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> [!example] See also [[Grout, Abel Joel (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Grout, Abel Joel (1867-1947), American bryologist.
**Abbreviated name**: *==Name in the standard form is not specified==.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Grout*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection DUKE|DUKE]].
*Exsiccatae*:
1. *Hand-lens mosses* (nos. 1-76, 1903-x), sets at [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection NY|NY]].
2. *North American musci perfecti* (nos. 1-475, Newfane, Vt., 1925-1945), sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BRU|BRU]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GEO|GEO]], [[Collection GRI|GRI]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection S|S]]-PA, [[Collection SMU|SMU]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]].
3. *North American musci pleurocarpi* (nos. 1-500, Newfane, Vt., 1900-1922, suppl. nos. 1-74, 1931-1942), sets at [[Collection GEO|GEO]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GRI|GRI]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection SMU|SMU]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 359, 2: 242.
- Day, Rhodora 3: 241. 1901.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 86. 1970.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 206-208. 1971.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 92; BM 2: 742, 6: 413; CSP 15: 485; LS 10454-10455, 13292.
- Steere, Bryologist 50: 97. 1947.
- Flowers, Bryologist 50: 208-212. 1947.
- Schnooberger, Bryologist 50: 213-217. 1947.
- Haring, J. New York Bot. Gard. 48: 163-165. 1947 (portr.)
- Welch, Rev. bryol. lichénol. 17(1-4). 1948.
- Rickett, Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 41. 1955.
- Rickett, NAF ser. 2. 3: 35. 1963.
- Ewan, Short Hist. Bot. US 93. 94, 1969.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 184 (err. as "Grant"), 189-190. 1973 (corresp.)
- Grout, A. J., The Grout family, New Brighton, N.Y. s.d. (copy: Steere).
#### Composite works
Founder of *The Bryologist*; contributed to *NAF*: *Orthotrichaceae* (1946): 15A(1): 1-62, *fig. 1-5.* 4 Nov 1946; *Fissidentaceae* 15(3): 167-202, *figs. 1-10.* 9 Oct 1943.
#### Eponymy
*Groutia* V. F. Brotherus (1905).
### Publications
##### n.2191. A list of the mosses of Vermont
**Title**
*A list of the mosses of Vermont* with analytical keys to the genera and species. University of Vermont 1898. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *List moss. Vermont*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Mar 1898 (cover), p. \[1\]-37, \[1, index\]. *Copy*: Steere.
##### n.2192. Mosses with a hand-lens. A
**Title**
*Mosses with a hand-lens. A* non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the North-Eastern United States by A. J. Grout... illustrated by Mary V. Thayer. Published by the author, New York \[1900\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Moss. hand-lens*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1900 (pref. Aug 1900), p. \[i\]-ix, \[x, acknowl.; xi, cont.\], \[1\]-73, \[74, ind.\], *pl. 1-8.*
*Copies*: G, MO, NY (2), Steere.
*Ed. 2*: "revised and enlarged and including the Hepatics," New York (author; O. T. Louis Company) s.d. \[1905\]. Oct. *Publ*.: Mar-Oct 1905 (pref. Mar 1905; Nat. Nov. 1905), p. \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\]-208, *pl. 1-39* (in text), *flgs. 1-118. Copies*: MO, NY, Steere (2).
*Special edition* \[of ed. 2\]: "Special limited edition of twenty-five copies illustrated with actual specimens each copy numbered and signed..." New York (author) s.d. \[1905\]. Oct. *Publ*.: 1905, p. \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\]-208, plus specimens of mosses with handwritten text.
*Copies*: G, Ewan, Steere.
*Ed. 3*: New Brighton (author) 1924, Oct., p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi, ill.\], \[1\]-339, plates in text.
*Copies*: G, NY, Steere. – "Third edition. A popular guide to the common or conspicuous mosses and liverworts of the North-Eastern United States." Liverworts by M. A. Howe.
*Ed. 4*: Newfane, Vermont (author) s.d. Oct., p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-344. *Copy*: Steere (rd. 1947).
*Ref*.: BM 2: 742.
- C.R.B., Bot. Gaz. 31: 132. 23 Feb 1901.
- Dodge, Rhodora 27: 35-36. 1925.
- Jennings, Bryologist 1925, p. 40-42.
##### n.2193. Mosses with hand-lens and microscope
**Title**
*Mosses with hand-lens and microscope* a non-technical hand-book of the more common mosses of the northeastern United States by A. J. Grout... Published by the author. New York (author) s.d. \[1903-1910\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Moss. hand-lens microsc.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: in four parts 1903-1910, p. \[1\]-416, *pl. 1-88, fig. 1-220*\]. *Copies*: G, NY, Steere. – Plates in text (1: Sep 1903, p. \[1\]-86, *pl. 1-10*; 3: Mar 1907; 4: Jul 1910, p. 320-416, *pl. 76-88*).
*Reprint*: Ashton, Maryland (Eric Lundberg) 1965. *Copies*: L, Steere.
*Ref*.: BM 6: 413.
- Howe, Torreya 3: 106-107. 25 Jul 1903, 4: 128. 21 Jul 1904 (part 2).
- Rickett, NAF ser. 2. 3: 35. 1963.
##### n.2194. The moss flora of New York City
**Title**
*The moss flora of New York City* and vicinity. New Dorp N.Y. (author) 1916. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Moss fl. New York*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1916 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-119, \[2, ind.\], *pl. 1-12. Copies*: Steere (2).
##### n.2195. Moss Flora of North America
**Title**
*Moss Flora of North America* North of Mexico. New York, Newfane 1928-1940. 3 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Moss fl. N. Amer.*
**Notes**
|vol. |part |pages |*plates* |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |1-61 |1-38 |Oct 1936|
| |2 |62-135 |39-68 |Aug 1937|
| |3 |137-192 |69-90 |Oct 1938|
| |4 |196-264 |91-129 |Jul 1939|
|2 |1 |1-66 |1-25 |Nov 1933|
| |2 |67-138 |26-57 |Mai 1935|
| |3 |139-210 |58-83 |Dec 1935|
| |4 |211-284 |84-115 |Sep 1940|
|3 |1 |1-62 |1-14 |Sep 1928|
| |2 |63-114 |15-29 |Jun 1931|
| |3 |115-178 |30-44 |Nov 1932|
| |4 |179-277 |45-80 |Aug 1934|
Dates in volumes; captions of plates on numbered pages. The facsimile reprint consists only in part of reproduced sheets, other sheets are original. *Copy*: U (orig.) *Facsimile ed*.: New York (Hafner), partly original, partly facsimile, see Steere 1973. *Copy*: FAS.
*Ref*.: Collins, Rhodora 31: 38-39. 1929 (rev. 3(1)).
- Rickett, NAF ser. 2. 3: 35. 1963.
- Steere, Taxon 22: 491. 1973.