Catalogue of Brazilian Plants - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Catalogue of Brazilian Plants - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Catalogue of Brazilian Plants - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Orchideae = Orchidaceae<br />
George Gardner’s <strong>Catalogue</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Brazilian</strong> <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Some variations in the spelling <strong>of</strong> generic names have been highlighted by me with ‘[sic!]’<br />
where the reader should be aware <strong>of</strong> a problem; I have not bothered substituting the correct<br />
names.<br />
I have made no attempt to correct the authorship <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> the names in Gardner’s list; many<br />
are quite erroneous.<br />
Gardner corrected and altered many <strong>of</strong> the entries himself and I have used a score-through<br />
method to show such changes; there are, however, other additions. These appear to be largely<br />
in Bentham’s handwriting and <strong>of</strong>ten appear as straight entries after Gardner’s. There is little<br />
difference in some <strong>of</strong> the handwriting so it is <strong>of</strong>ten very difficult to tell them apart; doubtless<br />
some have been wrongly attributed. In many instances they are against Leguminosae. I have<br />
placed all such additions in square brackets ‘[ ]’.<br />
Other problems<br />
The list does contain a number <strong>of</strong> problematical areas, not least duplicated numbering and<br />
‘add-ins’ to the numbering system. Missing numbers are present, but relatively few; some<br />
large blocks are omitted, however. Gardner renumbered only a few series; the earlier error he<br />
noted in the body <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Catalogue</strong> and then corrected all <strong>of</strong> the affected numbers.<br />
I have also noticed whilst curating material in the Compositae that there are some split<br />
numbers which are not accounted for in the <strong>Catalogue</strong>. Researchers with ‘xxxx bis’ might not<br />
be able to locate all material.<br />
References<br />
Gardner, G. (1842a). Contributions towards a Flora <strong>of</strong> Brazil, being an enumeration <strong>of</strong> a<br />
series <strong>of</strong> collections <strong>of</strong> plants, made in various parts <strong>of</strong> Brazil, from 1836 to 1841; with<br />
brief descriptions <strong>of</strong> the new genera and species. London J. Bot. 1: 158–193.<br />
Gardner, G. (1842b). List <strong>of</strong> ferns from the neighbourhood <strong>of</strong> Rio de Janeiro, collected in<br />
1836. London J. Bot. 1: 545–548.<br />
Gardner, G. (1847). Contributions towards a Flora <strong>of</strong> Brazil, being the characters <strong>of</strong> several<br />
new species <strong>of</strong> Compositae, belonging to the tribes Vernoniaceae aad [sic!]<br />
Eupatorieaceae, from the Province <strong>of</strong> Goyaz; by George Gardner, Esq., F.L.S.<br />
Superintendent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, Ceylon. London J. Bot. 6: 417–449.<br />
Stafleu, F. A. & Cowan, R. S. (1976). In: Taxonomic Literature: A selective guide to<br />
botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Ed. 2. Volume<br />
1: A–G. Reg. Veg. 94: 829–830 [Fielding]; 915–916 [Gardner].<br />
3 | P a g e Transcribed by D.J.N. Hind, <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong>, <strong>Kew</strong>