> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 186](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266493) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16059854) QID Q16059854 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Buchanan, John, Rev. C.M.G. (1855-1896), British (Scottish) missionary born at Perth, came to Nyasaland in service of the Free Church of Scotland Mission 1861, founded Mission Station at Zomba 1876, appointed Vice-Consul, Zomba 1877-1891, started a coffee plantation in Nyasaland 1881, 1890's pioneered with tobacco in Nyasaland, died at Chinde in the Zambezi valley **Abbreviated name**: *J. Buchanan, C.M.G.* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (1115) and [[Collection K|K]] (2380), further material at [[Collection B|B]] (2000), [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NH|NH]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 273; BB p. 52; Clokie p. 140; IH 2: 27, 104; Kew 1: 407; Urban-Berl. p. 319, 334. #### Biofile - Anon., Kew Bull. 1896(115/116): 148 (obit., d. 9 Mar 1896). - Bayer, A.W., S. Afr. J. Sci. 67(8): 406. 1971. - Jackson, B.D., Kew Bull. 1901: 12 (coll. Natal 1867-1883, 1035 nos.). - Guillarmod, A.J., Fl. Lesotho 56-57. 1971. ### Publications ##### n.23.480. Revised list of the Ferns of Natal **Title** *Revised list of the Ferns of Natal*... Natal (P. Davis and Sons, Durban and Maritzburg) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rev. list Ferns Natal*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875, p. \[1\]-30. *Copies*: B, NY; IDC 7169/1. – Reprinted from the "Natal Colonist" (n.v.).