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### Author
Riley, John (x-1846), British pteridologist of Papplewick, Nottinghamshire.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Riley* \[standard form in IPNI: *Riley*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Untraced (see Newman 1847).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 157; BM 4: 1704; Desmond p. 520; Jackson p. 150; Kew 4: 473; PR 7631, ed. 1: 8587.
#### Biofile
- Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 75. 1957 (herb. not traced).
- Newman, E., Phytologist 2: 779-780. 1847 (note on his herbarium offered for sale).
#### Eponymy
*Rileya* A. Funk (1979) honors C.G. Riley, Canadian forest pathologist.
### Publications
##### n.9239. Catalogue of ferns
**Title**
*Catalogue of ferns*, after the arrangement of C. Sprengel, with additions from C.B. Presi and references to the authors by whom the species are described: to which is added a synoptical table of C.B. Presl's arrangement of genera... London (Hamilton, Adams, and Co.;...) Nottingham (W. Dearden). 1841. Qu. (in twos).
**Abbreviated title**: *Cat. ferns*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1841, p.\[i-ii\], \[1\]-29. *Copies*: E, USDA; IDC 7252.