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### Author
Landsborough, David (1779-1854), Scottish clergyman and botanist; minister of Stevenson, Ayrshire 1811, at Saltcoats 1843; died of cholera.
**Abbreviated name**: *Landsb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Landsb.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Plants at [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection K|K]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 340; BB p. 179-180; BL 2: 296, 297, 298, 678; BM 3: 1053; CSP 3: 836, 16: 585; Desmond p. 369; De Toni 1: lxxv, 4: xxxvi; DNB 32: 62-63; IH 2: 408; Jackson p. 242; Kew 3: 358; NI 1131; Nordstedt p. 21; PR 5037-5038; Rehder 5: 488.
- Anon., Bot. Zeit. 13: 247-248. 1855; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 426. 1855.
- Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 107. 1977.
#### Eponymy
*Landsburgia* \[sic\] W. H. Harvey (1855).
### Publications
##### n.4171. A popular history of british sea-weeds
**Title**
*A popular history of british sea-weeds*, comprising their structure, fructification, specific characters, arrangement, and general distribution, with notices of some of the fresh-water algae... London (Reeve, Benham, and Reeve,...) 1849. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pop. hist. brit. sea-weeds*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*:Jun-Jul 1849 (p. vii: Mai 1849; Bot. Zeit. 18 Jan 1850), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-369, *pl. 1-20* (col. liths. Fitch) and \[*1a, 1b*\] (uncol., anat.). *Copies*: L, NY, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1851, p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-400, *pl. 1-20* (col. liths. Fitch). *Copy*: B. – London (Reeve and Benham,...) 1851. Oct.
*Ed. 3*: 1857, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-400, *pl. 1-20* (col. liths. Fitch) and *1a, 1b* (uncol.). *Copies*: G, MICH, NY. – London (Lovell Reeve,...) 1857. Oct.