> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 25](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264750) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/68-1) LSID 68-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3436355) QID Q3436355 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author \* Adamson, Robert Stephen (1885-1965), British botanist, educated Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, studied at Univ. Edinburgh 1902-1907 (M.A. and D.Sc.), at Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1907-1912, M.A. Cant. 1912, lecturer at Manchester Univ. 1907-1923, second Harry Bolus Professor at Cape Town University 1923-1950, retired 1950 and settled again in Great Britain 1955. **Abbreviated name**: *Adamson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Adamson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection S|S]]. African material: [[Collection BOL|BOL]], [[Collection CT|CT]], dupl. [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection STE|STE]]; British material: [[Collection BM|BM]] (6000), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]; Australia: [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]; Corsica: [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BOL|BOL]], [[Collection CT|CT]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 15; BJI 2: 2; BL 1: 28, 71, 2: 243, 271; Clokie p. 126; Desmond p. 4 (b. 2 Mar 1885, d. 6 Nov 1965, further refs.); Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 27; Roon p. 9; TL-2/see T.M. Salter (vol. 5). #### Biofile - Anon., S. Afr. J. Sci. 61: 443. 1965 (obit.). - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 2. 1978 (bibl. publ. on S. Afr. bot.). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 1984, no. 512. - Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. Expl. S. Africa 77-78. 1981 (curr. vit., portr., colls., biogr. refs.). - Jessop, J.P. and E.G.M. Oliver, The South African Forum botanicum 3(12): 1-3. Dec 1965 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herbaria 39. 1957 (coll.). - Levyns, M.R., Insar'd with flowers 201. 1977 (many refs.). - Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 65. 1930 (coll.). - Tyrrel-Glynn, W. and M.R. Levyns, Flora africana 1963, no. 1. - White, F., C.R. AETFAT 9: 188-189. 1962 (visited N. Rhodesia in 1932). #### Composite works - (1) Co-editor and principal contributor to *The Flora of the Cape Peninsula* (1950). #### Note Outside our period: *Flora of the Cape Peninsula*, Cape Town 1950, 889 p. Oct., with T.M. Salter. ### Publications ##### n.18.866. On the comparative anatomy of the leaves of **Title** *On the comparative anatomy of the leaves of* certain species of *Veronica*... extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany,... 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1912 (in journal), p. \[247\]-274. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 247-274. 1912. ##### n.18.867. The herbarium of John Dalton **Title** *The herbarium of John Dalton*... Mem. Manchester Lit. Philos. Soc.... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1919. Issued as Mem. Manchester Lit. Philos. Soc. 63(1). *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 57: 293-294. Oct. 1919 (review, presumably by James Britten). ##### n.18.868. The botanical features of the south western Cape Province **Title** *The botanical features of the south western Cape Province*... Cape Town (specialty Press) 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Authorship*: R.S. Adamson, R.H. Compton, P.A. van der Byl, Miss E.L. Stephens, Mrs. R.S. Levyns. *Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1929 (written in connection with the visit to South Africa of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, July 1929), p. \[i-iv\], \[5\]-127, tables. *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 68: 92-93. Mai 1930 (review). ##### n.18.869. new species of Aristea **Title** On a *new species of Aristea*, with an account of the anatomy... Cape Town (Published by the Society). 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1931, cover-t.p., p. \[373\]-378. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 19(4): 373-378. 1932. ##### n.18.870. A revision of the South American species of Juncus **Title** *A revision of the South American species of Juncus*... (extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany) 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Sep 1935 (date on cover reprint), p. \[i\], \[1\]-38. *Copies*: B, L. U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50: 1-38. 1935. ##### n.18.871. Notes on **Title** *Notes on* the species of *Amaranthus* in the Western Cape Province... Reprinted from "The Journal of South African Botany,..." 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1936 (in journal), p. \[191\]-195. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. S. Afr. Bot. 2: 191-195. 1936. ##### n.18.872. Notes on Juncus **Title** *Notes on Juncus*... (Reprinted from "The Journal of South African Botany") 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1937 (date on reprint), p. \[165\]-169. *Copies*: L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. S. Afr. Bot. 3: 165-169. 1937. ##### n.18.873. The vegetation of South Africa **Title** Monograph of British Empire vegetation. *The vegetation of South Africa*... London (British Empire vegetation committee) 1938. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. S. Afr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938 (p. vi: Feb 1938, Nat. Nov. Feb 1939), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-235, *pl. 1-9*, map. *Copies*: L. MO. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 70 (Lit.): 7. 28 Apr 1939 (rev.). - Hutchinson, J., Kew Bull. 1939(3): 167-168. 24 Mai 1939 (rev.). ##### n.18.874. Notes on some Cape species of Annesorhiza **Title** *Notes on some Cape species of Annesorhiza*... Reprinted from "The Journal of South African Botany",... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1938, p. \[61\]-63. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. S. Afr. Bot. 4: 61-63. 1938. ##### n.18.875. Notes on the vegetation of the Kamiesberg **Title** *Notes on the vegetation of the Kamiesberg*... Pretoria (Printed... by the Government Printer) 1938. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Notes veg. Kamiesberg*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-25. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Bot. Surv. S. Afr. Mem., no. 18.