> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 421](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212463) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10776-1) LSID 10776-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21610916) QID Q21610916 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Townson, William (1850-1926), British-born New Zealand pharmaceutical chemist and plant collector. **Abbreviated name**: *Townson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Townson*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 395; BL 1: 85, 321; Desmond p. 615 (d. 11 Aug 1926). #### Biofile - Aston, B.C., Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 58(1-2): 186-188. 1927 (obit., portr.). - Cheeseman, T.F., Manual New Zealand Fl. xxx, xxxiv. 1906. #### Note - (1) Published *On the vegetation of the Westport district*, Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 39: 380-433, *pl. 14, 14a.* Jun 1907. See BL 1: 85. - (2) Robert Townson published *Travels in Hungary* with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793... London (printed for G.G. and J. Robinson,...) 1797. Qu. (*Trav. Hungary*), which has a list of plants (some with descriptions) on p. 477-494. Also in French: *Voyage en Hongrie*, Paris, an vii, 3 vols. (repr. An xi, 1803). #### Eponymy *Townsonia* Cheeseman (1906).