> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 522](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068764) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12602-1) LSID 12602-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699308) QID Q1699308 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ker, John Bellenden (1764-1842), British botanist at Ramridge; editor of *Botanical Register* 1815-1824; until 5 Nov 1804, John Gawler. **Abbreviated name**: *Ker-Gawl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ker Gawl.*\] #### Herbarium and types Ker's manuscripts and drawings are at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 51; Backer p. 300-301; BB p. 172; BM 2: 970; Bret. p. 189, 201, 280; CSP 3: 638, 4: 279 ("Masson"); Desmond p. 356; DNB 31: 52; Hortus 3: 1197 ("Ker-Gawl."); Jackson p. 565 \[index\]; Kew 3: 237; Langman p. 408; Lasègue p. 529; MW p. 229-230, suppl. p. 157; NI 2379; PR 4626 (not 4625) (ed. 1: 5167-5169, 5171); Rehder 5: 450; RS p. 90; TL-2/1: 136, 1625, see Edwards, S. T.; Zander ed. 10, p. 677. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 40: 419-422. 1902. - Ewan, J., Southw. Louisiana J. 7(1-4): 14. 1967. - Candolle, A. P. de, Mém. Souvenirs 269. 1862. - Herbert, W., Amaryllidaceae 269. 1837 ("I place great reliance on the general accuracy of his botanical labours"). - Merrill, E. D., Contr. U. S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 173-174. 1947. - Pritzel, G., Linnaea 19: 455-456. 1847. #### Name Born Jon Gawler; name changed by Royal permission to Ker Bellenden, 5 Nov 1804, but used as Bellenden Ker. Also often referred to as Ker-Gawler. #### Composite works Ker is the author of all descriptions in the volumes of the *Botanical Register* (see no. 1625), vols 1-14, for 1815-1829 "quae signum in calce non gerunt". (PR note sub 4626). #### Eponymy *Belendenia* \[sic\] Rafinesque 1832; *Bellendena* R. Brown (1810). *Note*: *Keria* K. P. J. Sprengel (1818, *orth. var.*) and *Kerria* A. P. de Candolle (1818) are dedicated to William Kerr (x-1814), English gardener and botanical collector, travelling in China, the Philippines, Java and Ceylon. *Kerrdora* Gagnepain (1950) and *Kerriochloa* C. E. Hubbard (1950) are dedicated to Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877-1942), North Irish physicia and botanist, working in Siam. ### Publications ##### n.3584. Recensio plantarum **Title** *Recensio plantarum* huc usque in Repositorio botanicarum depictarum. A review of the plants hitherto figured in the Botanist's Repository, with a translation of the essential and special characters. Index duplex. London (printed for J. White) 1801. Ou. **Abbreviated title**: *Recens. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1801, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-74, \[4, ind.\]. *Copy*: G. – An index to Andrews, Bot. Repos. (see nos. 135 and 136). For authorship see Catal. Libr. Kew. 319. 1899. ##### n.3585. On the genus Crinum **Title** *On the genus Crinum*. By John Bellenden Ker, Esq. From the Journal of Science and the Arts. London (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.) 1817. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Crinum*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1817, p. \[1\]-1W, *pl. 8.* reprinted from J. Sci. Arts 3: 102-115. 1817. *Copy* (repr.): G. – First valid publication of several names occurring as nomina nuda in Roxburgh's *Hortus bengalensis* (1814). ##### n.3586. A review of the genus Amaryllis **Title** *A review of the genus Amaryllis*. By John Bellenden Ker, Esq. From the Journal of Science and the Arts. London (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.) 1817. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rev. Amaryllis*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1817, p. \[i\], \[1\]-29, *pl. 8* (partly col.). *Copies*: G, M. – Reprinted from J. Sci. Arts 2: 342-371, *pl. 8.* 1817. ##### n.3587. On the genus Pancratium **Title** *On the genus Pancratium*. By John Bellenden Ker, Esq. From the Journal of Science and the Arts. London (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.) 1817. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pancratium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1817, p. \[i\], \[1\]-22, *pl. no. 3. Copy*: G. – Reprinted from J. Sci. Arts 3: 316-337. 1817. ##### n.3588. Iridearum genera **Title** *Iridearum genera* cum ordinis charactere naturali, specierum enumeratione synonymisque. Bruxellis (sumptibus P. J. de Mat) 1827. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Irid. gen.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Aug 1827 (see TL-1/597), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-158. *Copies*: G, NY, USDA; IDC 5189.