> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 558](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333697) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9561-1) LSID 9561-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608783) QID Q21608783 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Shepherd, John (1764-1836), British botanist; first curator of the Liverpool Botanic Garden 1802-1836. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Sheph.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sheph.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LIV|LIV]]; further material at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 268 (d. 27 Sep 1836); BB p. 273-274; BM 4: 1914; Clokie p. 242; Desmond p. 554; Frank 3 (Anh.): 96; Hegi 5(2): 729; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342. #### Biofile - Anon., Gard. Mag. 12: 724. 1836 (obit., from Liverpool Mercury, 30 Sep 1836). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 213.9. 1980. - Coats, A.M., Huntia 2: 208-209. 1965 (portr.). - Dallman, A.A. & M.H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool Bot. Soc. 1: 89. 1909. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 249. 1938. - Greenwood, E.F., Proc. bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 7(2): 169, 171. 1968. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 77. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 241. 1984. - Moore, Sp., Fl. Cheshire lxxxviii. 1899. - Stansfield, H., Handb. guide herb. Coll. Liverpool 32-35, 80 \[index\]. 1935; North West. Natural. 13(1): 10-15. 1938 (Liverpool plants in his herbarium). #### Composite works Contributed data to W. Withering, *Syst. arr. Brit. pl.*, ed. 5, 1812. #### Note John Shepherd's nephew, Henry Shepherd (c. 1783-1858) succeeded him as curator of the Liverpool Botanic Garden (1836-1854). He was one of the first to grow ferns from spores (Trans. Hort. Soc. London 3: 338-341. 1823). For further data see e.g. Desmond p. 554. Henry Shepherd's herbarium is also at LIV. #### Eponymy *Shepherdia* Nuttall (1818, *nom. cons.*). ### Publications ##### n.11.879. A catalogue of plants in the Botanic Garden, at Liverpool **Title** *A catalogue of plants in the Botanic Garden, at Liverpool*. Liverpool (printed by James Smith,...) 1808. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Bot. Gard. Liverpool*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1808, p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-298, \[i, err.\], map. *Copies*: HU, MO.