> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 371](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189842) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7913-1) LSID 7913-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16228093) QID Q16228093 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Powell, Thomas (1809-1887), British missionary and naturalist; at Upolu, Samoa 1860-1865, also working in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and other parts of Oceania. **Abbreviated name**: *T. Powell* \[standard form in IPNI: *Powell*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (main set); other material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NA|NA]]. *Exsiccatae*: *Mosses of Samoa*, ca. 1867, nos. 1-140, set at [[Collection FH|FH]] (see Sayre 1971). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 105; BB p. 247; CSP 4: 1005, 8: 654, 11: 57; Desmond p. 502 (d. 6 Apr 1887); Urban-Berl. p. 310, 322. #### Biofile - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl 255.232. 1980. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 16: 419. 1980 (lich. M). - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 53 (Samoan pl. at K). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 174. 1904 (crypt. Samoa). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 239. 1971. #### Eponymy *Powellia* Mitten (1868). – *Powellia* A.C. Batista et G.E.P. Peres (1964) was named in honor of Dulcie A. Powell, present day Jamaican-American botanist.