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### Author
Alston, Arthur Hugh Garfit (1902-1958), British pteridologist and plant collector.
**Abbreviated name**: *Alston* \[standard form in IPNI: *Alston*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Most of the originals of Alston's collections are at [[Collection BM|BM]]; some, especially of the collections made with N.Y. Sandwith, are at [[Collection K|K]]. The location of the types is indicated in the publications.
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 355, 2: 33.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 45; BL 1: 22; Bossert p. 9; IF suppl. 3: 201, 4: 311-313; Kew 1: 44-45; MW p. 4.
- Elliot, The Times, London, 28 Mar 1958.
- Greenfield, Brit. Fern Gaz. 8: 220-222. 1958.
- Lourteig, Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot. 7: 136-137. 1958.
- Bell, Taxon 8: 83-86. 1959 (bibl., portr.)
- Morton, Amer. Fern J. 49: 1-2. 1959.
- Crabbe, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 385-395. 1960 (bibl.); 5: 240-248. 1969 (index).
- Anon., Mem. Soc. Brot. 18: frontispiece. 1966 (portr.) (vol. dedicated to Alston).
#### Eponymy
*Alstoniamitus* B. Skvortzov (1967).
### Publications
##### n.105. Nova Guinea
**Title**
Undescribed ferns from New Guinea. *Nova Guinea* ser. 2. 4: 109-112. *t. 4-11.* 1940.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 20 Dec 1940. Text previously published Oct 1940 in J. Bot. 78: 225-229.
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 44.
- Crabbe, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 389. 1960.
- Pichi-Sermolli, Regn. veg. 37: 311. 1965.