Aylmer Bourke Lambert
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'''Aylmer Bourke Lambert''' ([[February 2]], [[1761]] - [[January 10]], [[1842]]) was a [[United Kingdom|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 [[Bookbinding#Terms and techniques|folio]] volume detailing all of the [[Pinophyta|conifers]] then known. A second folio edition was produced between [[1828]]-[[1837]], and a third, smaller ([[Bookbinding#Terms and techniques|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.
Many of the new conifers discovered by [[David Douglas]] and others, including the [[Coast Redwood]], were described for the first time in Lambert's books; several of these were actually described by collaborating authors, notably [[David Don]], who included their work in Lambert's book.
The standard [[Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names|botanical author abbreviation]] '''Lamb.''' is applied to [[species]] he described.
Lambert is honoured in the botanical name of the [[Sugar Pine]] ''Pinus lambertiana'', and the name of the genus [[Lambertia]].
==External links==
*http://www.barnelms.com/aylmerbourkelambert.htm
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