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Index of Botanists

NameShannon, William Cummings
Date of birth1851
Date of death1905
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: US; additional material at B (mostly destroyed), BR, E, F, GH] [collector note: B, E?, F, GH, US (orig.)]
ASA Botanist ID140904 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2200a6c1-9255-4d46-af14-b763811ad36f
Variant nameWilliam Cummings Shannon
Author nameShannon
B & P Author Abbrev.Shannon
Standard/Label NameW. C. Shannon
Full NameShannon, William Cummings
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorEl Salvador,  Guatemala,  Honduras
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 S
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by W. C. Shannon
Collections in1892 (3),  1893 (1)

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