> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 337](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265064) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/20008027-1) LSID 20008027-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430500) QID Q3430500 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Baron, \[Rev.\] Richard (1847-1907), British missionary and botanist, theological training at the Lancashire Independent College, in Madagascar under the auspices of the London Missionary Society 1872-1907. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Baron* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.Baron*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (12.000), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection TAN|TAN]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography BB p. 21; BL 1: 97; BM 1: 100; CSP 3: 311; Desmond p. 41 (b. 8 Sep 1847, Kendal, Westmorland, d. 12 Oct 1907, Morecamble, Lancs.); IH 2: 56; Kew 1: 165; Quenstedt p. 21; Rehder 1: 102, 496, 3: 93; Urban-Berl. p. 327. #### Biofile - Baker, J.G., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 20: 87-303. 1883 (descr. of B's \[and Packer's\] plants from Central Madagascar); Kew Bull. 1908(1): 45-46 (obit.). - Baron, R., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25: 246-294. 1889 ("The flora of Madagascar"); Kew Bull. 1890: 200-215. Sep 1890 (p. 200-203 anonymous introduction, p. 203-215 notes on economic pl. of Madagascar by B.). - Christensen, C., Dansk bot. Ark. 7: x. 1932 (on colls.). - Dorr, L.J., Taxon 36(1): 39-46. 1987 (on his *Compendium des plantes malgaches*); Arch. nat. Hist. 15(2): 171-183. 1988 (on his *Malagasy botanical text-book*). - Geikie, A., Quart. J. Geol. Sci. 64: lxiv. 1908 (obit.). - Humbert, H., C.R. AETFAT 4: 133. 1962. - Jackson, B.D., Kew Bull. 1901: 6 (11.834 specimens rd. from B. 1880-1896). #### Note - (1) For a detailed account of Richard Baron's *Compendium des plantes malgaches* of 1901-1906 see L.J. Dorr (1987) (also list of sources). - (2) Idem for his *Botany*, na filazana ny amy ny zava-maniry sy ny fombany..., Antananarivo (NY L.M.S. College) 1888, see L.J. Dorr (1987). #### Eponymy *Baronia* J.G. Baker (1882), *Neobaronia* J.G. Baker (1884).