> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1009](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190480) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8761-1) LSID 8761-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313067) QID Q313067 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rutherford, Daniel (1749-1819), British (Scottish) botanist, chemist and physician; MD Edinburgh 1772; practicing physician at Edinburgh 1775-1786; professor of botany and regius keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 1786-1819 **Abbreviated name**: *Rutherford* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rutherf.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 195; BB p. 265; BM 4: 1773; Bossert p. 343; CSP 5: 347; Dawson p. 726; Desmond p. 535 (b. 3 Nov 1749, d. 15 Dec 1819); DNB 50: 5-6; Henrey 2: 201, 202; Jackson p. 16; PR (alph.); Rehder 1: 258; SO 581. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A. Grit. dict. engl. lit. 2: 1903. 1878. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 433 \[index\]. 1980. - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 84. 1934. - Fletcher, H.R. & W.H. Brown, Royal Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 1670-1970; 68-80. 1970 (on R. and his gardeners at E). - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 242. 1938. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh herb. 125. 1970 (no specimens from his herb. found in E). - Huntress, E.H., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 77(2): 50-51. 1949. - Oliver, F.W., Makers Brit. bot. 1913: 290-291. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 726. 1823. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 97. 1903. ### Publications ##### n.9840. Characteres generum plantarum **Title** *Characteres generum plantarum*; ex systemate vegetabilium Linnaci, et Horto kewensi; praecipue excerpti; quibus accedit series ordinum naturalium, olim a Linnaeo ipso, et nuper a cl. Jussiaeo proposita. In usus academicos. Edinburgi 1793. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Char. gen. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1793, chart, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-2, err., \[1\]-138. *Copies*: E, NY, USDA (lacks t.p.). – SO 581. – Authorship attributed to D. Rutherford e.g. by J.M. Hulth, Bibl. Linn. 1(1): 145. 1907.