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### Author
Greville, Robert Kaye (1794-1866), British botanist at Edinburgh.
**Abbreviated name**: *Grev.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Grev.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection E|E]].
*Exsiccatae*: *Algae britannicae, dried specimens of... algae... *(fasc. i, nos. 1-24. 1824, fasc. 2(?) nos. ? 1833), sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]]. – Diatoms at [[Collection BM|BM]], fide Flora (50: 285), [[Collection BB|BB]] and Wornardt, other algae at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection GL|GL]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 359, 2: 239.
- Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 264, 276, 300. 1916.
- Dickinson, Phycol. Bull. 2: 12. 1952.
- Womersley, Austr. J. mar. freshwater Res. 7: 346. 1956.
- Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 174. 1964.
- Wornardt, Int. direct. diatomists 33. 1968.
- Koster, Taxon 18: 553. 1969.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 74. 1969.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 85. 1970.
- Fryxell, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 35: 361. 1975 (Diat.)
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 4: 629-630; Barnhart 2: 85; BB p. 130; BM 2: 733; Bossert p. 153; CSP 3: 12-14, 7: 836; DNB 23: 164-166; GR p. 375; Jackson p. 553 \[index\]; KR p. 244; LS 10362-10369; MD p. 124-135, 158-160; MW p. 143; NI 756-757; PR 3550-3553; Zander ed. 10, p. 665.
- Anon., Flora 49: 335. 18 Aug 1866.
- Balfour, Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 8: 463-476. 1866.
- Seemann, J. Bot. 4: 238. 1866.
- Anon., Leopoldina 6: 25. 1867.
- Michael, J. Roy. microsc. Soc. 1895: 13.
- Milner, Cat. portraits Kew 54. 1906.
- Woodward, Hist. Geol. Soc. London 329. 1907.
- Barnhart, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 16: 294. 1921 (Schweinitz – Torrey corr.)
- Moebius, Gesch. Bot. 89. 1937.
- Matheson, J. Soc. Bibliogr. nat. Hist. 4(5): 253-266. 1966.
- Fletcher, Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 301 \[index\]. 1970.
- Ainsworth and Bisby, Dict. fungi ed. 6. 249. 1971.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 188, 458. 1973.
#### Eponymy (*genus*)
*Kayea* Wallich (1831); (journal): *Grevillea* a monthly record of cryptogamic botany and its literature. London. Vol. 1-22, 1872-1894.
*Note*: *Grevillea* R. Brown ex R. A. Salisbury (1809, "*Grevillia*"), corr. R. Brown (1810, *nom. et orth. cons.*) is dedicated to Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), English horticulturist.
### Publications
##### n.2159. Tentamen methodi muscorum
**Title**
*Tentamen methodi muscorum*; or, a new arrangement of the genera of mosses, with characters, and observations on their distribution, history, and structure. Edinburgh 1822-1826, 3 memoirs, of which two are pre-publication separates. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tent. meth. musc.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: George Arnott Walker Arnott (1799-1868).
|memoir<br/>separate |pages<br/>separate |dates<br/>separate |memoir<br/>Journ. vol. |pages<br/>journ. |dates<br/>journ.|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |i-iv, 1-42 |22 Apr 1822\* |4(1) |109-150 |Aug 1822|
|2 |43-92 |18 Dec 1823\* |5(1) |\[42\]-89 |Mai 1824|
|3 |\[95\]-127 |prob. Jan 1826 |5(2) |442-474 |Jan 1826|
\* on or before that date. – The memoirs were published in the Memoirs of the Wernerian natural History Society. In addition to the separates (preprints) with independent pagination, separates exist with the original pagination from the journal (Copies at NY).
- The series of articles was unfinished. – The four plates are by Greville himself.
*Ref*.: Jackson p. 153; MD p. 134-135; PR 3552 (mentions a title page "1825"); IDC 5066.
##### n.2160. Scottish cryptogamic flora
**Title**
*Scottish cryptogamic flora*, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order *Fungi*; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany. Edinburgh (MacLachlan & Stewart), London (Baldwin, Cradock & Joy) \[1822\]-1823-1828, 6 vols. Oct. (in fours)
**Abbreviated title**: *Scott. crypt. fl.*
**Notes**
|vol. |fasc. |*plates* |fasc. date |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |1-5 |Jul 1822 |
| |2 |6-10 |Aug 1822 |
| |3 |11-15 |Sep 1822 |
| |4 |16-20 |Oct 1822 |
| |5 |21-25 |Nov 1822 |
| |6 |26-30 |Dec 1822 |
| |7 |31-35 |Jan 1823 |
| |8 |36-40 |Feb 1823 |
| |9 |41-45 |Mar 1823 |
| |10 |46-50 |Apr 1823 |
| |11 |51-55 |Mai 1823 |
| |12 |56-60 |Jun 1823 |
| |pref. | |1823 |
|2 |13 |67-65 |Jul 1823 |
| |14 |66-70 |Aug 1823 |
| |15 |71-75 |Sep 1823 |
| |16 |76-50 |Oct 1823 |
| |17 |81-85 |Nov 1823 |
| |18 |86-90 |Dec 1823 |
| |19 |91-95 |Jan 1824 |
| |20 |96-100 |Feb 1824 |
| |21 |101-105 |Mar 1824 |
| |22 |106-110 |Apr 1824 |
| |23 |111-115 |Mai 1824 |
| |24 |116-120 |Jun 1824 |
| |pref. | |1824 |
|3 |25 |121-125 |Jul 1824 |
| |26 |126-130 |Aug 1824 |
| |27 |131-135 |Sep 1824 |
| |28 |136-140 |Oct 1824 |
| |29 |141-145 |Nov 1824 |
| |30 |146-150 |Dec 1824 |
| |31 |151-155 |Jan 1825 |
| |32 |156-160 |Feb 1825 |
| |33 |161-165 |Mar 1825 |
| |34 |166-170 |Apr 1825 |
| |35 |171-175 |Mai 1825 |
| |36 |176-180 |Jun 1825 |
| |pref. | |1825 |
|4 |37 |181-185 |Jul 1825|
| |38 |186-190 |Aug 1825|
| |39 |191-195 |sep 1825|
| |40 |196-200 |Oct 1825|
| |41 |201-205 |Nov 1825|
| |42 |206-210 |Dec 1825|
| |43 |211-215 |Jan 1826|
| |44 |216-220 |Feb 1826|
| |45 |221-225 |Mar 1826|
| |46 |226-230 |Apr 1826|
| |47 |231-235 |Mai 1826|
| |48 |236-240 |Jun 1826|
| |pref. | |1826|
|5 |49 |241-245 |Jul 1826|
| |50 |246-250 |Aug 1826|
| |51 |251-255 |Sep 1826|
| |52 |256-260 |Oct 1826|
| |53 |261-265 |Nov 1826|
| |54 |266-270 |Dec 1826|
| |55 |277-275 |Jan 1827|
| |56 |276-280 |Feb 1827|
| |57 |281-285 |Mar 1827|
| |58 |286-290 |Apr 1827|
| |59 |291-295 |Mai 1827|
| |60 |296-300 |Jun 1827|
| |pref. | |1827|
|6 |61 |301-305 |Jul 1827|
| |62 |306-310 |Aug 1827|
| |63 |311-315 |Sep 1827|
| |64 |316-320 |Oct 1827|
| |65 |321-325 |Nov 1827|
| |66 |326-330 |Dec 1827|
| |67 |331-335 |Jan 1828|
| |68 |336-340 |Feb 1828|
| |69 |341-345 |Mar 1828|
| |70 |346-350 |Apr 1828|
| |71 |355-355 |Ma 1828|
| |72 |356-360 |Jun 1828|
| |pref. | |1828|
For a complete collation and an analytical bibliographical treatment see Margadant (MD). The descriptive text accompanying the plates is unpaged. – *Copies*: MO, NY.
*1*: \[i-vii\], *pl. 1-60*, \[4, ind.\]
*2*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 61-120*, index \[i\]-viii.
*3*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 121-180*, \[12, ind.\]
*4*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 181-240*, \[14, ind.\]
*5*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 240-300*, index \[i\]-vi.
*6*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 301-360*, synopsis \[1\]-82.
Half-titles ("i") sometimes missing from vols. 5, 6.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 733; Jackson p. 246; LS 10366; MD p. 127-131; NI 757; PR 3550; IDC 5403.
- Anon., Flora 6: 371-375. 1823 (1-6), 7: 89-92. 1824, 8: 565-569. 1824.
- Barnhart, NAF 7(15): 1066. 1940.
- Rickett, NAF 1(1): 160. 1949.
##### n.2161. Flora edinensis
**Title**
*Flora edinensis*: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh, arranged according to the Linnean system. With a concise introduction to the natural orders of the class Cryptogamia, and illustrative plates. Edinburgh (William Blackwood), London (T. Cadell). 1824. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. edin.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 18 Mar 1824 (Edinburgh Courant; Greville sent a copy to A. P. de Candolle on 22 Mar 1824; P&W put publication at April 1824; preface 7 Jan 1824), p. \[i\]-lxxi, \[1\]-478, *pl. 1-4.* The plates are uncoloured copper engravings of drawings by R. K. Greville. *Copies*: MO, NY, Stevenson.
*Ref*.: BL 2: 307; BM 2: 733; Jackson p. 252; LS 10367; MD p. 131-132; P&W p. 245; PR 3551; IDC 5286.
- Rehder, Bradley bibl. 1: 397. 1911.
- Barnhart, NAF 7(15): 1066. 1940.
- Rickett, NAF 1(1): 160. 1949.
##### n.2162. Algae britannicae
**Title**
*Algae britannicae*, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. Edinburgh (MacLachlan & Stewart), London (Baldwin & Cradock) 1830. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Alg. brit.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb-Mar 1830, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-lxxxviii, \[1\]-218, *pl. 1-19.* The 19 coloured engravings are of drawings by the author. *Copies*: MO, NY, PCS.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 733; Jackson p. 242; NI 756; PR 3553; P&W p. 245; IDC 985.
- Loudon, Gard. Mag. 6: 292. Jun 1830.
##### n.2163. Descriptions of new and rare diatoms
**Title**
*Descriptions of new and rare diatoms*, originally published 1861-1866, reprinted in a single volume. Lehre (J. Cramer) 1968.
**Abbreviated title**: *Descr. diatoms*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Reprint of twenty papers on Diatoms published between 1861 and 1866 in the Transactions of the Royal Microscopial Society of London or in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, with an introduction by Reimer Simonson and a general index including the modern synonymy. (Bibliotheca phycologica vol. 6). *Copy*: FAS.
| | | | | | |
|---|----|---|---|---|---|
|I |Trans. ser. 2. 9: |39-45 |t. 4 |1861 |1-9
|II |Trans. ser. 2. 9: |67-73 | |1861 |10-16
|III |Trans. ser. 2. 9: |73-77 |t. 8, 9 |1861 |16-24
|IV |Trans. ser. 2. 19: |79-87 |t. 10 |1861 |25-35
|V |Trans. ser. 2. 10: |18-30 |t. 2, 3 |1862 |35-49
|VI |Trans. ser. 2. 10: |89-96 |t. 9 |1862 |50-59
|VII |Quart. ser. 2. 2: |231-236 |t. 10 |1862 |59-65
|VIII |Trans. ser. 2. 11: |13-21 |t. 11 |1863 |66-75
|IX |Trans. ser. 2. 11: |63-76 |t. 4, 5 |1863 |76-92
|X |Quart. ser. 2. 3: |227-237 |t. 9, 10 |1863 |93-106
|XI |Trans. ser. 2. 12: |8-14 |t. 1, 2 |1864 |107-116
|XII |Trans. ser. 2. 12: |83-86 |t. 10, 11 |1864 |117-124
|XIII |Trans. ser. 2. 12: |87-94 |t. 12, 13 |1864 |125-135
|XIV |Trans. ser. 2. 13: |1-10 |t. 1, 2 |1865 |136-148
|XV |Trans. ser. 2. 13: |24-34 |t. 3, 4 |1865 |149-162
|XVI |Trans. ser. 2. 13: |43-57 |t. 5, 6 |1865 |163-180
|XVII |Trans. ser. 2. 13: |97-105 |t. 8, 9 |1865 |181-192
|XVIII |Trans. ser. 2. 14: |1-9 |t. 1, 2 |1866 |193-204
|XIX |Transl ser. 2. 14: |77-86 |t. 8, 9 |1866 |205-216
|XX |Trans. ser. 2. 14: |122-130 |t. 11, 12 |1866 |217-229
*Ref*.: Stafleu, Taxon 18: 241. 1969.