> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 254](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189725) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7672-1) LSID 7672-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5081652) QID Q5081652 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pickering, Charles (1805-1878), American botanist, zoologist and anthropologist; M.D. Harvard 1826; from 1827-1838 at Philadelphia; from 1838-1842 with Wilkes and Brackenridge on the U.S. Exploring Expedition; in Egypt, India, Arabia and E. Africa 1843-1844; from 1844 residing in Boston. **Abbreviated name**: *Pickering* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pickering*\] #### Herbarium and types General collection: [[Collection PH|PH]]; material from the U.S. Expl. Exp. at [[Collection US|US]]; further material at [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DWC|DWC]], [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – Some letters at [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection HU|HU]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 84 (b. 10 Nov 1805; d. 17 Mar 1878); BM 4: 1572; Bossert p. 310; Clokie p. 224; CSP 4: 899, 8: 622; DAB (by F. Estelle Wells); Ewan ed. 1: 168, 283, 337, ed. 2: 174; Jackson p. 4, 222; Kew 4: 305-306; Langman p. 582; Lenley p. 466; ME 1: 219; MW p. 386, 638; NI 3: 12; Pennell p. 616; PH p. 513; PR 7139; Rehder 5: 672; SIA 7058; SK 1: 406-407; TL-2/see T. Nuttall; Tucker 1: 556. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1589. 1870 (b. 10 Nov 1805, bibl.). - Anon., Appleton's Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 4. 1888 (biogr.). - Barnhart, J.H., Corr. Schweinitz and Torrey, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 16: 298. 1921; Bartonia 16: 32. 1934. - Bartlett, H.H., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 82(5): 646-650. 1940 (on his publ. of the Wilkes results). - Bouvé, T.T., Hist. sketch Boston Soc. nat. Hist. (Anniv. Mem. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 1880) 189-192. 1880 (biogr., d. 17 Mar 1878). - Brewer, N.H., *in* S. Watson, Bot. Calif. 2: 555. 1880 (Calif. coll.). - Collins, F.S., Rhodora 14: 57-68. 1912 (general inf. on publ. U.S. Expl. Exp.). - Diehl, W.W., Mycologia 13: 38-41. 1921 (The fungi of the Wilkes exp.). - Ellery, H. & C.P. Bowditch, The Pickering genealogy, 3 vols. 1897 (n.v., fide DAB). - Embacher, F., Lex. Reisen 231-232. 1882. - E.S.K., Dict. Amer. biogr. 14: 562. 1934 (biogr., biogr. refs., b. 10 Nov 1805, d. 17 Mar 1878). - Ewan, J., Rocky Mt. Natural. 168, 283, 337. 1950; *in* Cent. progr. nat. sci. 57. 1955. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 115, 116, 117. 1969. - Geiser, S.W., Natural. Frontier 16. 1948. - Gordon, Bartonia 22: 8. 1943 (material at DWC). - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 475 \[index, many refs.\]. 1962. - Gray, A., Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. 13: 441-444. 1878 (obit.); Sci. Papers 2: 406-410. 1889. - Gray, J.L., Letters Asa Gray 337, 347. 1893. - Harshberger, J.W., Bot. Philadelphia 190-193. 1899. - Haskell, D.C., Bull. New York Publ. Library 44: 93-112. 1940, 45: 69-89, 509-532, 823-858. 1941, 46: 103-150. 1942 (general bibl. of publications U.S. Expl. Exped.). - Hedrick, U.P., Hist. hortic. America 418-419. 1950. - Hitchcock, A.S. & A. Chase, Man. grasses U.S. 988. 1951 (epon.). - Hughes, K.W., Bibl. Oreg. bot. 15-16. 1940. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 52 (pl. K). - Kelly, H.A., Some Amer. med. bot. 151-153. 1929. - Lawrence, G.H.M., Huntia 1: 164. 1964 (some letters at HU). - Merrill, E.D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 242. 1947. - Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 21: 53. 1942. - Piper, C.V., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 11: 15. 1906. - Quisumbing, E., Philipp. geogr. J. 8: 25. 1964. - Robinson, J., Bull. Essex Inst. 12: 91-92. 1880 (work on botany Essex County). - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 87, 129, 178-182, 200, 291. 1942. - Ruschenberger, W.S.W., Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 30: 166-170. 1878 (1879) (obit., review of publ.). - Scudder, H.C., Psyche, Cambr. 6: 57-60, 121-124, 137-141, 169-172, 185-187, 297-298, 345-346, 357-358. 1891 (correspondence between T.W. Harris, Th. Say and Pickering). - Smith, E., Bartonia 28: 11. 1949. - Thomas, J.H., Huntia: 3: 13. 1969. - Tyler, D.B., The Wilkes Expedition 432 \[index, many refs.\]. 1968. - Weiss, H.B., Pioneer cent. Amer. entom. 223-224. 1936. #### Eponymy *Pickeringia* Nuttall (1834, *nom. rej.*); *Pickeringia* Nuttall ex Torrey et A. Gray (1840, *nom. cons.*). ### Publications ##### n.7912. United States Exploring Expedition **Title** *United States Exploring Expedition* during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. vol. xv. \[i.e. xix\]. *The geographical distribution of animals and plants*,... Boston (Little, Brown & Co.), London (John Murray,...) 1854. Qu. (in twos), 2 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *U.S. Expl. exped., Geogr. distr. pl.* **Notes** *Part 1*, first issue (unofficial): 3 Mar 1854 (see Haskell p. 848). Number of copies printed of unofficial issue: 500; (official issue never published) volume number '15' erroneous since this had been given to Botany; should have been 19. See Haskell (1940) for many further details. This part remained incomplete; it contains the "Chronological observations on introduced animals and plants". *Part 1*, second issue (unofficial): 1863 (Geol. Soc. London rd. Jul-Sep 1863), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-168, index \[1-44\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Boston (Gould and Lincoln,...), London (Trübner and Company). 1863. Qu. (in twos). Half-title: "History of the introduction of domestic animals and plants". *Part 1*, third issue (unofficial): 1864, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-168, index \[1-44\]. *Copy*: G. – "*The geographical distribution of animals and plants*... a new issue". London (Trübner & Co., ...), Boston (Little, Brown, & Co.) 1864. Qu. (in twos). *Part 2* (unofficial): Mai 1876 (pref. 10 Jan 1876; pres. copy Mai 1876), p. \[i\], \[1\]-524, 4 maps. *Copies*: G, MO. "Part ii. Plants in their wild state..." Salem, Mass. (Naturalist's Agency) 1876. Qu. (in twos). *Ref*.: Haskell, D.C., Bull. New York Publ. Libr. 44: 847-849. 1950 (bibl. details). ##### n.7913. Chronological history of plants **Title** *Chronological history of plants*: man's record of his own existence illustrated through their names, uses and companionship... Boston (Little, Brown and Company) 1879. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Chron. hist. pl*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1-10 Jun 1879 (p. \[v\]: 1 Mai 1879; "just published" letter Mrs Pickering to Dr. Norris 11 Jun 1879, Tulane Univ.; KNAW rd Jul-Sep 1979; Bot. Zeit. 26 Sep 1879; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1879; Bot. Centralbl. 12-23 Jan 1880), portr. Pickering, \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-1222. *Copies*: B, FI, G, MO, NY, USDA. – Contains in preface obituaries of P. by J.H. Morison (in part taken from Unitarian review Apr 1878), by Asa Gray reprinted from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 13: 441-444. 1878, and by W.W. Ruschenberger from Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 30: 166-170. 1878 (1879). – We are grateful to J. Ewan for drawing our attention to Mrs Pickering's letter of 11 Jun 1879. A facsimile ed. was announced, but not yet published, by Koeltz (1974). *Ref*.: F.A.F., Bot. Zeit. 37: 576-578. 5 Sep 1879.