> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 827](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069069) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/22210-1) LSID 22210-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8004384) QID Q8004384 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Leighton, (Rev.) William Allport (1805-1889), British clergyman and botanist in Luciefelde near Shrewsbury. **Abbreviated name**: *Leight.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Leight.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection K|K]]. *Exsiccatae*: *Lichenes britannici exsiccati*, fasc. i-xiii, nos. 1-410, London 1851-1867, sets in many herbaria (see GR and IH); letters at [[Collection K|K]]. – Desmond mentions also lichens at the Essex Field Club. *Ref*.: Ward, Essex Naturalist 29(3): 193. 1954. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 140. 1969. - Hawksworth, D. L., Mycol. handb. 184, 196. 1974 (fungi at BM); Prel. bibl. Brit. lichens 99. 1976 (lichens at BM). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 365; BB p. 185; BL 2: 263, 681; BM 3: 1084; Bossert p. 233; Clokie p. 198; CSP 3: 943-944, 8: 197-198, 10: 558, 16: 692; Desmond p. 381; DNB 33: 8-9; GR p. 176, *pl*. \[*33*\], cat. p. 67; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Leighton"); IH 2: 427; Jackson p. 571; Kew 3: 403; Lenley p. 262; LS 15140-15167, 35921 (bibl., many details); NI 1168; PR 5187-5188, 10594 (ed. 1: 5730); Rehder 5: 500; SBC p. 125 ("Leight."); SO 848d; Tucker 1: 420. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1890: 45. - Babington, C. C., Mem. Journ. bot. corresp. 473 \[index\]. 1897. - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 17, 18, 21, 23, 110-111, 198, 219. 1977. - Lynge, Index... lich. exsicc. 323-332. 1915/19. - Milner, J. D., Cat. portr. Kew 75. 1906. - Phillips, J. Bot. 27: 111-113. 1889; Ann. Bot. 3: 465-467. 1890 (bibl.) - Zuchold, E. A., Jahresb. nat. Ver. Halle 5: 32. 1853. #### Composite works *Lichenes*, in J. Ch. Melliss, *St. Helena*, a physical... description of the island, London 1875, p. 373-379. #### Note for a listing of L's *Notulae lichenologicae*, nos. 1-35, 1866-1872, published in *Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.*, see LS 15149; for *Lichenological memorabilia* 1-10, 1872-1876, in *Grevillea*, see LS 15158. #### Eponymy *Leightonia* Trevisan (1853); *Leightonia* Trevisan (1861, non 1853); *Leightoniella* A. Henssen (1965); *Leightoniomyces* Hawksworth & Sutton (1977). ### Publications ##### n.4340. Catalogue of the cellulares or flowerless plants of Great Britain **Title** *Catalogue of the cellulares or flowerless plants of Great Britain*, or those included in the Linnean class, Cryptogamia; compiled from Sir W. J. Hooker's English flora, vol. v; Sir J. E. Smith's English flora, vol. iv; Mackay's Flora hibernica; Henslow's Catalogue of British plants, and other sources... Shrewsbury (printed and published by John Davies,...) s.d. \[1837\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. cell. Gr. Brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1837 (p. 2: Mai 1837), p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.4341. A flora of Shropshire **Title** *A flora of Shropshire*... Shrewsbury: (John Davies,...), London (John van Voorst, ... 1841. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *fl. Shropshire*. **Notes** *Publ*: 1841 (p. xii: Sep 1840), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1-5\], 7\*-8\*, 7-573, *pl. 1-5 + 16* unnumbered pls. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY. – See BL for further publications updating this flora. According to PR (ed. 1) this book was published in three parts between 1838-1841. We have found no further data confirming this. ##### n.4342. A monograph of British Graphideae **Title** *A monograph of British Graphideae*,... \[London\] 1854. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Brit. Graphid.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Jun 1854 (in journal), p. \[i\], \[1\]-61, *pl. 5-8* (auct. del., issued with plain as well as with col. pl.). *Copies*: G, L, NY. – 100 copies reprinted from Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. 13: 81-97. Feb 1854; 202-212. Mar 1854; 264-279. Apr 1854; 387-395. Mai 1854; 436-446. Jun 1854. ##### n.4343. The British species of angiocarpous lichens **Title** *The British species of angiocarpous lichens*, elucidated by their sporidia... London (printed for the Ray Society) 1851. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. angiocarp. lich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851 (p. \[iii\]: 1 Jan 1851), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-101, *pl. i-xxx* (col. liths. auth.), \[3\]-18 list subscr. *Copies*: MO, NY, Stevenson, U, USDA. – Dedicated to William Borrer (1781-1862). ##### n.4344. The lichen-flora of Great Britain **Title** *The lichen-flora of Great Britain*, Ireland and the Channel Islands... Shrewsbury: (printed for the author.) 1871. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Lich. Fl. Gr. Brit.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Sep-Oct 1871 (p. \[iv\*\]: 1 Sep 1871; Hedwigia Oct 1871; J. Bot. Nov 1871), p. \[i\*-iv\*\], \[1\]-467, \[1-2, index\]. *Copy*: Stevenson. *Additions to ed. 1*: 1872 (J. Bot. Jul 1872), p. \[i\]-xlvii (appendix); 468-485 (add.; corr., ind.).– *Copies* of ed. 1 were also issued with this material, thus constituting the second edition *Ed. 2*: 1872, p. \[i\*.\], \[i\]-xlvii, \[1\]-502. *Copies*: BR, MO. – "Second edition," Shrewbury (id.) 1872. Duod. (in sixes). Copies with contents of ed. 2 but with t.p. 1871: L, NY, Stevenson. – The copy at L has a corrected p. 467 with index p. \[1\] on verso, followed by p. 2 index, and \[1, notice\], all following p. 502. *Ed. 3*: Apr-Mai 1879 (p. \[v\]: 25 Mar 1879; J. Bot. Mar 1879 (nearly completed), Mai 1879 (publ.);Bot. Zeit. 20 Jun 1879; Flora 1 Jul 1879; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1879), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-547. *Copies*: B, G, L, MICH, MO, Stevenson, USDA. – "Third edition." Shrewsbury (id.) 1879. Oct. – From preface: "Seeds, to our eye invisible, will find on the rude rock the bed that fits their kind... (Crabbe)." *Ed. 3*: reissue: 1884. – London (W. P. Collins) Oct. (n.v.).