> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 813](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190284) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8454-1) LSID 8454-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817600) QID Q817600 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln (1864-1935), American botanist; Dr. phil. Strassburg 1889 with H. Solms Laubach; from 1890-1892 assistant to Sereno Watson at the Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass.; curator from 1892-1935; Asa Gray professor of systematic botany 1899-1935. **Abbreviated name**: *B.L. Robinson* \[standard form in IPNI: *B.L.Rob.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GH|GH]]; duplicates at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – Letters e.g. in Smithsonian Archives and at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 164 (b. 8 Nov 1864, d. 27 Jul 1935); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7570; BJI 1: 49, 2: 146; BL 1: 104, 109, 140, 158, 160, 161, 315; BM 4: 1714, 7: 1083; Bossert p. 334; CSP 18: 242-243; Hortus 3: 1202; IF suppl. 1: 75, 84; IH 1 (ed. 2): 36, (ed. 3): 41, (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (files); Langman p. 633-635 (Mexican bot. bibl.); Lenley p. 349; LS 22389; MW p. 415; NW p. 56(!); PH p. 520; Rehder 5: 730; SO 493a; Stevenson p. 1256; TL-1/431, 436, TL-2/2124, 2132, 4031; Tucker 1: 601; Urban-Berl. p. 388; Zander ed. 10, p. 707, ed. 11, p. 807. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 47: 223. 1891 (illness), 52: 112, 287. 1892 (curator GH), 81: 319. 1900, 83: 96. 1900 (app. Harvard); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 577-578 (obit.); Hedwigia 39: (71), (195). 1900 (app. Harvard), 75: (166). 1936 (d.); J. Bot., Morot 6: 464. 1892 (curator GH, succeeding Sereno Watson); Nat. Nov. 14: 440. 1892 (curator GH), 22: 131. 1900 (app. Harvard); Österr. bot. Z. 42: 428. 1892 (curator GH), 45: 72. 1893 (id.), 50: 108, 347. 1900 (app. Harvard), 84: 320. 1935 (d.); The New York Times 29 Jul 1935; Torreya 35: 116. 1935 (obit.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 16, 21, 48, no. 1969. - Fernald, M.L., Natl. Acad. Sci. biogr. Mem. 17(13): 305-330. 1936 (biogr., portr.; bibl. by L.M. Perry), Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 71(10): 539-542. 1937. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 210-213. 1961. - Merrill, E.D., Science ser. 2. 82: 94, 142-143. 1935 (obit.). - Pennell, F.W. & J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 617. 1935 (coll.). - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 73: 300-301. 1935 (obit., F.M.L.S. 1922); Nature 136: 328. 1935 (obit.). - Robinson, B.L., *in* Development of Harvard Univ. 342, 351-352 (Asa Gray prof.). - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 250, 304, 311, 318. 1944; Liberty Hyde Bailey 502 \[index\]. 1949. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 171, 173, 174, 175. 1970. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 297, 329, 330. 1936, 6: 238. 1941, 7: 341. 1943. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 200. *pl. 149.* 1905. #### Handwriting Bartonia 28: *pl*. 7. 1957. #### Composite works - (1) Editor-in-chief *Rhodora* 1-30, 1899-1928. - (2) Editor and co-author A. Gray, *Man. bot.* ed. 7. 18 Sep 1908 (rev. K.K. Mackenzie, Torreya 8: 259-265. 1908, F. Gagnepain, Bull. Soc. bot. France 55: 750-751. 1908), TL-2/2124. - (3) Editor and, in part, author, Asa Gray and Sereno Watson, *Syn.fl. N. Amer.* 1 (1, 2), 1895-1897, TL-2/2132, Reviews by H. Solms-Laubach, Bot. Zeit. 54: 308-311. 1896, and Fr. Buchenau, ib. 55: 262-263. 1897. #### Eponymy *Robinsonella* J.N. Rose et E.G. Baker (1897). *Note*: *Robinsona* Cothenius (1790, *orth. var.* of *Robinsonia* Scopoli); *Robinsonetta* G.D. Hanna et A.L. Brigger (1964) honors J.H. Robinson of Barbados; *Robinsonia* Scopoli (1777, *nom. rej.*) was named for Sir Tancred Robinson (-1748), English botanist and physician; *Robinsonia* A.P. de Candolle (1833, *nom. cons.*) was named for the fictional character, Robinson Crusoe, in the book by Daniel Defoe; *Robinsoniodendron* Merrill (1917) honors Charles Budd Robinson (1871-1913) Canadian-American botanist. ### Publications ##### n.9280. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Stammanatomie von Phytocrene macrophylla **Title** *Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Stammanatomie von Phytocrene macrophylla* Bl. Inaugural-Dissertation der mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Facultät der Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Strassburg zur Erlangung der Doctorwürde... \[Leipzig (Breitkopf & Härtel)\] 1889. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1889 (in Journal; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1890), p. \[1\]-22, *1 pl. Copies*: G, HH, M. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Zeit. 47: 645-657. 4 Oct 1889, 661-672. 11 Oct 1889, 677-686. 18 Oct 1889, 693-701, *pl. 10.* 25 Oct 1889. ##### n.9281. Descriptions of new plants **Title** *Descriptions of new plants*, chiefly Gamopetalae, *collected in Mexico* by C.G. Pringle in 1889 and 1890... From the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. xxvi. Issued July 31, 1891. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911). *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1891 (cover reprint so dated), cover, p. \[i\], 164-176. *Copies*: G, NY, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 26: 164-176. 1891. Contr. Gray Herb. no. 1. *Continuation*: 2 Nov 1892 (cover reprint so dated), cover, p. 165-185. *Copy*: USDA. – Id. 27: 165-185. 1892. Contr. Gray Herb. no. 2. ##### n.9282. Descriptions of new plants collected in Mexico **Title** *Descriptions of new plants collected in Mexico* by C.G. Pringle in 1890 and 1891, with notes upon a few other species... Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. xxvii. November 2, 1892. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911). *Publ*.: 2 Nov 1891 (cover reprint so dated) cover-t.p., p. 165-185. *Copy*: USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 27: 165-186. 1892. ##### n.9283. Additions to the phaenogamic flora of Mexico **Title** *Additions to the phaenogamic flora of Mexico*, discovered by C.G. Pringle in 1891-92... From the Proceedings... vol. xxviii. \[Issued May 13, 1893\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Henrey Eliason Seaton (1869-1893), *collector*: Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911). *Publ*.: 13 Mai 1893 (cover-t.p. so dated), cover-t.p., p. 103-115. *Copy*: USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 28: 103-115. 1893. Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2. no. 3. ##### n.9284. The North American Sileneae and Polycarpeae **Title** *The North American Sileneae and Polycarpeae*... From the Proceedings... vol. xxviii. \[Issued June 22, 1893\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Jun 1893 (cover-t.p. so dated), cover-t.p., p. 124-155. *Copy*: USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 28: 124-155. Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2, no. 5. ##### n.9285. Further new and imperfectly known plants collected in Mexico **Title** *Further new and imperfectly known plants collected in Mexico* by C.G. Pringle in the summer of 1893... From the Proceedings... vol. xxix. \[Issued June 29, 1894\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Jesse More Greenman (1867-1951). *Publ*.: 29 Jun 1894 (cover-t.p. so dated), cover-t.p., p. 382-394. *Copy*: USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 29: 382-394. 1894. Contr. Gray herb. ser. 2, no. 7. ##### n.9286. New plants collected **Title** *New plants collected* by Messrs. C.V. Hartman and C.E. Lloyd *upon an archeological expedition to northwestern Mexico* under the direction of Dr. Carl. Lumholtz... From the Proceedings... vol. xxx. \[Issued August 27, 1894\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873-1950). *Publ*.: 27 Aug 1894 (reprint cover so dated), cover-t.p., p. 114-123. *Copy*: USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 114-123. 1894. Contr. Gray herb. ser. 2, no. 8. ##### n.9287. A new genus of Sterculiaceae **Title** *A new genus of Sterculiaceae* and some other noteworthy plants... Chicago (The University of Chicago Press) 1890. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Jesse More Greenman (1867-1951). *Publ*.: Aug 1896, cover t.p., p. 168-170. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 22(2): 168-170. 1896. *Nephropetalum* Robinson et Greenman (1896). ##### n.9288. Notes upon the flora of Newfoundland **Title** *Notes upon the flora of Newfoundland*... Reprinted from the Canadian Record of Science, Jan. and April 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Hermann von Schrenk 81873-1953). *Publ*.: Apr 1896, cover, p. \[3\]-31. *Copies*: BR, M, USDA. – Reprinted with special cover t.p. and original pagination from Canad. Rec. Sci. 7: 3-31. 1896. *Ref*.: Buchenau, F., Bot. Zeit. 55(2): 81-83. 16 Mar 1897 (rev.). ##### n.9289. Flora of the Galapagos Islands **Title** *Flora of the Galapagos Islands*... \[Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences vol. xxxviii. no. 4. – October 1902\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Oct 1902 (copies of issue in Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2. 24 so dated; USDA rd. 30 Oct. 1902), cover, p. \[i\], \[77\]-269, \[270\], *pl. 1-3. Copies*: BR, G, M, MO, NY, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 38(4): \[77\]-269, \[270\]. 1902; reprint issued as Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2, 24. *Preliminary publ*.: with J.M. Greenman, Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 50: 135-149. 1 Aug 1895. *Ref*.: Solms-Laubach, H., Bot. Zeit. 61(2): 39-41. 1 Feb 1903 (rev.). ##### n.9290. Propositions de changements aux lois de la nomenclature botanique de 1867 **Title** *Propositions de changements aux lois de la nomenclature botanique de 1867* dont l'adoption est recommandée au Congres International de Nomenclature botanique projeté à Vienne en 1905 par les botanistes attachés à l'Herbier Gray, à l'Herbier cryptogamique et au Musée botanique de l'Université Harvard... Amendments to the Paris Code of botanical nomenclature... Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A; 9 June, 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prop. lois nom. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Jun 1904, p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: G. – By B.L. Robinson and other botanists at Harvard. ##### n.9291. Studies in the Eupatorieae **Title** *Studies in the Eupatorieae*... Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. xlii, no. I. – May, 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 May 1906 (reprint issued as Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2. 32 so dated), cover, p. \[1\]-48. *Copies*: BR, MO, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. 42(1): 1-48. 1906. Contr. Gray Herb. ser. 2. 32. ##### n.9292. The generic concept in the classification of the flowering plants **Title** *The generic concept in the classification of the flowering plants*. \[Reprinted from Science, N.S., vol. xxiii, No. 577, pages 81-92, January 19, 1906\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Jan 1906, p. \[1\]-12. *Copy*: M. – Reprinted and to be cited from Science ser. 2. 23: 81-92. 1906. ##### n.9293. A monograph of the genus Brickellia **Title** *A monograph of the genus Brickellia*... Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Harvard University Press) 1917. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Brickellia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Feb 1917 (p. 152 so stamped), p. \[1\]-151, \[152\]. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY. – Mem. Gray Herb. no. 1. ##### n.9294. The woody species of Eup- atorium and Ophryosporus occurring in Mexico **Title** Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. *The woody species of Eupatorium and Ophryosporus occurring in Mexico*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Nov 1926, t.p. on recto of p. 1432, 1432-1470. *Copy*: *U*. – Reprinted and to be cited from Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 23: 1432-1470. 1926.