> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 384](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066724) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11777-1) LSID 11777-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612844) QID Q21612844 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Winterbottom, James Edward (1803-1854), British botanist; studied at St. John's College, Oxford ca. 1821-1828; travelled on the Continent, in England, Scotland and Ireland 1834-1845; left England 1846 for an Indian tour, Java, Singapore, China, India and Tibet, part of the time accompanying Richard Strachey on the Tibetan Boundary Commission; in Great Britain 1849-1854; died on a trip in the Near East. **Abbreviated name**: *Winterbottom* \[standard form in IPNI: *Winterb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection K|K]] (main set). – Further material in [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]] (British mat.), [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 508; BB p. 331; Bret. p. 802; Desmond p. 670 (b. 7 Apr 1803, d. 4 Jul 1854); Ewan ed. 1: 316; SK 1: 581;, 5: cccxxxiii, 8: cviii; TL-2/13.219, see R. Strachey. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 2: 265. 1854 (obit. not.); Bot. Zeit. 13: 144. 1855 (d.); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1900: 19-20 (dispersal of herb.; brief sketch of activities); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 418-419. 1855 (obit.). - Burkill, I.H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 82, 83, 84, 89, 191. 1965. - Hemsley, W.B., J. Linn. Soc. 35: 136-140. 1902 (descr. itin. Tibet 1848). - Hooker, J.D. & Th. Thomson, Fl. ind. 1: 65-66. 1855. - Hooker, W.J., J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 307-308, 345-349. 1854. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 277. 1984 (British herb. not traced). - King, G., J. Bot. 37: 462-463. 1899. #### Composite works Contributed collections to R. Strachey, *Catalogue of plants of Kumaon, *see R. Strachey (1906) and to E.I. Atkinson, *Economic products of N.W. Provinces* 4: 403-670. 1876.