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### Author
Knapp, John Leonard (1767-1845), British botanist and soldier, served in the Hereford and Northampton Militia; later residing at Powick near Worcester.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. L. Knapp* \[standard form in IPNI: *Knapp*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BRISTM|BRISTM]] and [[Collection E|E]]; further material at [[Collection BM|BM]]. Correspondence with J. E. Smith at [[Collection LINN|LINN]].
*Ref*.: Kent, D. L., Brit. herb. 63. 1957.
- Hedge, I. C. and J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 98. 1970.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(1): 118; Barnhart 2: 301; BB p. 176; BM 2: 996; Bossert p. 214; Desmond p. 363; IH 2: 370; Jackson p. 239; Kew 3: 279-280; NI 1071; PR 4736-4737 (ed. 1: 5276); Rehder 5: 459; Tucker 1: 391.
- Anon., Bot. Not. 1845: 220; Flora 28: 432. 21 Jul 1845; Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 244-245. 1845.
- Milner, J. D., Cat. Portr. Kew 70. 1906.
- Dawson, W. R., Smith papers 60. 1934 (corr. with J. E. Smith).
- Druce, G. C., Fl. Buckinghamshire ci. 1926.
- Pritzel, G., Linnaea 19: 456. 1847.
- Riddelsdell, Fl. Gloucestershire cxvii-cxviii. 1948.
- White, J. W., Fl. Bristol 85-86. 1872.
#### Eponymy
*Knappia* J. E. Smith (1803).
### Publications
##### n.3750. Gramina britannica
**Title**
*Gramina britannica*; or representations of the British grasses. With remarks and occasional descriptions... London (printed for the author, by T. Bensley,... and sold by J. White,...) 1804.
**Abbreviated title**: *Gram. brit.*
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1804 (p. iii: Jun 1803), p. \[i-v\], plates with text \[misnumberings in parentheses\]: *1-54, 55*(*54*), *56-57, 58*(*57*), *59, 60*(*59*), *61, 62*(*61*), *63*(*62*), *64*(*63*), *65*(*64*), *66-67, 68*(*67*), *69*(*68*), *70*(*69*), *71*(*72*), *73*(*72*), *74*(*73*), *75, 76*(*75*), *77*(*76*), *80, 81*(*80*), *82*(*81*), *83*(*82*), *84, 85*(*84*), *87*(*86*), *88*(*87*), *90*(*89*), *91*(*90*), *92-93, 94*(*93*), *95-96, 97*(*96*), *98-99 100*(*99*), *101*(*100*), *102, 103*(*102*), *104*(*103*), *105*(*104*), *106-110, 111*(*118*), *112-113, 114*(*113*), *115-116, 117*(*116*), *118*(*117*), *119*(*118*); (handcol. copper engr., J. Hibbert, P. Nodder). *Copies*: MO, NY, USDA. According to the minutes of the Linnean Soc., 24 Mai 1825, only 100 copies were left after a fire at Bensley.
*Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1842, London (Longman and Co,... and W. Strong, Bristol. *Publ*.: 1842 (p. \[iii\]: 1 Dec 1841), p. \[i-vii\], *pl. 1-3, 4* (misnumbered *6*), *5*(*7*), *6-20, 21*(*19*), *22, 23*(*20*), *24*(*22*), *25*(*24*), *26-60, 61*(*62*), *62, 63*(*64*), *64*(*65*), *66*(*67*), *67*(*68*), *68*(*69*), *69*(*70*), *70*(*71*), *71*(*72*), *73*(*74*), *74*(*74*), *76*(*77*), *77*(*78*), *78*(*79*), *79*(*80*), *80*(*81*), *81*(*82*), *82*(*83*), *83*(*84*), *84*(*85*)... \[id.\]... *96*(*97*), *97*(*99*), *98, 99*(*100*), *100*(*101*)... *118*(*119*). (idem. *Copies*: B, BR, G, L, MICH, NY.
##### n.3751. The journal of a naturalist
**Title**
*The journal of a naturalist*. London (John Murray) 1829. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Journ. natural.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1829, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-403, *pl. 1-7. Copies*: BM (n.v.), PH (n.v.).
*Ed. 2*: 1829, London (John Murray,...) 1829 (HH copy inscribed 28 Mai 1829). Oct., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-413, *pl. 1-7* plus 3 unnumbered plates (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH (xii, 396 p.), MO, PH (n.v.).
*Ed.3*: 1830, London (id.). 1830. Oct., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-440, *pl. 1-7* (dated 30 Jul 1830). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), USDA (6 pl.), PH.
*Philadelphia ed*.: 1831, Philadelphia (Carey & Lea) 1831. Duod. (in sixes), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[9\]-286, *pl. 1-2* (uncol.). *Copies*: MICH, NY.
*Philadelphia ed*. (2?): 1846, Philadelphia (published by Gihon & Smith,...) Duod. (in sixes), p. \[i\]-viii, \[9\]-286, \[1, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-2. Copy*: NY.