> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 54](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066394) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11377-1) LSID 11377-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612122) QID Q21612122 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Walton, John (1895-1971), British botanist; studied at Cambridge 1915-1921; botanist on the first Oxford expedition to Spitzbergen 1921; demonstrator of botany Cambridge 1922-1923; lecturer in botany at Manchester Univ.; successor to P.O. Bower as Regius professor of botany at Glasgow 1930-1962. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Walton* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Walton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection GW|GW]], Hunterian Museum Glasgow. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 345; Barnhart 3: 457; BM 8: 139; Bossert p. 425; Desmond p. 639 (b. 14 Mai 1895, d. 13 Aug 1971); Hirsch p. 315; IH 1 (ed. 1): 37, (ed. 2): 54, (ed. 3): 65, (ed. 4): 71; Roon p. 121; TL-2/16.041. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 252: 647-648. 1965; Hedwigia 71: (108). 1931 (call to Glasgow); Who was who (London) 7: 830. 1971-1980; Who's who (London) 1931-1971. - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 135-138. 1980. - Beck, C.B., Plant Sci. Bull. 17(2): 19. 1971. - Braid, K.W., Glasgow Naturalist 19: 71-72. 1973 (obit.). - Pant, D.D., Palaeobotanist 21(1): 127-128. 1974 (obit., portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 28, 33, 181. 1936, 3: 66, 160, 368, 369. 1937, 5: 406. 1939, 6: 190, 310. 1941, 7: 40. 1943. ### Publications ##### n.16.624. On Rheoxylon **Title** *On Rheoxylon*, Bancroft – a Triassic genus of plants exhibiting a liane-type of vascular organisation... London (printed and published for the Royal Society...) 1923. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Rheoxylon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Jan 1923 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[79\]-108, *pl. 5-6. Copies*: BR, NY. – Issued as Phil. Trans. R. Soc, London ser. B 212: 79-109, *pl. 5-6.* 1923. ##### n.16.625. Carboniferous Bryophyta **Title** *Carboniferous Bryophyta* I.... Annals of Botany,... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1925, cover-t.p., p. \[563\]-572, *pl. 13. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 39: \[563\]-572. *pl. 13.* 1925. ##### n.16.626. An introduction to the study of fossil plants **Title** *An introduction to the study of fossil plants*... London (Adam & Charles Black...) 1940. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Introd. study foss. pl.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Mai 1940, frontisp., p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-188. *Copies*: GB, HH, LC, LIV, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1953, frontisp., p. \[i\]-x, 1-201. *Copies*: B, BR. – London (Adam and Charles Black, ...). *Ed. 2* (*reprint*): 1958, as 1953 with "slight revisions". *Copy*: LIV.