> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 262](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189733) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7696-1) LSID 7696-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21523009) QID Q21523009 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pike, Nicolas (1815-1905), American soldier, herpetologist and algologist; U.S. consul at Porto, Portugal 1856-1866 and Mauritius (1866-1876). **Abbreviated name**: *Pike* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pike*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]; further material at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection TCD|TCD]] (through Harvey). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 86; BM 8: 1011; CSP 8: 626, 17: 890; De Toni 1: c; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 310; SIA 7220; Tucker 1: 557. #### Biofile - Anon., Science ser. 2. 21: 677. 1905 (obit., d. 11 Apr 1905); The New York Times 13 Apr 1905; Torreya 5: 74. 1905 (d. 11 Apr 1905). - Howe, M.A., J. New York Bot. Gard. 5: 86-87, 123. 1904 (algal herb. to NY), 9: 126. 1908, 11: 178. 1908. - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 556. 1969 (coll.). - Palmer, T.S., Condor 30: 291-292. 1928 (on ornithological work). - Pike, N., Subtropical rambles in the land of the Aphanapteryx. Personal experiences, adventures and wanderings in and around the island of Mauritius. New York 1873, i, xviii, 511 p., *11 pl*., maps. - Stiles, H.R., History of Brooklyn, N.Y. 2: 1327-1328. 1884 (fide ME 1: 219). #### Eponymy Pike's Peak (Colorado) was named after his relative Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) (see e.g. S.W. Geiser, Field and Laboratory 27: 173. 1959, and J. Ewan, Rocky Mt. Natural. 283. 1950). *Pikea*, Harvey (1853), ING 3: 1340.