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Index of Botanists

NameTyson, William
Date of birth1851
Date of death1920
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: BOL (marine algae), PRE (phan.); additional material at B (mostly destroyed), BM, E, FI, GRA, K, MO, NH, PRE, SAM, STE. Exsiccatae: South African Marine Algae at BR, DBN, FH, GRA, MANCH, NY, PC, PRE]
ASA Botanist ID102614 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a497c920-44f8-4fa4-968d-1bff3e192593
Variant nameWilliam Tyson
Author nameTyson
B & P Author Abbrev.Tyson
Standard/Label NameW. Tyson
Full NameTyson, William
Geography AuthorSouth Africa
Geography CollectorSouth Africa
Specialty AuthorAlgae
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors T-Z
Author in S. African Mar. Algae
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. Tyson
Collections in1879 (3),  1882 (1),  1883 (4),  1884 (1),  1885 (1),  1886 (6),  1895 (1)