> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 277](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355364) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6070-1) LSID 6070-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70799) QID Q70799 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Mann, Gustav (1836-1916), German botanist; Kew gardener and collector; on Baikie's Niger Expedition (1859-1862); Indian Forest Service (1863-1891); later living in München. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Mann* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Mann*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]; for further details see IH and Hepper and Neate (1971). #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 352; Barnhart 2: 443; BB p. 205; Clokie p. 206; CSP 4: 215, 16: 1042; Desmond p. 418; Herder p. 291; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Mann"); IH 1 (ed. 6): 361, 2: 499; Jackson p. 380; Kew 3: 579; Morren ed. 2, p. 58, ed. 10, p. 145; PR (no. 5785 is by R. J. Mann); Rehder 5: 542; Tucker 1: 458; Urban-Berl. p. 321, 372. - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1916: 237 (d. 22 Jun 1916); Nature 98: 74. 1916 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 14: 122. 1864 (superintendent Cinchona plantations Darjeeling); 48(Lit.): 74. 1897 (living at München; issues sets of Asian ferns). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 149. 1888 (pl. at W). - Burkart, A., Darwiniana 2: 138. 1928 (set of ferns at SI). - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 199. 1882. - Exell, A. W., Cat. vasc. pl. S. Tomé 11. 1944. - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 108. 1970 (coll. E). - Hemsley, W. B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1907: 247-248 (medallion portrait presented to K); Gard. Chron. 60: 176. 1916 (portr.); J. Kew Guild 3: 373-374. 1916 (portr.). - Hepper, F. N. and F. Neate, Pl. coll. W. Africa 53. 1971. - Hooker, J. D., Proc. Linn. Soc. bot. 7: 171-240. 1864 (plants Cameroun Mts. collected by M; Lichens named by Nylander). - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 44 (coll.). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 4: 51. 1898 (fern exs.). - Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 7: 48. 1968. - Mann, G., J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 6: 27-30. 1862 (letter to W. J. Hooker on Ascent of Clarence Peak, Fernando Po, on Baikie's exp.), 7: 1-13. 1863 (id., exp. Cameroun Mts.), french translation Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 4. 18: 239-254. 1863. - Mitten, W., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7: 147-169. 1864 (on bryoph. Cameroun Mountain; types in Mitten herb. at NY). - Nelmes & Cuthbertson, Curtis Bot. Mag. dedic. 274-276. 1932. (portr.; b. 20 Jan 1836). - Vallot, J., Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 184. 1882 (on Gulf of Guinea coll. 1859-1863). - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 1:21. 1935 (b. 20 Jan 1836). #### Note *On the palms of Western Tropical Africa* by G. Mann and Hermann Wendland (1825-1903), Trans. Linn. Soc. 24: 421-439, *pl. 38-43* was published on 8 Nov 1864. Other publications on Mann's collections were: J. D. Hooker, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., London, 6: 1-23, 1 Nov 1861, 7: 171-241. 5 Apr 1864 (see also Bull Soc. bot. France 9: 58. 1862), M. Oliver, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., London 158-162. 12 Dec 1864 (four new genera); and W. Mitten, J. Proc. Linn. Soc, London 7: 147-169. 29 Oct 1864. #### Eponymy *Mannia* J. D. Hooker (1862); *Manniella* H. G. Reichenbach (1881); *Manniopyton* J. Müeller Arg. (1864).