| Name | Colenso, (John) William |
| Date of birth | 1811 |
| Date of death | 1899 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: K (5,115), WELT (20,000); hepatics via Stephani at G; additional material at AK, B, BM, BR, CGE, DBN, E, FI, GH, L, M, MEL, NY, OXF, PDD, TCD, W] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 178759 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/679ac9b6-d69c-429c-9827-cc9590f47096 |
| Variant name | William Colenso |
| Author name | Colenso |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Colenso |
| Standard/Label Name | Colenso |
| Full Name | Colenso, (John) William |
| Geography Author | New Zealand |
| 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 | TL2/S |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by Colenso |
| Collections in | [no date] (5), 1844 (1) |