> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 698](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333837) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9806-1) LSID 9806-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368277) QID Q368277 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, John Donnell (1829-1928), American botanist; graduated from Yale University 1847; captain of cavalry in the confederate army during the U.S. Civil War; from then on dedicating himself to botany, bringing together a sizeable herbarium and library with special emphasis on Central America; collected in Central America (especially Guatemala) 1900-1906. **Abbreviated name**: *J.D. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Donn.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]] (ca. 100.000); further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection COLO|COLO]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – The *Plantae guatemalenses Tuerckheimianae*, distributed by J.D. Smith from 1887 onward went to [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]] and [[Collection US|US]], fide footnote Bot. Gaz. 12: 131. 1887. – *Letters* and other mss. at e.g. [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection HU|HU]], SIA. #### Note We are grateful to J.J. White, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation for guiding us towards several published and unpublished sources of information on J.D. Smith. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 294 (b. 5 Jun 1829, d. 2 Dec 1928); BJI 1: 54, 2: 167; BL 1: 147, 319; BM 4: 1949, 8: 1207; Bossert p. 373; CSP 12: 690, 18: 812; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 3): 21, 162, (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 343; Langman p. 705; Lenley p. 378; Morren ed. 10, p. 121; NAF 28B(2): 359; NI 1867; NW p. 58; PH 164, 567; Rehder 5: 805; SIA 189, 220, 221, 224; TL-2/see H.G. Jesup; Tucker 1: 656-657; Urban-Berl. 398-399; Zander ed. 11, p. 819. #### Biofile - Alfaro, A., El Commercial, organo de la Botica francesa 33(3), Costa Rica, San José, 1 Jul 1929.. - Anon., American, Baltimore, 29 Jan 1905 (gift coll.); Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1929: 22. 1930 (obit. not.); Baltimore Evening Sun 28 Dec 1926; Bot. Gaz. 19(3): 124. 1894 (offers herbarium and library to John Hopkins "on condition that a suitable building be prepared for their reception and provision be made for their maintenance in connection with a department for instruction and original work in botany"), 46(4): 310. 1908.; Science 21: 196. 1905; Sci. News Service Smiths. Inst. 28 Dec 1926, 2 p. (gift library); The Sun,Baltimore, 26 Jan 1928 (brief sketch of life and library); The Washington Post 27 Jan 1905, 7 Mar 1905, 12 Mar 1909; The Washington Times 29 Jan 1905 (herb. and library to US); Torreya 5(2): 36. 1905 (donates botanical collection and libary to US), 9(5): 107. 1909 (7000 fern sheets to US), 27: 18. 1927 (US has now received the complete herbarium (100.000 specim.) and library). - Atwood, A.C., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 12(1). 1908 (Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith). - Cattell, J.M., ed., Amer. men Sci. ed. 2: 437. 1910, ed. 3: 638. 1921, ed. 4: 912. 1927Jiménez, O., Brenesia 14-15: 401-406. 1978 (recollection of a visit to J.D. Smith; portr.). - Kibbe, A.L., Afield with plant lovers and collectors, Carthage Ill., 457. 1953. - Lotsy, J.P., Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ. 109; Jan 1894, 11 p. (descr. of herb. and libr.). - McVaugh, R., Edward Palmer 78, 83. 1956. - Rodgers, A.D. Amer. bot. 1873-1892, see p. 337 \[index\]. 1944. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 400. 1975 (note on coll.). - Smith, J.S., The Plamnters Press 12(1): I. 1984 (family still owns mustering-out papers). - Standley, P.C., Trop. Woods 18: 55-56. 1929 (obit.); Historia natural y pro natura 4(2): 27. 1972. #### Composite works *Polypetalae* (pars), *in* H. Pittier, *Prim. fl. costaric*. 2(1): \[1\]-126. 1898 (J.D. Smith copy at US rd by J.N. Rose on 4 Nov 1898. – Reissue San José, 1907, fol., \[i-iii\], \[81\]-149; *Gymnopetalae*, id. 2(2): \[129\]-216, \[1, err.\], see TL-2/7978. #### Eponymy *Donnellsmithia* Coulter & Rose ex Coulter (1890). ### Publications ##### n.12.294. Undescribed plants from Guatemala **Title** *Undescribed plants from Guatemala* 1-39, \[in Botanical Gazette 12-61, 1887-1916\], Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1887-1896, a series of 36 papers in Botanical Gazette (BG) as follows: *1*: Jun 1887, BG 12: 131: 134. *2*: Feb 1888, BG 13: 26-29. *3*: Apr 1888, BG 13: 74-77, *pl. 2*. *4*: Jul 1888, BG 13: 188-190. *5*: Nov 1888, BG 13: 299-300. *pl. 23-24*. *6*: Feb 1889, BG 14: \[25\]-30, *pl. 6-7*. *7*: Feb 1890, BG 15: \[27\]-29, *pl. 3-4*. *8*: Jan 1891, BG 16: \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-2*. *9*: Jul 1891, BG 16: \[191\]-200, *pl. 16-18*. *10*: Jan 1893, BG 18: \[1\]-7. *pl. 1*. *11*: Jun 1893, BG 18: \[197\]-211, *pl. 21-23*. *12*: Jan 1894, BG 19: \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-2*. *13*: Jul 1894, BG 19: \[255\]-266, *pl. 25-26*, "Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Central American republics", titles henceforth used. *14*: Jan 1895, BG 20: 1-11, *pl. 2-3*. *15*: Jul 1895, BG 20: \[281\]-295. *16*: Dec 1895, BG 20: 538-546, *pl. 36*. *17*: 20 Jan 1897, BG 23: \[1\]-14. *pl. 1*. *18*: 22 Apr 1897, BG 23: 235-251. *19*: 23 Dec 1897, BG 24: 389-398. *20*: 15 Mar 1898, BG 25: 145-157. *pl. 12*. *21*: 20 Mai 1899, BG 27: 331-339 and 1899, 27: 434-443. *22*: 23 Feb 1901, BG 31: 109-125, *pl. 1*. *23*: 18 Apr 1902, BG 33: 249-262, *pl. 10-11*. *24*: 20 Jun 1903, BG 35: 1-9, *pl. 1*. *25*: 18 Mar 1904, BG 37: 208-214. *26*: 20 Jun 1904, BG 37: 417-423. *27*: 18 Jul 1905, BG 40: 1-11. *28*: 2 Oct 1906, BG 42: 292-300. *29*: 16 Aug 1907, BG 44: 108-117. *30*: 22 Aug 1908, BG 46: 109-117. *31*: 17 Apr 1909, BG 47: 253-262. *32*: 21 Oct 1909, BG 48: 294-300. *33*: 23 Jun 1910, BG 49: 453-358. *34*: 17 Jul 1911, BG 52: 45-53. *35*: 21 Sep 1912, BG 54: 235-244. *36*: 16 Jun 1913, BG 55: 431-438. *37*: 16 Jul 1913, BG 56: 51-62. *38*: 16 Mai 1914, BG 57: 415-427. *39*: 15 Mai 1916, BG 61: 373-387. Several numbers were reprinted with original pagination provided with a cover-t.p., "printed at the University of Chicago Press". ##### n.12.295. Enumeratio plantarum guatemalensium **Title** *Enumeratio plantarum guatemalensium* imprimis a H. De Tuerckheim collectarum quas edidit John Donnell Smith. Pars I \[-VIII\]. Oquawkae (apud H.N. Patterson,...) 1889 \[-1907\], 8 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. guatem.* **Notes** *Collector*: \[plants mentioned in pars 1\]: Hans von Tuerckheim (1853-1920). *1*: 1889 (p. \[2\]: Jul 1889; TBC 8 Mai 1889 sic), p. \[1\]-68. One-sided. – Title as above. Contains data mentioned on schedae exsiccatae. *2*: 1891 (p. \[2\]: Feb 1891; Bot. Centralbl. 26 Aug 1891; Bot. Gaz. Jun 1891; TBC 1 Jul 1981), p. \[1\]-96. One-sided "Enumeratio plantarum guatemalensium quas edidit John Donnell Smith. pars II. Oquawkae in republ. Illinois" (apud H.N. Patterson ...) 1891. *3*: 1893 (p. \[2\]: Sep 1893; Bot. Gaz. Nov 1893), p. \[1\], \[1\]-111. One-sided; t.p. as in part 2. *4*: 1895 (p. \[3\] Oct 1895; Bot. Centralbl. 13 Nov 1895), p. \[1\]-189. Two-sided. "Enumeratio plantarum guatemalensium necnon salvadorensium hondurensium nicaraguensium costaricariensium, quas edidit..." *5*: 1899 (ÖbZ for Nov 1899; Bot. Centralbl. 6 Dec 1899; Nat. Nov. Dec(1, 2) 1895), p. \[1\]-111. One-sided; t.p. as in part 4. *6*: 1903 (ÖbZ for Jun 1903; TBC 4 Aug 1903; Bot. Centralbl. 15 Sep 1903; Nat. Nov. Aug 1903), p. \[1\]-87. One-sided; t.p. as in part 5. *7*: 1905 (Bot. Centralbl. 13 Feb 1906; TBC 8 Feb 1906; Bot. Centralbl. 16 Jan 1906; ÖbZ for Nov-Dec 1905), p. \[1\]-73. One-sided; t.p. as in part 5. *8*: 1907 (p. \[1\]: Apr 1907; TBC 26 Jul 1907; Bot. Centralbl. 10 Sep 1907), p. \[i\], \[1\]-221. Two-sided, appendix \[215\]-221 one-sided. "Enumeratio... pars viii. Index specierum in partibus i-viii enumeratarum adjectis exemplorum editorum numeris". *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US, USDA; vols. 1-5 are usually bound with reprints of the "Undescribed plants" 1-21 (vol. 1 then has nos. 1-6; 2 has 7-9; 3 has 10-11; 4 has 12-15; 5 has 16-21) and with some other reprints of papers from the Botanical Gazette. ##### n.12.296. An enumeration of the plants collected in Central America **Title** Intercontinental Railway Commission. Volume i, part ii; Report of Surveys and explorations made by Corps no. 1 in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Appendix iii. *An enumeration of the plants collected in Central America* by Dr. W.C. Shannon,... John Donnell Smith. 1891-1893. Washington, 1898. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum.pl. Shannon*. **Notes** *Collector*. William Cummings Shannon (1851-1905). *Publ*.: 1898, p. \[1\]-24. *Copies*: G, NY. ##### n.12.297. Icones plantarum centrali-americanarum **Title** *Icones plantarum centrali-americanarum* s.l.n.d. \[Baltimore, 1908\]. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1908, *46 plates* reprinted from The Botanical Gazette, 1888-1895; uncol. liths. Ch. Edw. Faxon. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.12.298. Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith **Title** Smithsonian Institution special publication *Catalogue of the botanical library of John Donnell Smith* presented in 1905 to the Smithsonian Institution. Compiled by Alice Atwood. No. 1808. City of Washington (published by the Smithsonian Institution) 1908. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. bot. libr. J.D. Sm.* **Notes** *Author*: Alice Cary Atwood (1876-?). *Publ*.: 1908 (p. \[iii\]: 15 Jul 1908), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-94. *Copies*: FAS, G. *Other issue*: Cont. U.S. natl. Herb. 12(1): \[1\]-94. 23 Apr 1908. *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA. ##### n.12.299. Monograph of the Hauyeae **Title** *Monograph of the Hauyeae* and Gongylocarpeae, tribes of the Onagraceae... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1913. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Joseph Nelson Rose (1862-1928). *Publ*.: 23 Aug 1913 (in journal), p. \[i\]-v, 287-298. vii. *Copies*: B, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. – Issued as and to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 16(12). 1913.