> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 72](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264799) of TL-2 Suppl. I
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/148-1) LSID 148-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21505081) QID Q21505081
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> [!example] See also [[Allen, Guy Oldfield|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Allen, Guy Oldfield (1883-1963), British algologist specialized on Charophyta; studied law at Oxford; in the Indian Civil Service 1908-1933; in retirement ultimately in St. Oswald's Enton Green, Surrey, England.
**Abbreviated name**: *G.O. Allen* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.O.Allen*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]]. – See TL-2/1: 30. – Library also at [[Collection BM|BM]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Roon p. 10; TL-2/1: 30-31.
#### Biofile
- Hedge, I.C. and J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 53. 1970.
- Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 549. 1969 (colls. at BM).
- Kundu, B.C., Taxon 14: 206-207. 1965 (obit.).
- Phillips, S.P., Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 6: 97-99. 1967 (obit., bibl.).
- Ross, R., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 175(2): 187-188. 1964 (obit., d. 11 Apr 1963).
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 59. 1969.
- Wood, R.D., Rev. algol. ser. 2. 7(3): 219-222. 1964 (b. 7 Nov 1883, London; d. 11 Apr 1963, portr., bibl.; major source); Monogr. Charac. 1: 787. 1965.
### Publications
##### n.19.039. Notes on Charophytes from Gonda
**Title**
*Notes on Charophytes from Gonda*, U.P.... \[From the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society... 1925\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Jun 1925 (date in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[589\]-599, *pl. 1-5* (uncol.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3): 589-599, *pl. 1-5.* 1925.
##### n.19.040. Charophyte notes from Agra
**Title**
*Charophyte notes from Agra*, U.P.... Madras (Madras Publishing House) 1933. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1933, cover-t.p., p. 17-19, *1 pl*. (uncol.). *Copy*: L. – J. Indian Bot. Soc. 12(1): 17-19. 1933.
##### n.19.041. Charales Uruguayensis
**Title**
*Charales Uruguayensis*... \[Revista Sudamericana de Botánica...\] 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Wilhelm Gustav Franz \[Guillermo\] Herter (1884-1958), TL-2/2: 176.
*Publ*.: 1934, p. \[87\]-91. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Revista Sudamer. Bot. 1(2): 87-91. 1934.
##### n.19.042. Charophyte notes from Bareilly
**Title**
*Charophyte notes from Bareilly*... Madras (Associated Printers) 1936. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1936 (rd. for publ. 24 Oct 1934), cover-t.p., p. 51-54. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Indian Bot. Soc. 15(1): 51-54. 1936.
##### n.19.043. Notes on the outer covering of Charophyte fruits
**Title**
*Notes on the outer covering of Charophyte fruits*... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1937. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1937 (in journal), p. \[153\]-155. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 75: 153-155. 1937.
##### n.19.044. Notes on British Charophytes
**Title**
*Notes on British Charophytes*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1938 (in journal), p. \[48\]-50. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 76: 48-50. 1938.
##### n.19.045. The Charophyte collecting tours of Thomas Bates Blow
**Title**
*The Charophyte collecting tours of Thomas Bates Blow*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Thomas Bates Blow (1854-1941), herb. material at BM, K, OXF. – See Desmond p. 71.
*Publ*.: Oct 1938 (in journal), p. \[295\]-298. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 76: 295-298. 1938.