Aylmer Bourke Lambert (
February 2,
1761 -
January 10,
1842) was a
British botanist, one of the first fellows of the
Linnean Society.He is best known for his work A description of the
genus Pinus, issued in several parts
1803-
1824, a sumptuously illustrated
folio volume detailing all of the
conifers then known. A second folio edition was produced between
1828-
1837, and a third, smaller (
octavo) edition in
1832. Individual books even of the same edition are often very different from one another, which causes problems when the illustrations have been used as types to fix the application of names. A full description of the publication history is given in: Renkema, H. W. & Ardagh, J. (1930). Aylmer Bourke Lambert and his 'Description of the Genus Pinus'. Journal of the Linnean Society of London - Botany 48: 439-466.
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