> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 378](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068620) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4249-1) LSID 4249-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q253917) QID Q253917 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hutchinson, John (1884-1972), British self-taught botanist; at Kew 1904 as a gardener, soon afterwards at the herbarium; keeper of the museums 1936-1948; in retirement still fully active at Kew and developing towards macrosystematics. **Abbreviated name**: *Hutch.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hutch.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]; for further details see Hepper and Neate. Drawings and manuscripts also at [[Collection K|K]]. *Ref*.: Hepper, F. N. and F. Neate, Plant coll. West Africa 40. 1971. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 223; BFM 2282-2285; BL 1: 49, 59, 62, 302; BM 6: 496; Bossert p. 187; Desmond p. 333; Hortus 3: 1196 ("Hutch."); Kew 3: 75-78; KR p. 311; Langman p. 384; MW p. 200-202, suppl. p. 125; NI 962, 962a; Plesch p. 275; TL-2/820; Zander ed. 10, p. 674. - Anon., Fl. males. Bull. 28: 2308. 1975; Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 5: 392. 1973; Nature 240: 367-368. 1972; Taxon 3: 197-198. 1954 (70 yrs.); The Times 9 Sep 1972. - Brenan, J. P. M., Taxon 22: 705-706. 1973. - Brenan, J. P. M. and Popes, Kew Bull. 29(1): 1-14. 1974 (portr., bibl.). - Daniels, G. S., Artists R. B. G. Kew 1974 (portr.). - Dyer and Oliver, Forum botanicum 10(9): I. 1972. - Fletcher, H. R., R. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 243, 245. 1970. - Gilbert, Watsonia 9: 408. 1973. - Goldberg, A., Taxon 23: 627-629. 1974 (rev. of ed. 3 of H's *Fam. fl. pl.*). - Gunn, Bothalia 11: 1-3. 1973. - Hepper, F. N., J. Kew Guild 9: 159. 1973. - Hubbard, C. E., Biogr. Mem. Fellows Roy. Soc. 21: 345-357. 1975 (portr.). - Hutchinson, J., A botanist in Southern Africa 1946; The genera of flowering plants, vols. 1, 2. 1964-1972; Evolution and phylogeny of flowering plants. Dicotyledons: facts and theory. London, New York 1969, xxvi, 707 p; Autobiographical manuscript, 1971, 507 p. at K. - Karsten, M. C., The Old Company's Garden 160-162. 1951. - Leroy, J. Agrip. trop. Bot. appl. 16(9-10): 457-460. 1970. - Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 7: 26, 40. 1978. - Markgraf, F., Bot. Jb. 84(4): 22-25. 1965 (rev. of vol. 1 *Gen. fl. pl.*). - Merrill, E. D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 164. 1947. - Nayar and Thothathri, Bull. bot. Survey India 13(1-2): 167-168. 1971 (1973). - Popoe, Kew Bull. 29: 5-14. 1974 (bibl.). - Schuster, C. & W. Schweitz, Generalregister Bot. Jahrb. 2(31-56): 82. 1938. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 14: 166-168. 1965 (rev. of vol. 1 of his Genera of flowering plants); 19: 270-273. 1970 (on his Evolution and phylogeny...). - Taylor, G.,J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 98(1): 30-31. 1973. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed to Harvey and Sonder, *Flora capensis* (TL-2/2448): *Cycadaceae*, 5, 2(suppl.): 24-44. 28 Mar 1933 (with Rattray). *Myricaceae*, 5, 2(4): 561-572. Jan 1925. *Proteaceae*, 5, 1(3): 502-640. 16 Jan 1912, 1(4): 641-718. Jun 1912 (with E. P. Philips and O. Stapf). *Euphorbiaceae*, 5, 2(2): 216-384. Oct 1915 (with N. E. Brown). *Moraceae*, 5, 2(3): - (2) Id. to Oliver, *Flora tropical Africa*: 522-528. Mai 1920 (with N. E. Brown). *Moraceae*, 6, 2(1): 17-192. Mar 1916, 2(2): 193-240. Nov 1917 (with A. B. Rendle). *Myricaceae*, 6, 2(2): 307-314. Nov 1917. #### Eponymy *Hutchinsonia* W. Robyns (1928). *Note: Hutchinsonia* M. E.Jones (1935) is dedicated to Mrs. Susan W. Hutchinson, who collected with M. E. Jones in 1931-1932. ### Publications ##### n.3163. The families of flowering plants. I. Dicotyledons **Title** *The families of flowering plants. I. Dicotyledons* arranged according to a new system based on their probable phylogeny... London (Macmillan and Co., Limited...) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fam. fl. pl., Dicot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Feb-Mar 1926 (p. xi: Mai 1925; rev. J. Bot. Mar. 1926; rev. Torreya 11 Aug 1926), p. \[i\]-xiv, errata slip, 1-328. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U. *Ed. 2*: 1959 (Taxon 20 Oct 1959), p. \[i\]-\[xv\], \[1\]-510. *Copies*: MO, U. – Oxford (at the Clarendon Press). *Ref*.: Gundersen, Torreya 26: 70-75. 11 Aug 1926 (rev.). - Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 63: 81-83. 1926. ##### n.3164. The families of flowering plants II. Monocotyledons **Title** *The families of flowering plants II. Monocotyledons* arranged according to a new system based on their probable phylogeny... London (Macmillan and Co., Limited,...) 1934. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fam. fl. pl., Monocot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1934 (p. x: Nov 1933; Nat. Nov. Dec 1934; J. Bot. rev. Dec 1934), p. \[i\]-x, \[1-3\], \[1\]-243, *fig. 1-207. Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1959 (Taxon 20 Oct 1959), p. \[i\]-\[x\], \[511\]-792. *Copies*: MO, NY, U. – Oxford (at the Clarendon Press). Oct. *Ref*.: Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 72: 353-355- 1934. - Stearn, W. T., J. R. Hort. Soc. 85: 143-145. 1960. ##### n.3165. Flora of West Tropical Africa **Title** *Flora of West Tropical Africa* the British West African Colonies, British Cameroons, the French and Portuguese Colonies south of the tropic of Cancer to Lake Chad, and Fernando Po... London (The Crown agents for the colonies) 1927-1936, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. W. trop. Afr.* **Notes** *Co-author*: John McEwen Dalziel (1872-1948). *First edition*: 1927-1928. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U, US. *Vol. 1*: \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-x, map, \[1\]-246, \[i,iii\], 247-523. *Vol. 2*: \[i-v\], \[1\]-292, map, \[1\], 293-651. |Vol. |part |pages |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |1-246 |Mar 1927| | |2 |247-523 |Jul 1928| |2 |1 |1-292 |Mar 1931| | |2 |293-651 |Feb 1936| *Second edition*: ISBN 0-85592-020-3, revision edited by R. W. J. Keay (vol. 1) and by F. N. Hepper (vols. 2,3), 1954-1972. Copies: MICH, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. Vol. 1: \[i\]-viii, map, \[1\]-295, \[i, iii\], 297-828. Vol. 2: \[i\], map, \[iii\]-xi, 1-544. Vol. 3: \[i\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-276, \[i, iii\], 277-574. |Vol. |part |pages |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[i\]-viii, \[1\]-295 |17 Aug 1954| | |2 |\[i, iii\], 297-828 |27 Mar 1958| |2 | |\[i\]-xi, \[1\]-544 |18 Oct 1963| |3 |1 |1-276 |28 Aug 1968| | |2 |277-574 |2 Mai 1972| *Supplement*: Alston, A. H. C, The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa, Oct 1959, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-vii, \[1\]-89. *Ref*.: Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 21: 525. 1972.