> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 549](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333688) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9538-1) LSID 9538-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608732) QID Q21608732 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Shannon, William Cummings (1851-1905), American physician and plant collector; MD Bellevue Medical Coll. 1874; assistant surgeon U.S. army 1875-1895; maj. surgeon 1895-1898; in retirement from 1898. **Abbreviated name**: *Shannon* \[standard form in IPNI: *Shannon*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection US|US]]; duplicates e.g. in [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 264 (b. 8 Mai 1851, d. 21 Apr 1905); BM 4: 1908; Urban-Berl. p. 397. #### Biofile - Allison, E.M., Univ. Colorado Stud. 6: 74. 1909. - Anon., J. Amer. med. Ass. 44: 1549. 1905 (d.); J. Ass. military Surg. U.S. 19(2): 167-168. 1906 (obit., portr.). ### Publications ##### n.11.856. An enumeration of the plants collected in Central America **Title** *An enumeration of the plants collected in Central America* by Dr. W.C. Shannon, assistant surgeon, U.S.A. John Donnell Smith 1891-1893. Washington 1898. **Notes** *Authorship*: unless stated otherwise the determinations are by John Donnell Smith (1829-1928); *Leguminosae* by M. Micheli; *Melastomaceae* and *Orchidaceae* by A. Cogniaux; *Begoniaceae* and *Piperaceae* by Cas. de Candolle; *Compositae* and *Solanaceae* by John M. Coulter; *Scitamineae, Iridaceae* and *Amaryllidaceae* by J.G. Baker, *Commelinaceae* by C.B. Clarke. – W.C. Shannon was the collector. *Publ*.: 1898, p. \[1\]-24. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, US. – Intercontinental Railway Commission volume i, part ii, Report of surveys and explorations made by corps no. 1 in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Appendix iii.