> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 424](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258902) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3424-1) LSID 3424-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21512721) QID Q21512721 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Groves, James|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Groves, James (1858-1933), British algologist and paleontologist interested in Characeae, born 19 Jan 1858 in London, worked in Army and Navy Stores until retirement in 1918, F.L.S. 1885, died 20 Mar 1933 in Trevarthian (or Freshwater Bay), Isle of Wight. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Groves* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Groves*\] #### Note The youngest of three brothers, incl. Henry Groves (1855-1912) (see above) with whom he often published. #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. *Exsiccatae* (see also under Henry Groves, his older brother): *British and Irish Charophyta* (with Rev. George Russell Bullock-Webster, 1858-1934) (fasc. i-ii, nos. 1-42, 1924), sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – Mss. at [[Collection BM|BM]] (James Groves papers). #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 272; APN p. 244; Barnhart 2: 92; BL 2: 268, 662; BM 6: 413; Clokie p. 175; CSP 10: 71, 15: 487; De Toni 4: xxv; Desmond p. 273, ed. 2: 302; Hist. Coll. BMNH p. 152; IH 2: 242-243; Kent p. 58, ed. 2: 156; Kew 2: 521; Kew List p. 28; MW p. 146, suppl. p. 80; NI 2: 72; Portr. 3: 510; SO p. 26 (index); TL-2/1: 1016, 2/6 (index); Zander ed. 17: 950. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 184. 1931. - Allen, G.O., 1934. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 1(3): 94-95. (portr.) - Allen, G.O., 1938. J. Bot. 76: 295. - Andrews, H.R., 1980. The fossil hunters, Ithaca, New York (Cornell Univ. Press): 419. (index) - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 405. (index) - Dörfler, I., 1902. Botaniker-Adressbuch, ed. 2: 107; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 158. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 86. - Marquand, C.V.B., 1934. Kew Bull. 1934: 274-275. - Pugsley, H.W., 1933. J. Bot. 71: 136-139. (portr.) - Rendle, A.B., 1933. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 145(5): 191-195. - Wittrock, V.B., 1903. Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 93. - Wood, R.D. & K. Imahori, 1965. A revision of the Characeae: 810-813. (bibl.) #### Composite works - (1) Editor, with his brother Henry, of C.C. Babington, *Man. Brit. bot.* ... ed. 9, 1904 (see TL-2/1, nr. 216). - (2) Characeae, with his brother Henry, *in* I. Urban, *Symb. antill.*... vol. 7(1), 15 Dec 1911 (see TL-2/6, nr. 15.687). - (3) J. Groves & G.R. Bullock-Webster, *Brit. Charoph.*... 1920-1924, 2 vols., was treated earlier (TL-2/1, nr. 2199) but can be amended as follows: *Microfiche*: (a) Westport, Conn. (Meckler/Chadwyck-Healey Publishing), \[1987 ?\], 6 microfiches (Plant taxonomic lit. microfiche coll., "8277A1-8282B6"). *Copy*: MO. (b) Wakefield, Yorkshire, U.K. (EP Group of Companies, Microform Division), \[19–\]. *Copy*: LC – NRMM (Printing master microform) (n.v.). *Reprint*: New York (Johnson Reprint), 2 vols., 1971. *Copy*: UC-Santa Barbara (n.v.). - (4) Contributed a section on fossil Charophyta to E.M. Reid & M.E.J. Chandler, *Bembridge fl*.... 1926 (TL-2/1, nr. 8905). - (5) Specimens obtained by Clement Reid (1853-1916) and J. Groves, bequeathed to the BMNH by the latter in 1933, formed the basis of Thomas Maxwell Harris (1903-x), *British Purbeck Charophyta*, London (British Museum (Natural History)), ix, 83 p., *17 pl*. 1939. Reid and Groves published a preliminary report on the Characeae of the Purbeck formation in *Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B, Biol. Sci.*, 89: 252-256. 1916. ### Publications ##### n.37.350. Notes **Title** *Notes* on *Indian Charophyta*... \[Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal– Botany...\] 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1924 (on p. \[359\], read 3 Mai 1923), p. \[359\]-376, *pl. 35-36* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 46: 359-376, *pl. 35-36.* 1924. ##### n.37.351. New **Title** *New* and noteworthy *South African Charophyta*... \[Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa...\] 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Stephens, Edith Layard (1884-1966), TL-2/5: 895-896, Suppl. 1: 452 (index) and IH 2: 952. *Publ*.: Apr 1926 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[145\]-158, *pl. 12-15* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa 13(2): 145-158, *pl. 12-15.* 1926. ##### n.37.352. some Indian Charophyta **Title** On *some Indian Charophyta*... \[Journal of Botany...\] 1927. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author* (and collector): Allen, Guy Oldfield (1883-1963), see TL-2/1: 30-31, Suppl. 1: 72 and IH 2: 32. *Publ*.: Dec 1927 (on p. \[335\]), p. \[335\]-339. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 65(12): 335-339. 1927. ##### n.37.353. Charophyta **Title** On *Charophyta* collected by Mr. Thomas Bates Blow, F.L.S., in *Madagascar*... \[J. Linn. Soc. Bot.\] 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Blow, Thomas Bates (1854-1941), see IH 2: 80. *Publ*.: 5 Dec 1928 (in journal, read 12 Mai 1927), p. \[125\]-137, *pl. 4-7* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 125-137, *pl. 4-7.* 1928. ##### n.37.354. Charophyta **Title** *Charophyta*... \[in Jongmans, W.J., ed., *Fossilium catalogus*. II: Plantae. Pars 19... Berlin (W. Junk)\] 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Feb 1933 (cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-74. *Copy*: FH. – Issued and to be cited from Jongmans, W.J. (ed.), Fossilium catalogus. II: Plantae. Pars 19. 1933. *Note*: See also TL-2/2: 458 (note).