> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 256](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355343) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5996-1) LSID 5996-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5666129) QID Q5666129 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Maingay, Alexander Carroll (1836-1869), British physician and botanist in the Indian medical service; died at Rangoon, 14 Nov 1869, in an attempt to stop a prison mutiny. **Abbreviated name**: *Maingay* \[standard form in IPNI: *Maingay*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]; lichens at [[Collection E|E]]; for other material see IH. #### Name Barnhart has "Alexander" rather than Albert. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 349; Barnhart 2: 438; BB p. 204; Bret. p. 679; CSP 8: 309, 12: 476; Desmond p. 416; GR p. 405; IH 2: 493; Kelly p. 139; Kew 3: 565; LS 16622; Rehder 5: 539; SK 1: xxvii, 345, 5: ccxcix; Urban-Berl. p. 372. - Anon., J. Bot. 68: 63. 1870 (murdered). - Beck, G., *in* Fritsch, K. et al., Bot. Anst. Wiens 74. 1894 (coll.). - Burkill, I.H., Gard. Bull. Straits Settl. 4: 128. 1927. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 431. 1880. - Elliot, W., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 36-40. 1873 (b. 25 Oct 1836). - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 118, 198. 1977. - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 107. 1970. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 44 (herb. K). - Maingay, A. C., Trans, bot. Soc. Edinburgh 11(2): 345-351. 1873 (letters from China; "Alexander"). - Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 71. 1946 \[1948\] (epon.). - Ridley, H., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: xvi. 1922. #### Composite works part author, William Mudd, *A manual of brilish lichens* 1861, see Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 36-40. 1873. #### Eponymy *Maingaya* D. Oliver (1873).