Editing Daniel Solander (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Dr Daniel Charles Solander, by John Flaxman Jr, c. 1778, pale blue jasper, darker blue dip, white relief, ormolu frame by Matthew Boulton - Wedgwood Museum - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England - DDSC09625.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Solander, by [[John Flaxman]] Jr., {{circa|1778}}, [[Wedgwood]] [[jasperware]]]]
Solander's reputation has been profoundly influenced by his limited number of publications and his premature death.  Although he had detailed descriptions prepared for most of the botanical specimens he collected on the ''Endeavour'' voyage, in deference to Joseph Banks, Solander held off publication waiting for the completion of over 700 engravings. However, after Solander's death, Banks, now President of the Royal Society, failed to publish his projected ''Florilegium''. Had he done so, he would have secured Solander's posthumous reputation. It has been claimed that Banks treated Solander, and [[Jonas Dryander]], as his servants rather than as botanists of equal standing to others in the botanical establishment. However, Banks clearly had a strong emotional bond with Solander, met his expenses and even supported his relatives in Sweden.  In 1784, when he wrote to Johan Alströmer of Solander's death, Banks declared: 'This too early loss of a friend, whom I during my more mature years have loved and whom I will always miss, makes me wish to draw a veil over his death, as soon as I have ceased to speak of it. I can never think of it without feeling a mortal pain.'  Solander remained an employee of the British Museum for the last decade of his life but was also paid by Banks to assist him with his collections.  Banks' relationship with [[Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose)|Robert Brown]] was more formal.<ref name="Barker 1990">{{cite book |author1=Barker, R. M.  |author2=Barker, W. R. | year = 1990 | chapter = Botanical contributions overlooked: the role and recognition of collectors, horticulturists, explorers and others in the early documentation of the Australian flora | editor = Short, P. S. | title = History of systematic botany in Australia | publisher = Australian Systematic Botany Society | isbn = 0-7316-8463-X | pages = 37–86}}</ref>

Solander invented the book-form box known as the [[Solander box]] which is still used in libraries and archives as the most suitable way of storing prints, drawings, [[herbarium]] materials and some manuscripts.

Solander Gardens in the east end of London is named after him, as are the [[Solander Islands]] off New Zealand's South Island and Cape Solander in the Kamay [[Botany Bay National Park]], also in the suburb of Redfern near Sydney NSW the housing commission towers include a Daniel Solander building.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-07/daniel-solander-garden-opens-at-swedish-embassy/8874994 |title=18th-century naturalist Daniel Solander honoured with new garden at Swedish embassy |last=Maher |first=Louise |date=September 7, 2017 |website=ABC News |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907093847/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-07/daniel-solander-garden-opens-at-swedish-embassy/8874994 |archive-date=September 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/daniel-solander-a-linnaean-disciple-on-hms-endeavour.html |title=Daniel Solander: a Linnaean disciple on HMS Endeavour |last=Osterloff |first=Emily |website=Natural History Museum |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824151039/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/daniel-solander-a-linnaean-disciple-on-hms-endeavour.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> Also Solander Island, off the NW coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. One of the many plants named in his honour is ''[[Fuscospora solandri]]'' (black beech). Solander was associated with Banks in ''Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage Round the World'', and his ''The Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes, Collected by the late John Ellis'', (1786) was published posthumously. The 'Daniel Solander Library' in Sydney's [[Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney|Royal Botanic Garden]], established in 1852, is the oldest botanical research library in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science-conservation/library|title=Daniel Solander Library|website=Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>

The scientific name of the [[Providence Petrel]], ''Pterodroma solandri'', was given in his honour by ornithologist [[John Gould]].

The shrub ''[[Banksia solandri]]'' is named after him. Herbarium specimens collected by Solander and Banks are cared for in herbaria, including at the [[National Herbarium of Victoria]] (MEL), [[Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria]]<ref name="MEL">{{Cite web| url = https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=collector_text%3A%22Banks%2C+J.%22+AND+collection_uid%3Aco55#tab_recordsView| title = AVH: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium| website = Atlas of Living Australia| access-date = 15 November 2024}}</ref>

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In Solander's birth town Piteå, the Solander Science Park houses a number of [[cleantech]] companies and research organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.solandersciencepark.se/ |title=Solander Science Park website |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208074937/http://www.solandersciencepark.se/ |archive-date=8 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Solander Street in Pelican Waters (a suburb in the Sunshine Coast of south-east Queensland, Australia) is one of several nearby streets with names linked to the round-the-world voyage of Captain James Cook that landed at Botany Bay in 1770.