> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 624](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333763) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9712-1) LSID 9712-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2884082) QID Q2884082 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Skan, Sidney Alfred (1870-1939), British gardener, botanist and librarian; student gardener, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew 1892-1894; herbarium assistant 1894-1899; librarian 1899-1933. **Abbreviated name**: *Skan* \[standard form in IPNI: *Skan*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 284; BM 4: 1935; Bossert p. 370; Desmond p. 562 (b. 13 Aug 1870, d. 19 Dec 1939); Hortus 3: 1204; Lenley p. 369; MW p. 454-455; TL-2/1814, 2448, 7055, see W.B. Hemsley; Zander ed. 11, p. 818. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf., Kew, app. 5: 136-137. 1907 (list publ. 1896-1906), 1933: 462 (retirement), 1940: 46-47 (obit.); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 107: 86. 1940 (obit.); J. Kew Guild 5: 918-919. 1941 (obit., portr.). - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. Bot. 109. 1978. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 167. 1915, 6: 417. 1941. #### Composite works - (1) W.H. Harvey et al., *Flora capensis*: (a) *Betulaceae*, 5, sect. 2(4): 573-574. Jan 1925. (b) *Salicineae*, 5, sect. 2(4): 574-579. Jan 1925. (c) *Ceratophyllaceae*, 5, sect. 2(4): 580-581. Jan 1925. (d) *Labiatae*, 5, sect. 1(2): 226-387. Labiatae (with N.E. Brown, T. Cooke). - (2) D. Oliver et al., *Flora of tropical Africa*: (a) *Salicineae*, 6, sect. 2(2): 316-326. Nov 1927. (b) *Ceratophyllaceae*, 6, sect. 2(2): 326-327. Nov 1917. (c) *Labiatae*, 4, sect. 2(2): 261-384. Feb 1906, 2(3): 385-462. Jun 1906, with W.B. Hemsley.