Benjamin Daydon Jackson

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Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846-1927) was a pioneering botanist and taxonomer who wrote the first volume of Index Kewensis to include all the flowering plants.[1]


The standard author abbreviation B.D.Jacks. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Durand, Théophile; Benjamin Daydon Jackson, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, David Prain, Arthur William Hill, Edward James Salisbury (1908). Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum: Supplementum Tertium Nomina et Synonyma Omnium Generum et Specierum AB Initio Anni MDCCCCI Usque AD Finem Anni MDCCCCV Complectens, suppl.3 (1901-1905), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  2. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 
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