Benjamin Lincoln Robinson ( born Benjamin Lincoln Robinson [1] , November 8, 1864 - July 27, 1935 ) is an American botanist and mycologist [1] .
| Benjamin Lincoln Robinson | |
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| English Benjamin lincoln robinson | |
| Date of Birth | November 8, 1864 |
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| Date of death | July 27, 1935 (aged 70) |
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| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | botany , mycology |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " BLRob. " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website Another designation of the author is Robinson . Previously used the abbreviation Rob. , which now points to the scientist William Robinson (1838-1935) |
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Biography
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson was born on November 8, 1864 .
He made a significant contribution to botany by describing many plant species [2] .
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson died July 27, 1935 .
Scientific activity
Benjamin Lincoln Robinson specialized in fern , seed plants and mycology [1] .
Some publications
- 1887 . Notes on the Genus Taphrina . Ann. Bot. i. 163-176.
- 1889 . Beitriige zur Kenntniss der Stammanatomie von Phytocrene macrophylla . 131. Bot. Zeitung, xlvii. 645–657, 661–671, 6/7–685, 693–701, pi. 10. Estrasburgo. Disertación inaugural) 1-22, pi.
- 1890 . On the Stem-structure of lodes tomentella Miq. and Certain Other Phytocreneae . Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, viii. 95-121, pi. 18, 19.
- 1891 . Descriptions of New Plants, chiefly Gamopetalae, collected in Mexico by CG Pringle in 1889 and 1890 . Proc. Amer. Acad. xxvi. 164-176 (Contrib. Gray Herb. I.). 314.
- New Plants collected by WG Wright in Western Mexico . Bot. Gaz. xvi. 340-342.
- Silphium laciniatum L. Ibid. 114, 115.
- Two New Plants from the Cascade Mountains . Ibid. 43-45, pi. 6.
- Two Undescribed Species of Apodanthes . Ibid. 82-84, pi. 9.
- [Revis.] The Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 1890 . Ibid. 336.
- 1893 [con Henry E. Hason Seaton.] Additions to the Phaenogamic Flora of Mexico discovered by CG Pringle in 1891-1892 . Proc. Amer. Acad. xxviii. 103-115 (Contrib. Gray Herb. Iii.). George Vasey. Ibid. 401-403.
- The North American Sileneae and Polycarpeae . Ibid. 124-155 (Contrib. Gray Herb. V.).
- [con HE Seaton.] Two New Plants from Washington . Bot. Gaz. xviii. 237, 238.
- The Herbarium . Ann. Rep. of the President & Treasurer of Harvard College, 1891 - 1892 . 161-163.
- 1894 . Descriptions of New and hitherto Imperfectly Known Plants Collected in Mexico by CG Pringle in 1892 and 1893 . Proc. Amer. Acad. xxix. 314-325 (Contrib. Gray Herb, vi., En parte).
- Miscellaneous Notes & New Species . Ibid. 327-330 (Contrib. GrayHerb, vi., En parte).
- Notes upon the Genus Galinsoga . Ibid. 325-327 (Contrib. Gray Herb, vi., En parte).
- The North American Alsineae . Ibid. 273-313 (Contrib. Gray Herb, vi., En parte).
- [Con Jesse More Greenman.] Further New & Imperfectly Known Plants collected in Mexico by CG Pringle in the Summer of 1893. Ibid. 382-394 (Contrib. Gray Herb. Vii.).
- [Con Merritt Lyndon Fernald.] New plants collected by Messrs. CV Hartman & CE Lloyd upon an Archaeological Expedition to North-western Mexico under the Direction of Dr. Carl Lumholtz . Ibid. xxx. 114-123 (Contrib. Gray Herb. Viii.).
- The Herbarium . Ann. Rep. of the President & Treasurer of Harvard College, 1892 - 1893 . 179-182.
- 1895 . The Nomenclature Question. On the application of "once a synonymalways a synonym" to binomials . Bot. Gaz. xx. 261-263. 316.
- The Nomenclature Question. A further discussion of the Madison rules . Ibid. 370-371.
- On the "List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta of Northeastern America" prepared by the Nomenclature Committee of the Botanical Club . Ibid. 97-103.
- [Con JM Greenman.] On the Flora of the Galapagos Islands as shownby the Collection of Dr. G. Baur . Amer. Journ. Sci. ser. 3, 1.135-149 (Contrib. Gray Herb, ix., En parte).
- [Con JM Greenman.] Miscellaneous New Species . Ibid. 175, 176 (Contrib. Gray Herb, ix., En parte).
- [Con JM Greenman.] New & Noteworthy Plants chiefly from Oaxaca collected by Messrs. CG Pringle, LC Smith & EW Nel-son. Ibid. 150-168 (Contrib. Gray Herb, ix., En parte).
- [Con JM Greenman.] A Synoptic Revision of the Genus Lamourouxia . Ibid. 169-174 (Contrib. Gray Herb, ix., En parte).
- Synoptical Flora of North America. Vol. I. Fascicle i; by Asa Gray & Sereno Watson . Continuada y editada × Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, i-ix & 1-208.
- The Herbarium . Ann. Rep. of the President & Treasurer of Harvard College, 1893 - 1894 . 179-182.
- [Con JM Greenman.] A New Genus of Sterculiaceae and Some OtherNoteworthy Plants . Bot. Gaz. xxii. 168-170.
- [Con W. Deane.] A New Viburnum from Missouri . Tbid. T66, 167, pi. eight.
- Notes on Two Species of Brassica . Ibid. 252, 253.
- The Fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea , iv. 109-119, pi. 3.
- [Con Hermann von Schrenk.] Notes on the Flora of Newfoundland . Canad. Rec. Sci. vii. 3-31.
- Nymphaea tetragona Georgi . Garden and Forest, ix. 134, fig. sixteen
- [Con JM Greenman.] Descriptions of New or Little Known Phanerogams chiefly from Oaxaca . Proc. Amer. Acad. xxxii. 34-51 (Contrib. Gray Herb, x., En parte).
- [Con JM Greenman.] A Provisional Key to the Species of Porophyllum ranging north of the Isthmus of Panama . Ibid. 31–33 (Contrib. Gray Herb, x., En parte).
- [Con JM Greenman.] Revision of the Mexican and Central American Species of the Genus Calea . Ibid. 20-30 (contrib. Gray Herb, x., En parte), [con JM Greenman.].
- Revision of the Genus Tridax . Ibid. 1-10 (Contrib. Gray Herb, x., En parte), [con JM Greenman.].
- A Revision of the Genus Zinnia . Ibid. 14-20 (Contrib. Gray Herb, x., En parte). 317.
- [Con JM Greenman.]. Synopsis of the Mexican% AmericanSpecies of the Genus Mikania. Ibid. 10-13 (Contrib. Gray Herb, x., En parte)
- The Herbarium . Ann. Rep. of the President & Treasurer of Harvard College, 1894 - 1895 . 189-193.
- Case of Ecblastesis and Axial Prolification in Lepidium apetalum . Ibid. xxiv. 209-212, pi. 9.
- The Official Nomenclature of the Royal Botanical Garden & Museum of Berlin . Ibid. 107.
- [Con W. Deane.] Viburnum Demetrionis . Ibid. 436.
- The Publication of New Binomials in Works of Composite Authorship . Erythea, v. 127, 128.
Honors
Plant genus Robinsonella Rose & Baker f. was named after him.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 International Plant Names Index: Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1864-1935)
- ↑ See the link in the card “Systematic wildlife”.
Literature
- Robert Zander ; Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (Hrsg.): Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen . 13. Auflage. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984 , ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 . (German)