Ringgold, Cadwalader (1802-1867)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Cadwalader
Last name
Ringgold
Initials
C.
Life Dates
1802 - 1867
Collecting Dates
1838 - 1856
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
US (main), BM, BPI, FH, GH, GOET, K, LE, MO, NA, P, PC, PH, TCD
Countries
West African Islands: Madeira, Cape VerdeChinese region: China, Hong KongJapanese region: JapanCentral American Continent: NicaraguaSouthern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Ames, A.H. (fl. 1853) (collector)
Rodgers, John (1812-1882) (co-collector)
Storer, Francis Humphreys (1832-1914) (collector)
Wright, Charles (1811-1885) (collector)
Biography
American naval officer from Maryland, the son of a congressman, Ringgold joined the navy in 1819. He was appointed commander of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853), a prestigious project funded by the U.S. Goverment. The five ships stopped at Simon's Bay, South Africa for seven weeks in 1853 for repairs, during which time the only African collections of the expedition were made. Most of the botanical collections were made by Charles Wright (1811-1885) but are generally attributed to 'Ringgold & Rodgers'. This landmark American expedition produced some of the founding collections of the Smithsonian Institution.
References
Codd, L.E & Gunn, M. Bothalia 3-4 (1985): 647; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 763, 773; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1188;
Ringgold, Cadwalader (1802-1867)
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