| Name | Swainson, William | 
| Date of birth | 1789 | 
| Date of death | 1855 | 
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: K (Brazil), LIV (Mediterranean, West Indies, Brazil); additional material at CGE (Sicily), FI (New Zealand), GH, PH, WELT] [collector note: col. 1816-41: GH, K, LIV, CGE, LIV, FI, NA, PH, WETL, CGE, LIV, H, K.] | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 128618 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/67b69fef-2d18-41eb-9a0f-59e852385b34 | 
| Variant name | William Swainson | 
| Author name | Swainson | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Swainson | 
| Standard/Label Name | W. Swainson | 
| Full Name | Swainson, William | 
| Geography Author | Brazil, New Zealand | 
| Geography Collector | Bahamas, Brazil, Greece, Italy, New Zealand | 
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes | 
| Specialty Collector | Pteridophytes | 
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht | 
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors S | 
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by W. Swainson | 
| Collections in | [no date] (1) |