> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 87](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264814) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/170-1) LSID 170-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q674391) QID Q674391 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Alston, Arthur Hugh Garfit|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Alston, Arthur Hugh Garfit (1902-1958), British botanist (pteridologist), traveller and plant collector, educated at Marlborough at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduated 1924, worked at Kew with J. Hutchinson 1924-1925, systematic botanist in the Dept. Agriculture, Ceylon in charge of the herbarium and botanical museum at the Botanic Gardens Peradeniya 1925-1930, assistant keeper herbarium British Museum (Natural History) 1930, from then on specializing in Pteridophyta, collected in Venezuela, Colombia and Panama 1938, in Indonesia 1953, as well as in S.E. Europe and N. Europe and N. Africa. **Abbreviated name**: *Alston* \[standard form in IPNI: *Alston*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], collections made with Sandwith at [[Collection K|K]], further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]] (Venezuelan coll.), [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]] (lich.), [[Collection S|S]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 45; BL 2: 22; Desmond p. 10; Hortus 3: 1187; IF suppl. 3: 201, suppl. 4: 311-312, 313; IH 2: 33, 819; SK 1: cxx, cxxvi, 5(4): ccliii-ccliv, 8: ix; TL-2/1: 38, TL-2/4: 8393; Zander ed. 10, p. 628, ed. 11, p. 713. #### Biofile - Bell, P.R., Taxon 8: 83-86. 1949 (obit., portr., b. 4 Sep 1902 West Ashby, Lincolnshire, d. 17 Mar 1958, Barcelona). - Crabbe, J.A., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 383-395. 1960 (lists obituaries, main bibl., list of new taxa; further biographical data; major source), 5(3): 240-248. 1969 (additions and index to his publ.; eponymy). - Ewan, J., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 48: 234. 1958 (postscript). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world nos. 580, 829. 1984. - Greenfield, P., Brit. Fern Gaz. 8: 220-221. 1958. - Kalkman, C. and P. Smit, Blumea 25(1): 105. 1979. - Kent, D.H., British herbaria 39. 1957 (coll. London area). - Lourteig, A., Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 7: 136-137. Oct 1958 (obit.). - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 172, 182, 191, 203, 205, 209, 210, 227, 354. 1954 (Botany Cook's Voy.). - Morton, C.V., Amer. Fern J. 49: 1-2. 1959 (obit.). - Ramsbottom, J., Nature, London 181: 1306-1307. 10 Mai 1958 (obit.). - Sandwith, N.Y., The Times 28 Mar 1958; Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 3: 361-365. Sep 1959 (important biogr. by one of his closest friends). - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 314. 1981. - Wit, H.C.D. de, Flora males. 1(4): 20, 42, 64, 102, 108. 1949. #### Composite works - (1) *Selaginellaceae*, *in* A.A. Pulle et al., *Fl. Suriname* 1(1): 162-170, Jan 1938. - (2) *Lycopodiaceae*, *in* A.A. Pulle et al., *Fl. Suriname* 1(1): 171-175. Jan 1938. - (3) *The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa*, suppl. to Fl. W. Afr. ed.2, 1959, 89 p. ### Publications ##### n.19.107. Names published in Moon's catalogue **Title** *Names published in Moon's catalogue*... \[Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya... 1929\]. Oct. **Notes** *Moon's catalogue*: see TL-2/6264, A. Moon, *Cat. pl. Ceylon* 1824. *Publ*.: 12 Mar 1929 (in journal; Crabbe no. 6), p. 203-205. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 11: 203-205. 1929 (reprint without identification of provenance). ##### n.19.108. The flora of Maragalakande **Title** *The flora of Maragalakande*... \[Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 1929\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Mar 1929 (Crabbe no. 7), p. 207-211. *Copies*: B, U. – Reprinted (provenance not mentioned) from Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 11: 207-211. 1929. ##### n.19.109. Roxburgh's Hortus Bengalensis **Title** *Roxburgh's Hortus Bengalensis*... \[Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 1930\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Jun 1930 (in journal, Crabbe no. 9, mss. rd. 3 Apr 1929), p. 299-300. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 11: 299-300. 1930. – For Roxburgh's *Hortus bengalensis* see TL-2/9721. *Note*: The paper has on p. 300 also a brief note by Alston: *Inverted flowers in the Leguminosae*, ib. 11: 300. 30 Jun 1930. ##### n.19.110. ferns in Sir James Smith's herbarium **Title** Certain *ferns in Sir James Smith's herbarium*. Manila (Bureau of printing) 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1933 (date on cover reprint, Crabbe no. 25), p. \[i\], 175-183, *pl. 1. Copies*: B, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. 50(2): 175-183, *pl. 1.* 1933. ##### n.19.111. A revision of Liebmann's Mexican Selaginellae **Title** Notes on Selaginella. iv. *A revision of Liebmann's Mexican Selaginellae*... Extracted from the Journal of Botany,...1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1933 (in journal; see also Crabbe no. 26), p. \[239\]-243. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 71: 239-243. 1933. *Notes on Selaginella* i-x, 1931-1939, a series of papers in J. Bot., for full details see Crabbe nos. 15, 16, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 61, 62. ##### n.19.112. The Selaginellae **Title** Notes on Selaginella vi. *The Selaginellae* collected by Thaddeus Haenke and described by Karel Borewog Presl... Extracted from the Journal of Botany,... 1934. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1934 (in journal; see also Crabbe no. 29), p. \[223\]-226. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 72: 223-226. 1934. ##### n.19.113. The Philippine species of Selaginella **Title** *The Philippine species of Selaginella*... Manila (Bureau of Printing) 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1935 (in journal, Crabbe no. 38), p. \[i\], 359-383, *pl. 1-2. Copies*: B, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philipp. J. Sci. 58(3): 259-383, *pl. 1-2.* 1935. ##### n.19.114. The Selaginellae of the Malay Islands **Title** *The Selaginellae of the Malay Islands*... Buitenzorg \[Bogor\] (Archipel Drukkerij) 1935-1940, 3 parts. Oct. **Notes** *1*: Dec 1935 (date on cover-t.p., Crabbe no. 39), cover-t.p., p. \[432\]-442. *Copies*: B, FAS, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenzorg ser. 2. 12(3): 432-442. 1935. – I. Java and the Lesser Sunda Isl. *2*: Jun 1937 (id. Crabbe no. 49), cover-t.p., p. 175-186. *Copies*: B(2). – Id. ser. 3. 14(2): 175-186. 1937. – II. Sumatra. *3*: Dec 1940 (id., Crabbe no. 75), cover-t.p., p. 343-350. *Copy*: B. – Id. ser. 3. 16: 343-350. 1940. – III. Celebes and the Moluccas. ##### n.19.115. The Kandy Flora **Title** *The Kandy Flora*... Colombo (Printed at the Ceylon Government Press,...) 1938. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kandy fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1938 (J. Bot. Apr 1938; Crabbe no. 59; Nat. Nov. Sep 1938), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-119, *pl. \[1-101\]* each with four figures numbered 1-404. *Copy*: L. ##### n.19.116. Results of two botanical expeditions to South Albania **Title** *Results of two botanical expeditions to South Albania*... Extracted from the Journal of Botany,... 1940. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Noel Yuri Sandwith (1901-1965), TL-2/5: 35-36. *Publ*.: Mai-Oct 1940 (in journal, Crabbe no. 72), p. \[119\]-126 \[Mai\], \[147\]-151 \[Jun\], \[167\]-174 \[Jul\], \[193\]-199 \[Aug\], \[219\]-224 \[Sep\], \[232\]-246 \[Oct\]. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 78: 119-126, 147-151, 167-174, 193-199, 219-224, 232-246. 1940. ##### n.19.117. Undescribed ferns from New Guinea **Title** *Undescribed ferns from New Guinea*... \[Separate from Nova Guinea... 1940\]. Oct. **Notes** *Nova Guinea issue*: late 1940, cover, p. \[109\]-112, *pl. 4-11* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nova Guinea ser. 2. 4: 109-112, *pl. 4-11.* (Crabbe no. 76). *Journal of Botany issue*: Oct 1940, J. Bot. 78: 225-228. 1940 (Crabbe no. 74).