Robert Brown

For other botanists named Robert Brown, see Robert Brown of Campster and Robert Brown tertius.

Robert Brown (1773–1858), Scottish botanist.

Robert Brown
Lithograph produced in 1859, from a photograph taken in 1855.

IPNI standard form: R.Br.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 957 taxon names authored by Robert Brown

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae. A Natural Order of Plants Separated from the Apocineae of Jussieu. 67 pp., London. Gallica Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1809 [1810, 1811]. On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 15–226. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1817. Observations on the natural family of plants called Compositae. 142 pp. London. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1818. Observations systematical and geographical on the herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo: during the expedition to explore that river, under the command of Captain Tuckey in the year 1816. 66 pp. London. Google Books Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1818. Characters and description of Lyellia, a new genus of mosses, with observations on the section of the order to which it belongs; and some remarks on Leptostomum and Buxbaumia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 560–583. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1821. An Account of a new Genus of Plants, named Rafflesia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1): 201–234, tab. XV–XXII BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana. A list of Plants collected in Melville Island (Latitude 74°–75° N, Longitude 110°–112° W), in the year of 1820; by the officers of the voyage discovery under the orders of Captain Parry. 52 pp., W. Clowes, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1824. A list of plants, collected in Melville Island, by the officers of the expedition; with characters and descriptions of the new species. pp. 259–310 in: Parry, W.E. (ed.), A supplement to the appendix of Captain Parry's voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage, in the years 1819–20, containing an account of the subjects of natural history. John Murray, London.   BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1830. Supplementum Primum Prodromi Florae Novae Hollandiae. Londini: Ricardi Taylor. 40pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, R. 1831. Introduction to Scott Nind, I., Description of the Natives of King George's Sound (Swan River Colony) and adjoining Country, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1ː 17–21. Wikisource Reference page. 

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 84 eponyms of Robert Brown

External links

• Wikisource: List of publications

For more multimedia, look at Robert Brown (botanist) on Wikimedia Commons.