> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 600](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120731) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2002-1) LSID 2002-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555142) QID Q1555142 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Darwin, Robert Waring (1724-1816), British physician and botanist, brother of Erasmus Darwin. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Darwin* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.W.Darwin*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 420; BB p. 85 (mixed with R. W. Darwin (1766-1848); Jackson p. 537; PR Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 35. 1906. #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Darwin, cf. supra, sub Ch. R. Darwin. ### Publications ##### n.1314. Principia botanica **Title** *Principia botanica*: or, a concise and easy introduction to the sexual botany of Linnaeus. With the genera; their mode of growth (as tree, shrub, or herb); the number of species to each genus; where principally native; and the number indigenous to the British Isles; arranged in columns under each class and order; and digested alphabetically under several generic distinctions. By which means most plants may be thus far ascertained. Together with their indexes. I. Of the Linnaean genera accented, with the British names. II. Of such trivial names as were the genera of old authors. III. Of the British names, with the Linnaean genera; to which are added many of the specific names. Also, a table of several vegetable drugs not in the indexes. Newark (Allin and Co.) 1787. Oct. (in fours) **Abbreviated title**: *Princip. bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1787, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-280, \[1, err.\]. – *Copy*: USDA. – The preface is signed R.W.D.; the title-page has no author designation. *Ed. 2*: Newark (Allin and Ridge) 1793. *Copy*: BM (n.v.) *Ed. 3*: Newark (M. Hage) 1810. *Copy*: BM (n.v.) *Ref*.: BM 1: 412, Henrey 610, 611, 613.