at [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 379; BJI 1: 57; BL 1: 78, 321; BM 5: 2098; CSP 11: 589, 19: 101-102; Desmond p. 609 (b. 2 Oct 1848, d. 25 Aug 1933); IF p. 734; PH 567; Rehder 5: 845; Tucker 1: 687; Urban-Berl. p. 403. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. print, books 238: 273. 1964; Nature 132: 539. 1933 (d.); Who's who (London): 1929-1932; Who was who New Zealand 1: 218. 1924, 3: 330-331. 1932; Who was who (London) 3: 1344-1345. 1929-1940. - Caiman, W.T., Proc. Linn. Soc. 146: 172-173. 1934. - Cheeseman, T.F., Manual New Zealand Fl. xxxii. 1906. - Scholefield, G.H., ed., Dict. New Zealand biogr. 2: 382. 1940 (d. 25 Aug 1933). ### Publications ##### n.14.258. The ferns and fern allies of New Zealand **Title** *The ferns and fern allies of New Zealand* with instructions for their collection and hints on their cultivation... Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane (George Robertson); Dunedin, N.Z. (Henry Wise & Co.,...) 1882. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns New Zealand*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1882 (p. viii: Jan 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 31 Jul-4 Aug 1882; J. Bot. Mar 1883; ÖbZ Mai-Sep 1882; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1882), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-viii, \[1\]-132, *pl. 1-4* (uncol., auct.). *Copies*: B-S, G, NSW, NY, PH; IDC 5170. ##### n.14.259. Introductory class-book of botany **Title** *Introductory class-book of botany*, for use in New Zealand schools... Wellington (George Didsbury,...) 1891. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Intr. class-book bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1891, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-vi, err. slip, \[1\]-162, *pl. 1-3. Copy*: HH. ##### n.14.260. A New Zealand naturalist's calendar **Title** *A New Zealand naturalist's calendar*. Notes by the Wayside. Dunedin (R.J. Stark & Co.) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *New Zealand Natural. Calend.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-224. *Copies*: HH; Univ. Hawaii. ##### n.14.261. The naturalisation of animals and plants in New Zealand **Title** *The naturalisation of animals and plants in New Zealand*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Naturalis. anim. pl. New Zealand*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922 (ÖbZ Jan-Apr 1922; Nat. Nov. Mai 1922), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-607. *Copies*: B-S, LC, LIV, MO, NY, US, USDA. – Plants on p. 363-501 (synoptic flora of naturalized plants in N.Z.). *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 60: 301-304. Oct 1922 (rev.).