| Name | Prain, David |
| Date of birth | 1857 |
| Date of death | 1944 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: CAL, K; additional material at A, B, BM, DBN, DD, E, HK, K, L, LE, US, W, WU] [collector note: Sir] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 102500 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/524e9a60-29b7-4710-9f57-e01bd615c0ee |
| Variant name | David Prain |
| Author name | Prain |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Prain |
| Standard/Label Name | D. Prain |
| Full Name | Prain, David |
| Geography Author | India |
| Geography Collector | India |
| Specialty Author | Algae |
| 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 Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors N-R |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Author in | Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.]. |
| Author in | Bengal Pl. |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by D. Prain |
| Collections in | [no date] (2), 1889 (1), 1896 (1), 1898 (4), 1899 (31), 1900 (1), 1902 (1), 1903 (2), 1904 (1) |
| Collector Teams: | King & Prain Gamble & Prain Prain & Burkill H. A. Cummins & D. Prain H. G. Hallier & D. Prain |
| Author Teams: | King & Prain Gamble & Prain Prain & Burkill H. A. Cummins & Prain Hallier f. & Prain |