> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 205](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212247) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10492-1) LSID 10492-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066232) QID Q1066232 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Telfair, Charles (1778 \[1777?\]-1833), Irish surgeon, plant collector, naturalist and gardener on Mauritius; honorary supervisor of the Botanic Garden of Pamplemousses 1826-1829. **Abbreviated name**: *Telfair* \[standard form in IPNI: *Telfair*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. – Ferns in Herb. F. Henderson at [[Collection E|E]]-GL; some further material at [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – The large set which was originally at [[Collection B|B]] is mainly destroyed. – *Letters* at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 575; BB p. 297; CSP 5: 529; DNB 19: 488, 56: 8; Frank 3 (Anh.): 102; PR alph.; Urban-Berl. p. 282. #### Biofile - Desjardins, J., Notice historique sur Charles Telfair, Port-Louis, Ile Maurice, 1836, 100 p. - Durham, F.R., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1919: 284. - Hadfield, M. et al., Brit. gardeners 277. 1980. - Hooker, W.J., Bot. Mag. 57: *pl. 2681, 2751, 2970, 2976.* 1830 (texts on T.); Bot. misc. 2: 123-124. 1831; J. Bot. 1: 149-151. 1834 (d.). - Nelmes, E. & W. Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. dedic. 15-16. 1931 (dedic, portr.). - Wallich, N., Pl. asiat. rar. 2: 78-79. 1832. #### Composite works Contributed to *Bot. mag. pl. 2681.* #### Note Telfair's wife Annabella Telfair, née Chamberlain, x-1832 sent algae to W.J. Hooker and contributed drawings to *Bot. Mag.* (*pl. 2751, 2817, 2970*). – Algae at K, OXF. #### Eponymy *Telfairia* W.J. Hooker (1827).