> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 660](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355747) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6784-1) LSID 6784-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004878) QID Q2004878 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Munro, Sir William (1818-1880), British botanist in the Indian colonial army; collected in Barbados (1870-1875), Crimea and India **Abbreviated name**: *Munro* \[standard form in IPNI: *Munro*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]; further material at [[Collection DD|DD]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]] and [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. Correspondence and mss. also at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 384; BB p. 224; BM 3: 1378; Bossert p. 278; Bret. p. 814; Clokie p. 216; CSP 4: 545, 8: 471, 12: 527; Dawson p. 625; Desmond p. 456; DNB 39: 313; Herder p. 276; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Munro"); IH 2: 571; Jackson p. 451; Kew 4: 90; MW p. 339; Plesch p. 344; PR 6555; Rehder 5: 602; SO 3467; Tucker 1: 507; Zander ed. 10, p. 695, ed. 11, p. 793. - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 199. 1967. - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 49: 123. 1870; Bot. Centralbl. 1/2: 159. 1880 (herb. and mss. to K); Bot. Gaz. 7: 52. 1882; Bot. Not. 1881: 39 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 38: 240. 1880; Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 13: 169, 208. 1880; J. Bot. 18: 96. 1880; Nat. Nov. 2: 62. 1880 (d. 29 Jan 1880); Trans, bot. Soc. Edinb. 14: 158-159. 1883. - Burkill, I. H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 55, 64, 121, 147. 1965. - Hedge, I. C. and J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 113. 1970. - Hitchcock, A. S. & A. Chase, Man. Grass. U.S. 987. 1951 (epon.). - Huxley, L., Life letters J. D. Hooker 2: 556 \[index\]. 1918. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 48 (coll.). - Stewart, R. R., Pakistan J. Forestry 17: 352. 1967 (coll. India 1834-1848; in Kashmir 1847). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3: 91. 1902. #### Composite works - (1) *Gramineae, in* W. H. Harvey, *Gen. S. Afr. pl*. ed. 2. 427-458. 1868. - (2) *Gramineae and Cyperaceae* in B. C. Seemann (q.v.), The botany of H. M. S. Herald, 1852-1857. #### Eponymy *Monroa* J. Torrey (1857); *Munroa* Hackel (1887, orth. var.); *Munronia* R. Wight (1838). *Munroidendron* Sherff (1952) commemorates George C. Munro, plant collector in the Hawaiian Islands, especially Lanai from 1914 onward. ### Publications ##### n.6545. Hortus agrensis **Title** *Hortus agrensis* or catalogue of all plants found wild or cultivated in the neighbourhood of Agra and the surrounding country... Agra (printed by E. H. Longden at the Orphan Press) 1844. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. agrens.* **Notes** *Ref*.: 1844, p. \[1\]-36. *Copy*: B-S. – Berlin copy stamped "Received Southampton 16 May 1845". ##### n.6546. A monograph of the Bambusaceae **Title** *A monograph of the Bambusaceae* \[London 1868\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Mar-11 Apr 1868 (read 15 Nov 1866; journal fasc. publ.: 5 Mar-11 Apr 1868), p. \[1\]-157, *pl. 1-6. Copies*: NY, US. – Reprints provided with a top line "From the Transactions of the Linnean Society, vol. xxvi" i.e. p. \[1\]-157, *pl. 1-6* 1868. *Ref*.: Raphael, S., Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 76. 1970 (date journal).