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Index of Botanists

NameRavenel, Henry William
Date of birth1814
Date of death1887
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: BM (cryptogams; 14,450), CHARL (phanerogams); additional material at B, BPI (original set from Texas), DPU, E, FH, FI, GH, K, MANCH, M, MASS, MICH, MO, NY, NYS, PC, QK, US; exsiccatae widely distributed - see TL2 WELC] [collector note: South Carolina (Aikin County), Texas: NY] Name Note: The listing of "Aitken, Ravenel d'" (in Index Herbariorum - Collectors A-D) was due to a misreading of the specimen labels pertaining to Ravenel's collections from Aikin County, South Carolina (vide Thomas A. Zanoni (NY))
ASA Botanist ID101961 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fefdd3a5-38ca-4a57-b745-200259ce9bde
Variant nameHenry William Ravenel
Variant nameAitken, Ravenel d'
Author nameRavenel
B & P Author Abbrev.Ravenel
Standard/Label NameH. W. Ravenel
Full NameRavenel, Henry William
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorBryophytes
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
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 CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Member of teams/groups
Author in Fungi Amer. Exsicc.
Author in Fungi Carol. Exsicc.
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by H. W. Ravenel
Collections in[no date] (1336),  1818 (1),  1837 (1),  1840 (1),  1843 (1),  1845 (1),  1846 (9),  1847 (31),  1848 (57),  1849 (136),  1850 (33),  1851 (8),  1852 (15),  1853 (7),  1854 (3),  1855 (4),  1857 (27),  1858 (2),  1859 (4),  1860 (2),  1864 (1),  1865 (2),  1866 (28),  1867 (12),  1868 (5),  1869 (63),  1870 (2),  1871 (1),  1872 (1),  1874 (1),  1875 (1),  1876 (14),  1877 (5),  1878 (1),  1879 (4),  1880 (22),  1881 (15),  1882 (4),  1883 (6),  1884 (33),  1885 (38),  1886 (8),  1887 (3),  1896 (1),  1921 (1),  1938 (1),  1966 (1),  1982 (1)
Collector Teams:M. J. Berkeley & H. W. Ravenel  H. W. Ravenel & J. W. Eckfeld  H. W. Ravenel & M. A. Curtis 
Author Teams:Berkeley & Ravenel  Ravenel & Berkeley 

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