> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 463](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266770) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16986383) QID Q16986383 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Cattley, William (1788-1835), British (very rich) businessman and horticulturist at Barnet nr. London, enthusiastic collector of orchids and tropical plants, patron of John Lindley, member of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Linnean Society, had a rich collection of drawings of plants, died 8 Aug 1835. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Cattley* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 3: 912; Backer p. 109-110; Barnhart 1: 323; BB p. 61; Bret. p. 187, 255; Frank 3(Anh.): 17; Kew 1: 496; NI p. 33 and see Ch.H.B. Ker; Tucker 1: 146. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 74. 1967. - Anon., Flora 5(3): 497-509. 28 Aug 1822 (use of icones of C.); J. Bot. 1893: 281. - Botting Hemsley, W., Gard. Chron ser. 3. 23: 93. 12 Feb 1898 ("died in 1842" sic). - Fletcher, H.R., Story Roy. Hort. Soc. 1804-1968: 71. 1969. - Hetherington, E., The life and times of William Cattley, Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 61(12): 1228 -1241. 1992 (portr.). - Ker, C.H.B., see TL-2/3583. - Lindley, J., Digitalium monographia, see TL-2/3: 4638. #### Composite works - (1) C.H.B. Ker, *Icon. indo-asiat. pl. Cattley*, London 1818, Fol., see TL-2/2: no. 3583. #### Eponymy *Cattleya* (Orchid.), named by J. Lindley, see ING 1: 305. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.25.106. Icones plantarum **Title** *Icones plantarum* spontè *Chinâ* nascentium; è bibliothecâ Braamianâ excerptae... London (J.H. Bohte,...) 1821. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Icon. pl. Chinâ*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1821, col. frontisp., p. \[i, iii\], *pl. 1-30* (col. copper engr.). *Copy*: G. *Note*: Original publication was C.H.B. Ker, *Icon. indo-asiat. pl. Cattley* 1818, TL-2/3583.