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Index of Botanists

NameBurchell, William John
Date of birth1781
Date of death1863
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: K; additional specimens at BM (algae), BR, CN, COLU, DBN, E, FI, G, GH, GOET, GRA, H-SOL, L, LE, M, MO, NY, OXF, P, PRE, S, SAM, US, W] [collector note: B, CN, E, FL, G-DC, GH, GRA, K (orig.), L, LE, M, MO, NH, NY, P-JU, PRE, S, SAM, US, W (Orch.)]
ASA Botanist ID100471 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/82360767-6aa9-4c68-b255-aad9074a28b4
Variant nameWilliam John Burchell
Author nameBurchell
B & P Author Abbrev.Burch.
Standard/Label NameW. J. Burchell
Full NameBurchell, William John
Geography AuthorBrazil,  South Africa
Geography CollectorBrazil,  South Africa
Specialty AuthorBryophytes
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as AuthorTaxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2)/S
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
Member of teams/groups
Author in Trav. S. Africa
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. J. Burchell
Collections in[no date] (1300),  1810 (2),  1811 (27),  1812 (17),  1813 (23),  1814 (48),  1815 (31),  1816 (1),  1817 (1),  1826 (4),  1828 (1),  1829 (7),  1836 (1),  1875 (1),  1910 (2),  1912 (1)
Collector Teams:Burchell & Franchet 
Author Teams:Burchell & Franchet 

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