> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 81](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066421) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11412-1) LSID 11412-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329816) QID Q7329816 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Warner, Richard (1711 \[1713?\]-1775), British classicist and botanist; B.A. Wadham Coll. Oxford 1734; "possessed of an ample fortune" living at Woodford Green dedicating himself to botany, classical and Shakespearean studies; correspondent of Linnaeus. **Abbreviated name**: *Ri. Warner* \[standard form in IPNI: *Warner*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (unlocalized); Essex Naturalist's Field Club (moss., lich. rd. 1881). Library and drawings at Wadham College. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 460 (b. 1711, d. 11 Apr 1775); BB p. 316; BL 2: 240, 730; BM 5: 2266; Desmond p. 641; DNB 20: 855-856 (59: 398-399); Dryander 3: 136; Henrey 2: \[index\], 3: 133; Herder p. 171; Jackson p. 262; PR 9994, 10668, ed. 1: 10980; Rehder 1: 395; SO 2543-2544, 2566, 3063; Tucker 1: 732. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 3: 2585. 1880. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 253: 190. 1965; J. Bot. 19: 160. 1881 (coll. mosses and lichens by W. presented to Essex Naturalist's Field Club). - Boulger, G.S., Essex Naturalist 20(4): 206-217. Sep 1923, 20(5): 245-247. Mar 1924 (posthumously publ. biographical sketch of Warner by Boulger intended to precede a new edition of the *Pl. woodford.*). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.12, 262.3, 353.1. 1980. - Druce, G.C. & S.H. Vines, Accounts herb. Oxford 49-51. 1897 (description of two herbaria bequeathed by Richard Warner to OXF, not necessarily made by him). - Fries, Th.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(3): 334. 1909. - Gibson, G.S., Flora of Essex 447-448. 1862. - Hulth, J.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(8): 22, 25, 65, 66, 85. 1922. - Jackson, B.D., Essex Naturalist 20(5): 248-249. Mar 1924 (on W. as viewed by Kalm). - Jermyn, S.T., Flora of Essex 16. 1974. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 84. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 267. 1984. - Pratt, C.B. ed., Essex Naturalist 29(3): 195. 1954 (herb. Essex Field Club). - Pulteney, R., Hist. biogr. Sketch Progr. Bot. England 2: 281-283. 1790. - Ramsbottom, J., Essex Naturalist 26(2): 87-89. 1938. - Thompson, P., Essex Naturalist 19(2): 72-88. Feb 1920, 19(4): 221-237. Mar 1921 (descr. of two annotated copies of the *Pl. woodford.*), 20(5): 250-251. Mar 1924 (letter W. to Linnaeus), 20(5): 268-276. Mar 1924 (third annot. copy). - Ward, B.F., Essex Naturalist 29(3): 195. 1954 (60 sheets crypt. at Essex Field Natural. Club; presented 1881 by J. Clarke Jervoise, a relative of Warner), 29(5): 314-319. 1956. - Wilson, E.H., Plant hunting 2: 109. 1927. #### Eponymy *Warneria* P. Miller (1759). ### Publications ##### n.16.741. Plantae woodfordienses **Title** *Plantae woodfordienses* a catalogue of the more perfect plants growing spontaneously about Woodford in the county of Essex.... London (printed for the author) 1771. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. woodford.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1771 (p. vii: 1 Jul 1771), p. \[i\]-vii, 1-238, \[1-2, err.\]. *Copies*: HH, NY, USDA (lacking the index 223-238). – The *Index latinus* p. 223-238, published later, lacking in some copies. See Thompson (1920, 1921, 1924), HE 3: no. 1477 and BL 2: 240-241 for information on annotated copies. *Additions to Warner's Plantae woodfordenses* \[by Thomas Furly Forster\]: 1784, p. \[i-ii\], 243-255, \[1\]. *Copy*: BM. – BM copy has mss. statement by J. Dryander on authorship. *Ref*.: Thompson, P., Essex Naturalist 19: 72-88, *pl. 4-7.* 1920, 19: 231-237, *pl. 19-20.* 1921, 20: 268-276, *2 pl*. 1924 (on annotated copies).