> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 757](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355844) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7005-1) LSID 7005-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21516464) QID Q21516464 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Niven, \[David\] James (1774-1826), Scottish gardener at Edinburgh and Syon House, Middlesex; collected in South Africa 1798-1812. **Abbreviated name**: *Niven* \[standard form in IPNI: *Niven*\] #### Herbarium and types Main collection at [[Collection BM|BM]]; duplicates in [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]]. – Mss. on *Erica*at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 536; Barnhart 3: 8; BB p. 230; IH 2:(in press); Kew 4: 151; Lasègue p. 447. - Britten, J., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 45: 45. 1920. - Brown, R., Trans. Linn. Soc. 10: 46, 134. 1810. - Coats, A. M., Plant hunters 260-261. 1969. - Garside, S., J. S. Afr. Bot. 8: 217. 1942, 26: 12. 1960. - Mears, J. A., Taxon 25: 327-328. 1976 (131 specimens at PH). - Miller, H. S., Taxon 19: 534. 1970. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 170. 1904. #### Eponymy *Nivenia* R. Brown (1810); *Nivenia* Ventenat (1808.)