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Index of Botanists

NameBall, John
Date of birth1818
Date of death1889
Remarks [author note: Travelled in N and S America, Europe. Herbarium and types: E, K; also GL, OXF] [collector note: North and South America (ca. 1882); collections widely distributed]
ASA Botanist ID102478 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/509333b3-d474-4373-9d83-7e83eabbcd4e
Variant nameJohn Ball
Author nameBall
B & P Author Abbrev.Ball
Standard/Label NameJ. Ball
Full NameBall, John
Geography AuthorIreland,  Morocco
Geography CollectorAlgeria,  Austria,  Canary Islands,  Egypt,  Hungary,  Italy,  Peru,  Spain
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 A-D
Member of teams/groups
Author in J. Marocco
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by J. Ball
Collections in[no date] (52),  1837 (4),  1838 (3),  1841 (7),  1842 (7),  1843 (1),  1844 (8),  1845 (5),  1848 (4),  1849 (1),  1850 (2),  1851 (14),  1853 (1),  1854 (6),  1855 (1),  1856 (12),  1857 (1),  1858 (4),  1859 (1),  1860 (7),  1861 (5),  1862 (11),  1863 (6),  1865 (2),  1866 (5),  1867 (3),  1868 (1),  1871 (10),  1872 (7),  1873 (3),  1874 (5),  1876 (2),  1877 (54),  1878 (1),  1879 (4),  1880 (29),  1881 (2),  1882 (22),  1883 (1),  1884 (48),  1888 (6),  1890 (6),  1891 (1),  1930 (1),  1937 (1),  1951 (1),  1977 (1)
Collector Teams:Scribner & Ball 
Author Teams:Scribner & Ball 

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