> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 231](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355318) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5952-1) LSID 5952-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14948981) QID Q14948981 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author McNab, William Ramsay (1844-1889), Scottish botanist; M. D. Edin. 1866, professor of botany, Royal College of Science Dublin 1872-1889; scientific superintendent of Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 1880-1889. **Abbreviated name**: *W. R. McNab* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.R.McNab*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DBN|DBN]]; further material at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 298; BB p. 202; BJI 1: 38; BM 3: 1213; CSP 8: 301-302, 10: 685, 12:471, 16: 983; Desmond p. 412; De Toni 1: lxxx; DNB 35: 238; Herder p. 464; IH 2: 486; Jackson p. 60, 80, 86, 489; LS 17623-17624; Morren ed. 2, p. 23, ed. 10, p. 79; Rehder 5: 534-535; TL-2/see R. Brown; Tucker 1: 451; Zander ed. 10, p. 687. - Anon., Ann. Bot. 3: 477-479. 1890 (bibl.); Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. 11, no. 26. 1890; Bot Centralbl. 41: 126. 1890 (d.); Bot. Gaz. 15: 49. 1890 (d.); Bot, Not. 1890: 45 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 48: 64. 1890; Entom. Mon. Mag. 26: 26.1890; Gard. Chron. 1889(2): 670 (obit.); House Gard. 34:206-209. 1979; J. Bot. Morot 3: 408. 1889, 4: 316. 1890 (d.); Leopoldina 26: 53. 1890; Nature 41: 159-160. 1889 (obit.); Österr. bot. Z. 40: 72. 1890 (d. 2 Dec 1889); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1888/90: 97-98. 1891 (obit., b. 9 Nov 1844, d. 3 Dec 1889); Scott. Natural. 10: 283-284. 1890; Zool. Anz. 13: 48. 1890. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 28: 32, 51-53. 1890. - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 240. 1977. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 43. - Kent, D. H., Brit.herb. 67. 1957. - Nelson, E. C., Glasra 4: 55. 1980 (collectors in M's herb. marked by asterisks in list). - Powell, M. and Morley, B., Irish Natural. J. 18: 161-162. 1975 (on M's collection of Robert Brown specimens at DBN). - Praeger, R. L., Some Irish naturalists 126-127. 1948. #### Note W. R. McNab was the son of James McNab (1810-1878) and grandson of William McNab (1780-1848), Scottish gardeners at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. See Desmond p. 412 for details.