> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 331](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120462) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12361-1) LSID 12361-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2567402) QID Q2567402 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude (née Knight) (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude (née Knight) (1858-1934), American botanist, married Nathaniel Lord Britton, 27 Aug 1885. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Britton* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Britton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. *Ref*.: IH 2: 97. - Merrill, J. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 210-211. 1934 (Elizabeth Gertrude Britton Moss herbarium established). - Sayre, Mem. Torrey Bot. Cl. 19(3): 300. 1975. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews ed. 2, p. 242: Barnhart 1: 253; BL 1: 203; Bossert p. 53; CSP 12: 391 (Knight), 13: 818; IF 681; Kew 1: 377; Langman p. 161, 653. - Millspaugh, Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 2: 138-141, 290. 1900 (itin.) - Barnhart, J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 121. 1911. - Howe, J. New York Bot. Gard. 35: 97-103. 1934 (portr.) - Léon, Mem. Soc. Club. Hist. nat. Felipe Poey 8: 61-62. 1934. - Barnhart, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 62: 1-17. 3 Jan 1935 (bibl.) - Grout, The Bryologist 38: 1-3. 1935. - Verdoorn, Chron. bot. 1: 309. 1935 (portr.) - Barnhart et al., J. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 129-144. 1940. - Humphrey, Makers North Amer. bot. 38-39. 1961. - Ewan, Short hist. bot. US 93-94, 99. 1969. - Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 49-77. 1973 (correspondence, mss., archival mat.) #### Composite works (I) *Mosses, in* N. L. Britton, *Flora of Bermuda* 430-448, fig. 470-494. 28 Feb 1918. - (2) *Andreales* (p. 33), *Archidiaceae* (p. 45-46), *Bruchiaceae* (p. 47-54), *Bryoxiphiaceae* (p. 69-70), *Seligeriaceae* (p. 71-75), *Andreaceae* (p. 35-39), *Bryales* (general, with R. S. Williams, p. 41-43) *in* NAF 15(1): 41-43. 14 Jun 1913. #### Eponymy *Bryobrittonia* R. S. Williams (1901). – *Note*: For other eponyms based on the name Britton, cf. infra, sub N. L. Britton. ### Publications ##### n.773. An enumeration of the plants collected by H. H. Rusby **Title** *An enumeration of the plants collected by H. H. Rusby*, in Bolivia, 1885-1886. II. Musci. New York 1896. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. Rusby*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Dec 1896 in Bull. Torrey bot. Club 23: 471-499. 28 Dec 1896 and as a separate with double pagination, 471-499 and 9-28, 28a-281, *in* Contr. Herb. Columbia College no. 6. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.774. Polytrichaceae **Title** *Polytrichaceae* \[not published, circa 1900\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Polytrichaceae*. **Notes** *Publ*.: The first fascicle (p. 1-5, *1 plate*) of an unpublished book on mosses. Elizabeth Gertrude Britton never went on with this work, irritated as she was by A. J. Grout and his *Mosses with a hand-lens* (1900). Copies may have been distributed accidentally after Mrs Britton's death, but have no standing in nomenclature. *Ref*.: W. C. Steere, personal communication. - Britton, E. G., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 17: 260. 1890.