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### Author
Gourlie, William (1815-1856), Scottish palaeobiologist, pupil of W. J. Hooker and J. H. Balfour,
**Abbreviated name**: *Gourlie* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gourlie*\]
#### Collections
Mainly at E; musci at B, E, GL, K, L and OXF. – Issued a series *Flora scotica alpina* (fide BB); collections sold 14 Apr 1858.
*Ref*.: IH 2: 234.
- Kent, British herbaria 57. 1953.
- Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 172. 1964.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 85. 1970.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 271; Barnhart 2: 70; BB p. 127; DNB 22: 291.
- Rodgers, Noble Fellow Sullivant 173, 176, 184. 1940.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 184. 1973 (corr.).
#### Eponymy
*Gourliea* Gillies ex W. J. Hooker & Arnott (1833) is dedicated to Robert Gourlie (x-1832), English botanical collector in Chili.