> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 587](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355674) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6659-1) LSID 6659-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281661) QID Q281661 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Morison, Robert (1620-1683), British botanist; in France at Angers and Blois 1640-1660; in London 1660; at Oxford (first professor of botany) 1669. "Morisonus est Fructista cum Physiognomis & Corollistis conspirans" (Linnaeus, Phil. bot. 18. 1751) **Abbreviated name**: *Morison* \[standard form in IPNI: *Morison*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 748; Ainsworth p. 96, 310, 345; Backer p. 381; Barnhart2: 514; BBp. 221; Blunt p. 110, 135, 263; BM 3: 1351, 7: 866; Bossert p. 274; Clokie p. 10-13, 215; Desmond p. 450; DNB 39: 61; Dryander 3: 36, 43, 60, 90, 108, 217; DSB 9: 528-529 (bibl.); Frank 3(Anh.): 67; GB p. 407; Hawksworth p. 124, 198; Hegi 3: 419, 5(2): 1122, 1368; Henrey 1: 96, 119-120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 131, 214, 2: 10; Herder p. 83, 140, 153, 319; HU 359; IH 2: 558; Jackson p. 583 \[index\]; Kew 4: 56; Krempelh. 2: 20; Langman p. 525; LS 18307-18308; Moebius p. 40, 41, 132, 135; MW p. 332; NI 1411-1413; Plesch p. 342-343; PR 6462-6464 (ed. 1: 7195-7198); Rehder 5: 589; Sotheby 2: 198; Tucker 1: 499, 778. - Allibone, S. A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1369. 1870. - Anon., Dict. Sci. nat. 61: 192-196. 1845. - Berkeley, E. & D. S., Dr. John Mitchell 11, 12, 21, 117, 138. 1974. - Bobart, J., *in* Morison, R., Pl. hist. Univ. oxon. 3: a2-b2. 1699. - Garter, H., Hist. Oxford Univ. Press 1: 236-239. 1975 (fide Sotheby). - Druce, G. C., Fl. Berkshire cxiii. 1897; Fl. Oxfordshire ed. I. 377-378. 1886, ed. 2. lxxix. 1927. - Eriksson, G., Bot. hist. Sverige 71, 143, 152, 164. 1969. - Ewan, J., *in* F. Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept. facs. repr. 1979, introd. p. 22; Ewan and Ewan, John Banister 142-143, 148-149, 481-482. 1970. - Fée, A. L. A., Vie de Linné 245. 1832. - Franchet, A., Flora de Loir-et-Cher xiii-xvii. 1885. - Fries, Th. M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(2): 346. 1908. - Gunther, R. T., Early brit. bot. 355-357. 1922. - Hawksworth, D. L. et al., Prel. bibl. Brit, lichens 99. 1976. - Harvey-Gibson, R. J., Outlines hist. bot. 40, 41, 51, 55, 72. 1914. - Hawksworth, D. L. & Seaward, M. R. D., Lichenology Brit. Isles 1568-1975, p. 3-5. 1977. - Hedge, I. C., Notes R. bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(2): 151-158. 1973 (on the Pl. Umbell.), 32: 151-158. 1973 (Umbelliferae in 1672 and 1972). - Hulth, J. M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(8): 151, 154. 1922, 2(1): 33, 34, 63. 1916. - Jourdan, A.-J.-L., Diet. Sci. Méd., Biogr. méd. 6: 298-299. 1824 (bibl.). - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 70. 1957 (herb.). - Koster, J., Taxon 18: 555. 1969 (algae also at OXF). - Lütjeharms, W. J., Gesch. Mykol. 63, 97, 124. 1936. - Nicolas, J. P., *in* Lawrence, G. H. M., ed., Adanson 1: 151, 161, 164. 1963. - Pulteney, R., Sketches 1: 298. 1790. - Oliver, F. W., Makers brit. bot. 16-43. 1913 (portr.). - Raven, C. E., John Ray 183-186. 1942. - Rees, Cyclopaedia (alph.) 1802-1820. - Reynolds Green, J., Hist. bot. United Kingdom 98-110. 1914. - Sachs, J. von, Hist. botanique 69, 105. 1892. - Schönland, S., Bot. Centralbl. 25: 191. 1886 (herb.). - Stafleu, F. A., Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 33, 42, 44, 69, 194. 1971. - Vines, S. H. and Druce, G. C., Account Morisonian herbarium, Oxford 1914 (extensive descr. herb. at OXF). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): xlvi, 81, *pl. 14.* 1905 (portr.; d. 9 Nov 1683). #### Eponymy *Morisonia* Linnaeus (1753). ### Publications ##### n.6332. Hortus regius blesensis **Title** *Hortus regius blesensis* auctus, cum notulis durationis & charactismis \[sic\] plantarum tam additarum, quam non scriptarum; item plantarum in eodem horto regio Blesensi aucto contentarum, nemini hucusque scriptarum, brevis & succincta delineatio. Quibus accessêre observationes generaliores (plantarum in eodem horto regio Blesensi aucto contentarum) rei herbariae studiosis valdè necessariae, & cognitu perutiles. Praeludiorum botanicorum pars prior. Authore Roberto Morison... Doctis (in arte) scribo: in doctos docebo. Londoni (typis Tho. Roycroft, impensis Jacobi Allestry...) 1669. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. bles.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1669, p. \[i-xxxii\], 1-449, \[500-504, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, FI, MO, NY, USDA. – Halftitle: "*Praeludia botanica* Roberti Morison Scoti aberdonensis." *Ref*.: Bartlett, H. H., 55 Rare books no. 33. 1949. ##### n.6333. Plantarum umbelliferarum distributio nova **Title** *Plantarum umbelliferarum distributio nova*, per tabulas cognationis et affinitatis ex libro naturae observata & detecta. Authore Roberto Morison... Doctis (in Arte) scribo; indoctos docebo. Oxonii \[Oxford\] (e Theatro Sheldoniano) 1672. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl umbell.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1672, p. \[i-ix, dated 15 Feb 1672\], \[1\]-91, *pl. 1-8* with text, *pl. 1-12*, \[1-3, expl. pl.\]. *Copies*: MO, US, USDA. – Later extended to become sect. 9 of vol. 3, of Plant hist. univ. ##### n.6334. Plantarum historiae universalis **Title** *Plantarum historiae universalis* oxoniensis pars secunda \[tertia\] seu herbarum distributio nova, per tabulas cognationis & affinitatis ex libro naturae observata & detecta... Oxonii \[Oxford\] (e Theathro Sheldoniano) 1680-1699, 2 vols. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl hist. univ.* **Notes** *Orig*.: vol. 1 was never issued; was to have contained trees. The *Plantarum umbelliferarum* of 1672 was intended as a specimen of the whole work (superseded by Section 9 (vol. 3) of the present work). Some copies have the *Pl. umbell.* bound as vol. 1, thus following the 1715 reissue (see below). – A number of copies were published on larger and thicker paper than the regular issue. For bibliographical details and analyses see HU 359; see also Sotheby 557 (collation). *Copies*: FI, HU, MO, NY, USDA. 2: 1680, p. \[i-vi\], 1-619 \[numbered 1-344, 343-617\], \[i-iii\], sect. 1: *pl. 1-8*, 2: *1-25*, 3: *1-25*, 4: *1-31*, 5: *1-36* (uncol. copp.). 3: 1699, p. \[i-xxiv\] (*portr*. of Morison (vita of M. by J. Bobart on a2-b2), 1-657, \[1\_9, index\], plates: section 6: *1-15*, 7: *1-37*, 8: *1-18*, 9: *1-22*, 10: *1-3*, 11: *1-31*, 12: *1-18*, 13: *1-7*, 14: *1-5*, 15: *1-10*. All but 12 plates (in all) are printed back to back. See BM 3: 1351 for the unpublished, cancelled portion of the continuation of part 2 (128 p.). *Reissue*: 1715, with a "tomus primus" containing a reissue with new t.p. of the *Pl. umbell.* – *Copies*: NY, U. – Oxonii (e Theatro Sheldoniano et prostant Londini, apud Paulum & Isaacum Vaillant). Fol. *1*: \[i-v\], front, portr., tabula gen. \[vii-ix\], \[1-3, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-8, pl. 1-12*, text Pl Umbell. p. \[1\]-91 \[p. 90 as "60"\]. *2*: \[i-iv\], 1-617, *pl*. sect. 1: *1-8*, 2: *1-23, 23*\[*bis*\], 3: *1-25*, 4: *1-31*, 5: *1-29*, *29*\[*bis*\], *30-36*. *3*: \[i\*\], \[i-xx\], 1-657, \[1-9\], *pl*. sect. 6: 1-15, 7: *1-37*, 8: *1-18*, 9: *1-22*, 10: *1-3*, 11: *1-31*, 12: *1-18*, 13: *1-7*, 14: *1-5*, 15: *1-10*. *Reissue*: 1738, 2 vols., vol. I containing the original second part, vol. 2 the third part. – (n.v.).