> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 129](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355216) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5687-1) LSID 5687-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579760) QID Q2579760 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lobb, William, (1809-1863), British plant collector and explorer for Veitch & Son who collected mainly in the Americas; brother of Thomas Lobb. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Lobb* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Lobb*\] #### Herbarium and types The original Veitch herbarium is at [[Collection K|K]]; duplicates in many herbaria, see IH. #### Bibliography and biography AG 7: 158; Backer p. 333; Barnhart 2: 393; BB p. 191; Clokie p. 202; Desmond p. 391; IH 1 (cd. 6): 361, 2: 454; ME 1: 38, 207, 3: 617; Zander ed. 10, p. 686, ed. 11, p. 782. - Anon., Bonplandia 2: 8, 160. 1854. - Coats, A. M., Plant hunters 316, 321-322, 373-374. 1969. - Davey, F. H., Fl. Cornwall xlviii-xlix. 1909. - Eastwood, A., Muhlenbergia 7(9): 100-103. 1911, Quart. Calif. Hist. Soc. 18(4): 343. 1939; Leafl. West. Bot. 5: 155-156. 1949 (also sub Kennedy). - Ewan, J., William Lobb, plant hunter for Veitch and messenger of the big tree. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 67: 1-36, *2 pl*. 1973 (main recent biogr.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 9. 1969; *in* Cent, progr. nat. sci. 54. 1955. - Fletcher, H. H., Story R. Hort. Soc. 105, 140, 180, 184, 300. 1969. - Fletcher, H. H. and Brown, W. H., Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 105, 180, 184. 1970. - Hadfield, M., Pioneers in gardening 193. 1951. - Hunkin, J. W., J. R. Hort. Soc. 67(2): 33-35, 48-51. 1942. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 41. - James, The trees of Bicton 110. 1969. - Kennedy, P. B., Muhlenbergia 7(9): 100-103. 1911. - Killip, E. P., Smithsonian misc. Coll. 87(1): 1-13. 1932 (itinerary and collections Colombia). - McKelvey, S. D., Expl. Trans.-Miss. West 1092-1094. 1955. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM (NH) 1: 164. 1904. - Sargent, C. S., Sylva N. Amer. 10: 60. 1896. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 361-362. 1975. - Thomas, J. H. Huntia 3: 12. 1969. - Turrill, W. B., Bull. misc. inf. Kew 1920: 61-62. - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 46. 1906 (itin. Brazil). - Veitch, J., Manual Coniferae 257-259. 1881. - Wilson, E. H., Plant hunting 2: 40, 89. 1927. #### Handwriting Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 67: *pl. I.* 1973. #### Eponymy *Lobbia* J. E. Planchon (1847; also dedicated to his younger brother Thomas Lobb (1820-1894), q.v.).