> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 536](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068778) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4770-1) LSID 4770-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507909) QID Q1507909 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kidston, Robert (1852-1924), Scottish palaeobotanist; from early boyhood living at Stirling, his private means enabling him to give his time wholly to science; LL.D. Glasgow 1908; D. Sc. h.c. Manchester 1921. **Abbreviated name**: *Kidst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kidst.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GL|GL]]; other material [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection STI|STI]] Palaeobotanical material also at [[Collection GL|GL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 284-286; Barnhart 2: 287; BB p. 173; BL 2: 312, 675; BM 2: 977; CSP 10: 393, 12: 385, 16: 262-263; Desmond p. 358; IH 2: 357; Kew 3: 254; LS suppl. 13799; Tucker 1: 387. - Anon., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 76: 67. 1924; J. Bot. 62: 255-256. 1924. - Bower, F. O., Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 44: 248-252. 1923/4; Sixty years of botany in Britain 1875-1935, P 71-72 1935 (portr.; fide Desmond). - D.H.S., Nature 114: 321-322. 1924. - C.P.C., Naturalist, Hull, 815: 364-366. 1924 (portr.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 104. 1969. - Harvey-Gibson, R. J., Outlines hist. bot. 152, 154, 252. 1914. - Lang \[W. H. L.\], Proc. R. Soc. ser. B. 98: xiv-xxii. 1925 (portr.). #### Composite works J. S. Stirling and R. Kidston, *Notes on the flora of Stirlingshire*, 10 papers published in Trans. Stirling nat. Hist. Arch. Soc. 1890/91 until 1899/1900 (see BL 2: 312). #### Eponymy *Kidstonia* Zeiller (1897); *Kidstoniella* W. N. Croft & E. A. George (1959). ### Publications ##### n.3623. Catalogue of the palaeozoic plants in the **Title** *Catalogue of the palaeozoic plants in the* Department of geology and palaeontology, *British museum* (Natural History)... London (printed by order of the Trustees) 1886. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. palaeoz. pl. Brit. Mus.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1886 (p. \[v\]: 1 Jan 1886; Bot. Zeit. 29 Oct 1886), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-288. *Copies*: MICH, NY, USDA, USGS. *Ref*.: Boulger, G. E. S., J. Bot. 24: 285-287. 1886. ##### n.3624. Les végétaux houillers **Title** *Les végétaux houillers* recueillis dans le Hainaut belge et se trouvant dans les collections du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle à Bruxelles... Bruxelles (Imprimerie Pulleunis & Ceuterick, Dreesen & de Smet, successeurs...) 1911. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Vég. houill.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Feb 1911, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-a82, *pl. 1-24. Copy*: USGS. ##### n.3625. Fossil plants of the Carboniferous Rocks of Great Britain **Title** *Fossil plants of the Carboniferous Rocks of Great Britain*... London (printed under the authority of his Majesty's Stationary Office) 1923-1925. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fossil pl. Carbon. Gr. Brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in six parts, Apr 1923-Dec 1925. *Copy*: USGS. *1*: Apr 1923, p. \[1\]-109, *pl. 1-22, A-E*, with text. *2*: Mai 1923, p. \[111\]-197, *pl. 23-47.* *3*: Aug 1923, p. \[199\]-274, *pl. 48-68.* *4*: Dec 1923, p. \[275\]-375, *pl. 69-91.* *5*: Dec 1924, p. \[377\]-522, *pl. 92-122.* *6*: Dec 1925, p. \[523\]-681, *pl. 123-153*, preface material: \[i\]-xii (p. xii: Feb 1925). Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain Palaeontology. Volume 2(1-6). *Ref*.: Andrews p. 285.