> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 233](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355320) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/22705-1) LSID 22705-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181981) QID Q3181981 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Macoun, John (1831-1920), Irish-born naturalist who went to Canada in 1850; professor of botany in Albert College, Belleville (Ont.) 1874-1881; from 1881-1912 botanist to the Dominion government and naturalist at the Geological Survey of Canada; ultimately in British Columbia. **Abbreviated name**: *Macoun* \[standard form in IPNI: *Macoun*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CAN|CAN]]; duplicates see IH. *Exsiccatae*: *Canadian lichens*, nos. 1-200 (-x?), for details on this and other series see Sayre (1969, 1971). Type specimens of mosses described by N. C. Kindberg at [[Collection S|S]]. For details see Crum and Steere 1977. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 432; BB p. 202; BJI 1: 38; BL 2: 307 \[index\]; BM 3: 1214, 7: 778; Bossert p. 248; Clokie p. 205; CSP8: 302, 10: 685, 12: 471-472, 16: 985; Desmond p. 413; GR p. 405, 775; Hawksworth p. 184; Herder p. 223, 431; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Macoun"); IH 1 (ed.6): 361, 2:487; Jackson p. 366; Kelly p. 136; Kew 3: 549; KR p.486-487; Lenley p. 277-278; LS 16226-16233, 36368; Morren ed. 10, p. 123; Pennell p. 613; PH 450; Rehder 5: 535; SBC p. 126 ("Mac."); Tucker 1: 451; Urban-Berl. p. 307, 372. - Anon., J. Bot. 59: 149. 1921; Torreya 11(2): 50. 1911. - Bird, C. D., The blue Jay 28(3): 127-128. 1970 (portr., itin. Cypress Hills). - Boivin, B., Provancheria 10: 170-171. 1980 (coll.). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 59: 149. 1921. - Brunton, D. F., Syllogeus 21, Natl. Mus. nat. Sci., Natl. Mus. Canada 1979 (Vasc. pl. coll. Macoun in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario). - Cantelow et Cantelow, Leafl. W. Bot. 8: 95, 198. 1957 (epon.). - Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. Natural. 257-258. 1950. - Harshberger, J. W., Bot. Philadelphia 266, 272, 327. 1899. - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 107. 1970. - Hitchcock, A. S. & A. Chase, Man. grass. U.S. 987. 1951 (epon.). - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 291, 319-320 (itin. Alaska); Fl. Kamtchatka 1: 11. 1927. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 160-162. 1961 (b. 17 Apr 1832). - LeRoy Andrews, A., Bryologist 24: 39-41. 1921. - Macoun, John, Autobiography, with introduction by E.T. Seton. Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club 1922, x, 305 p. (portr., complete eponymy). - W.T.M., \[Macoun\], Can. Field Natural. 34: 110-114. 1920. - Murrill, W. A., Mycologia 13: 264. 1921. - Penhallow, D. P., Trans. R. Soc. Can. ser. 2. 3 (4): 10, 19-20, 25, 46-48. 1897 (bibl.). - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 67. 1955. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 332 \[index\]. 1944. Liberty Hyde Bailey 28, 106, 245. 1949; Bernhard Eduard Fernow 382, 391, 393. 1951. - Rogers, D. P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. 20. 1977. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 142. 1969, 19(2):230-231. 1971; Bryologist 80: 513. 1977. - Steere, W. C. & H. A. Crum, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 28(2): 1-220. 1977 (notes on Macouns' mosses as described by N. C. Kindberg); Bot. Rev. 43: 287, 292, 299-302. 1977 (on Macoun and Nils Conrad Kindberg, a collaboration which "brought about a true muscological disaster for this continent"). - Voss, E. G., Contr. Mich. Herb. 13: 42, 44-45, 61. 1978. - Walker, V., *in* Chambers, R., Net of naturalists 23. 1968. #### Eponymy *Neomacounia* R.R. Ireland (1974). *Note*: The derivation of *Macounastrum* J. K. Small (1896) could not be established. – The town of Macoun, Sask., and Mount Macoun (Selkirk Peaks) Canada, were named after John Macoun. – W.T.M. (1920) lists 20 species of plants and animals named after M. – A further list of eponyms is given by E. T. Seton in John Macoun, Autobiography, 1922, see above. #### Memorial volume Seton, E.T., ed., Autobiography of John Macoun, M.A., Canadian explorer and naturalist,... Ottawa (Ottawa Field Naturalist's Club) 1922. ### Publications ##### n.5198. Catalogue of the phaenogamous and cryptogamous plants **Title** *Catalogue of the phaenogamous and cryptogamous plants* (including lichens.) of the dominion of *Canada* south of the arctic circle... Belleville, Ont. (John Macoun) \[1878\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Canada*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878 (p. \[3\]: 10 Mai 1878), p. \[1\]-52. *Copies*: PH, US, USDA. ##### n.5199. Catalogue of Canadian plants **Title** Geological Survey of Canada... *Catalogue of Canadian plants*... Montreal (\[1-4:\] Dawson Brothers, \[5-6:\] William Foster Brown & Co.), Ottawa \[7:\] Government Printing Bureau) 1883-1902. Oct., 7 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Canad. pl*. **Notes** 1 (*Polypetalae*): 1883 (p. ix: Apr 1883, p. \[iii\]: Mai 1883; Nat. Nov. Mar(2) and Sep(1) 1884; J. Bot. Mar 1884; Bot. Gaz. Dec 1883), p. \[i\]-ix, \[11\]-192. 2 (*Gamopetalae*): 1884 (Nat. Nov. Apr (1) 1885; Bot. Zeit. 24 Apr 1885; Bot. Gaz. Feb 1885), p. \[i\]-iv, \[193\]-394. 3 (*Apetalae*): 1886 (p. \[iii\]: Apr 1886; Nat. Nov. Mar(1) 1887; Bot. Zeit. 30 Sep 1887; TBC Jan 1887 ("recently"); Bot. Gaz. Jan 1887), p. \[i-iv\], \[395\]-623. 4 (*Endogens*): 1888 (p. ii: Jun 1888; TBC 2 Nov 1888; Bot. Gaz. Oct 1888), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-248. 5 (*Acrogens*): 1890 (p. iv: Mai 1880, sic; Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1891; TBC 10 Mar 1891), p. \[i-iv, \[249\]-428. 6 (*Musci*): With N. C. Kindberg, see entry below (1892). 7 (*Lichenes* and *Hepaticae*): 1902 (p. v: 12 Jun 1902; TBC 28 Nov 1902), p. \[i\]-v, \[1\]-318, \[i\]-xix (index). – Part on hepaticae also reprinted separately: 1902, p. \[i\]-v, \[1\]-48, \[i\]-iv (index). *Copies*: H, NY, part on lichens id., p. \[49\]-180, iii-x (index). *Copies*: H, NY. – Pages 181-318 contain a supplement to part 6, musci. *Copies*: BR, G, H, L, MO, NY, US (2), USDA; IDC 7582. *Addition*: See J. M. Macoun, *Contr. Canad. bot*., 1-18, 1894-1906. *Note*: for bryological papers by Macoun himself see e.g. Rickett (1955). ##### n.5200. Check list of Canadian plants **Title** *Check list of Canadian plants*... Ottawa (printed by Cunningham & Lindsay) 1889. **Abbreviated title**: *Check list Canad. pl*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1889 (TBC 8 Apr 1889), p. \[3\]-68, \[1, err., note, loose\]. *Copies*: G, MO, USDA. ##### n.5201. Catalogue of Canadian plants **Title** Geological and natural history survey of Canada... *Catalogue of Canadian plants*. Part IV. *Musci*. Montreal (William Foster Brown & Co.) 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Canad. pl., Musci*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Nils Conrad Kindberg 1832-1910. On some copies the name of N. C. Kindberg appears only on a pasted label. The original t.p. had only the name of Macoun, later covers and t.p.'s have both names. *Publ*.: Jul 1892 (p. v: 16 Jun 1892; ÖbZ Aug 1892; USDA rd. 26 Oct 1892; Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1892; TBC 10 Sep 1892; Bot. Gaz. Nov 1882), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-v, \[1, err.\], \[1\]-295. *Copies*: G, H, L, MO, NY, US (2), USDA. – Kindberg described 237 new species out of a total of 953 species listed for Canada. For a critical review see Steere (1977) and Crum and Steere 1977. For a supplement see Cat. pl. Canada 7: 181-318. 1902, issued separately, p. \[i\]-v, \[181\]- 318, x-xix (index). *Copies*: BR, NY. *Preliminary publication*: Contribution to the Bryology of Canada, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 16: 91-98. Apr 1889, 17: 83-90. 10 Apr 1890, 271-280. Nov 1890. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 19: 275. 10 Sep 1892. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 31: 61. Feb 1893. ##### n.5202. cryptogamic flora of Ottawa **Title** The *cryptogamic flora of Ottawa*... \[Ottawa Naturalist 1897-1898\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Consolidated reprint Sep 1898, p. \[1\]-60. *Copies*: BR, PH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ottawa Natural. 11(7): \[129\]-140. Oct 1897; (9): \[161\]-172. Dec 1897; (11): \[193\]-204. Feb 1898; 12(2); \[25\[-32. Apr/Mai 1898; (3): \[49\]-56. Jun 1898: (5): \[93\]-100. Aug (issued Sep) 1898.