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Index of Botanists

NameBoott, William
Date of birth1805
Date of death1887
Remarks [collector note: NE United States: B, GH, NEBC, NY, PH, US, WELC (now at NY)]. Born 15 June 1805, Boston, Massachusetts; died 16 May 1887, Boston, Massachusetts. Brother of caricologist Francis Boott. Biographical note: Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 3, 35(207): 262. 1888; Cyperaceae; Epynomy: Aspidium x boottii Tuckerm.]
ASA Botanist ID147493 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ab3d76ad-9772-45e5-a3d6-98472648c69d
Author nameW. Boott
Standard/Label NameW. Boott
Full NameBoott, William
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. Boott
Collections in[no date] (172),  1833 (1),  1834 (2),  1841 (1),  1849 (5),  1850 (11),  1851 (4),  1852 (50),  1853 (452),  1854 (367),  1855 (296),  1856 (33),  1857 (16),  1858 (57),  1859 (23),  1860 (31),  1861 (96),  1862 (13),  1863 (111),  1864 (43),  1865 (189),  1866 (110),  1867 (108),  1868 (70),  1869 (71),  1870 (76),  1871 (82),  1872 (17),  1873 (31),  1874 (43),  1875 (9),  1876 (52),  1877 (12),  1878 (13),  1879 (9),  1880 (2),  1881 (6),  1882 (4),  1883 (12),  1884 (9),  1885 (15),  1886 (1)