| Name | Brown, Robert |
| Date of birth | 1773 |
| Date of death | 1858 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: mainly at BM, K, E; additional material at AWH, B, BR, C, CANB, CW, DBN (Ireland before 1801), E, F, FI, G, G-DC, K (2nd set), LE (important set), LINN, LIV, M, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, P (1,000), PH, S, SBT, W (orchids, orig.), WELT] [collector note: Voyage around Australia (1801-03); Australia, Tasmania, Torres Strts, Timor; with Flinders in the "Investigator"): B, BM, (1st set), BR, C, CW, E (3rd set), F, FI, G-DC, K (2nd set), LE(2055), LINN, LIV, M, MEL, MO, NSW, NY, P (±1000, Ph., Pter.; nearly complete), P-JU, S, SBT, W (Orch., orig.); Cape (1801): BM, E, L, P, W] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 138403 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9d3930a3-35b4-430a-9e28-a80064045a0e |
| Variant name | Robert Brown |
| Author name | R. Brown |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | R. Br. |
| Standard/Label Name | R. Brown |
| Full Name | Brown, Robert |
| Geography Author | Australia (Country), South Africa |
| Geography Collector | Australia (Country) |
| Specialty Author | Bryophytes |
| Specialty Author | Fungi and Lichens |
| Specialty Author | Pteridophytes |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht |
| Citation as Author | Taxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2)/S |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors A-D |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Author in | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. |
| Author in | Chlor. Melvill. |
| Author in | Asclepiadeae |
| Author in | Observ. Compositae |
| Author in | Narr. Travels Africa |
| Author in | Voy. Terra Austral. |
| Author in | J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot. |
| Author in | Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. |
| Author in | Voy. Explor. Baffin's Bay |
| Author in | Bot. Sturt's Exped. Australia |
| Author in | Pterocymbium |
| Author in | Cyrtandreae |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by R. Brown |
| Collections in | [no date] (3), 1793 (1), 1801 (3), 1802 (6), 1803 (21), 1804 (14) |
| Collector Teams: | Swartz & R. Brown J. J. Bennett & R. Brown |
| Author Teams: | Swartz & R. Brown Benn. & R. Br. |