> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 209](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355296) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5886-1) LSID 5886-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8014978) QID Q8014978 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Macarthur, (Sir) William (1800-1882), Australian horticulturist and botanist; commissioner to the Paris Exhibition of 1855; active as a farmer at Camden Park, New South Wales. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Macarthur* \[standard form in IPNI: *Macarthur*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MEL|MEL]]; further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FI|FI]] and [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 343; Barnhart 2: 417 (b. 16 Dec 1800, d. 29 Oct 1882); BB p. 197; BM 3: 1205, 7: 768; Desmond p. 402; DNB 34: 402; HR; IH 2: 476; PR 5706; Rehder 5: 531; SK 1: 334-335; Tucker 1: 447. - Anon., Austral. Enc. 5: 406. 1965. - Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts 87. 1978. - Hooker, J. D., Fl. Tasmania 1: cxxvi. 1859. - Maiden, J. H., J. Proc. Roy. Soc. N. S. W. 42: 111-112. 1908; Rep. A.A.A.S. Sydney 13(D): 231, *pl. 21*. 1911. - Mennell, P., Dict. Austral. biogr. 287. 1892. - Norton, J., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 25: 773. 1908 (pl. in Backhouse herb. \[MEL\]). - Onslow, S. M., Some early records of Macarthurs of Camden 1914 passim (fide Desmond). #### Eponymy *Macarthuria* Hügel ex Endlicher (1837). ### Publications ##### n.5149. Catalogue des collections de bois indigènes **Title** New South Wales (Nouvelle Galle du Sud) Australie. *Catalogue des collections de bois indigènes* des différents districts de cette colonie... Paris (Imprimerie horticole de J.-B. Gros, ...) \[1855\] **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. coll. bois. indig.* **Notes** *Co-author* (actually: other collector): Charles Moore (1820-1905). *Publ*.: 1855, p. \[1\]-23. *Copies*: BR, WU; Mitchell Library, Sydney. – Lists collections made by Macarthur and (separately) by Moore. Macarthur was the N.S.W. representative at the 1855 Paris "Exposition"; Ch. Moore was at the time director of the Sydney botanical garden. The brochure (single gathering) lists the species with brief descriptions of the wood; (listed by BM under Paris, 4: 1512).