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### Author
Good, Ronald D'Oyley (1896-1992), British botanist and plant geographer, born 5 Mar 1896 in Dorchester (Dorset), military service W.W.-I from 1914-1918 and wounded in action, M.A. and Sc.D. Cambridge, Botany staff, BMNH 1922-1928, then head of Botany, Hull Univ., Hull, England from 1928 until retirement in 1959, F.L.S., died 11 Dec 1992 in Hull (Yorks.).
**Abbreviated name**: *R.D. Good* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.D.Good*\]
#### Herbarium and types
(mostly England): [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection DOR|DOR]], [[Collection HLU|HLU]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection WRHM|WRHM]]; Bahrain (1950): K. – Mss. materials in Hull Univ. Archives and Dorset History Centre.
#### Bibliography and biography
APN p. 234; Barnhart 2: 64; BFM p. 286 (index); BL 1: 22, 298, 2: 237-238, 660; Ewan ed. 2: 86-87; Hirsch p. 101; Hortus 3: 1194; IH 2: 231; Kent ed. 2: 150; Kew 2: 441-442; Langman p. 326; MW p. 140, suppl. p. 77; NW p. 46 (index); TL-2/Suppl. 5: 429 (index); Tucker 3: 121.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 182. 1931.
- Bowen, H.J.M., 1994. Watsonia 20: 169-171. (bibl.)
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 404. (index)
- Ewan, J. (ed.), 1969. Short hist. bot. U.S.: 118.
- Mill, S.W. et al., 1988. Indexed bibl. flowering pl. Hawai'i: 61. (bibl.)
- Wickens, G.D., 1982. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 314.
#### Outside our period
- (1) *The geography of the flowering plants*, London, New York (Longmans, Green)... 1947; \[1st Amer. imprint?\],... 1952; ed. 2... 1953; ed. 2, "new impression by photolithography"... New York (John Wiley)... 1961; ed. 3... 1964; Id., Amer. imprint... 1965; ed. 3 (Amer.),... 1970; ed. 4... 1974.
- (2) *A geographical handbook of the Dorset flora*... Including a chapter on the soils of Dorset by K.L. Robinson... Dorset (Published for the author by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society) 1948.
- (3) *Features of evolution in the flowering plants*, London, New York (Longmans, Green)... 1956;...; Id. \[reissue?\]... 1962; "Corrected republication of the work originally published ... in 1956", New York (Dover Publications)... 1974; \[ed. 1, reprinted\], "with a new preface by the author"... New York (Dover Publications \[etc.\])... 1976.
- (4) *The philosophy of evolution*, Wimborne, Dorset (Dovecote Press)... 1981. (5) *A concise flora of Dorset*, Dorchester (Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society)... 1984.
#### Composite works
Co-author with J.E. Dandy, *Magnoliaceae* Karte 41-43, in *Pflanzenareale*... Zweite Reihe, Heft 5, see TL-2/7, nr. 17.993 and TL-2/Suppl. 5: 45 (sub Composite Works (2)).
### Publications
##### n.36.839. geographical affinities
**Title**
The *geographical affinities* of the *flora* of *Jebel Mara*... \[New Phytol.\] 1924. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Dec 1924 (journal cover-t.p.), p. 266-281. *Copies*: K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 23(5): 266-281. 1924.
##### n.36.840. geographical distribution
**Title**
On the *geographical distribution* of the *Stylidiaceae*... Wheldon & Wesley... 1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Oct 1925 (journal cover-t.p.), p. \[225\]-240. *Copies*: BM, K(3), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 24(4): 225-240. 1925.
##### n.36.841. distribution
**Title**
The past and present *distribution* of the *Magnolieae*... \[Ann. Bot. (Oxford)\] 1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr 1925 (in journal), p. \[409\]-430. *Copies*: K (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 39(154): 409-430. 1925.
##### n.36.842. genera Phyllodoce
**Title**
The *genera Phyllodoce* and *Cassiope*... \[J. Bot.\] 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1926 (in journal), p. \[1\]-10. *Copies*: BM, K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 64(757): 1-10. 1926.
##### n.36.843. Empetrum
**Title**
The genus *Empetrum* L.... \[J. Linn. Soc., Bot.\] 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 24 Jun 1927 (journal cover-t.p., read 6 Mai 1926), p. \[489\]-523. *Copies*: K (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 47: 489-523. 1927.
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 61(Lit.): 101. 1928 (rev.).
##### n.36.844. summary
**Title**
A *summary* of *discontinuous generic distribution* in the *angiosperms*... Wheldon & Wesley... 1927. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 28 Sep 1927 (journal cover-t.p., p. 259 signed Jun 1927), p. \[249\]-259. *Copies*: BM, K, NY, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 26(4): 249-259. 1927.
##### n.36.845. Notes
**Title**
*Notes* on Capt. G.N. *Humphreys's plants* from the *Ruwenzori* mountains... \[J. Bot.\] 1928. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Humphreys, Capt. G. N\[oel?\]. (fl. 1927-1933), see Barnhart 2: 219 and J.B. Gillett *In*, A. Fernandes, Compt. Rend. Réun. Plén. Assoc. pour Étude Taxon. Fl. Afrique Trop. 4: 221. 1962.
*Publ*.: Feb 1928 (in journal), p. 37-42. *Copy*: K. – Reprinted (detached?) and to be cited from J. Bot. 66(782): 37-42. 1928.
*Note*: (1) *Deschampsia angusta* Stapf & C.E. Hubbard described on p. 40-41 a.o. (2) Separate ends abruptly, in mid sentence.
##### n.36.846. taxonomy
**Title**
The *taxonomy* and *geography* of the Sino-Himalayan genus *Cremanthodium* Benth. ... London... 1929. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 14 Jun 1929 (journal cover-t.p., read 19 Apr 1928), p. \[259\]-316, *pl. 9-13* (incl. 4 maps). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K, NY (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 259-316, *pl. 9-13.* 1929.
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63(Lit.): 114. 1 Jul 1930 (rev.).
##### n.36.847. geography
**Title**
The *geography* of the genus *Coriaria*... \[New Phytol.\] 1930. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17 Sep 1930 (journal cover), p. 170-198. *Copies*: K, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 29: 170-198. 1930.
##### n.36.848. theory
**Title**
A *theory* of *plant geography*... Cambridge (University Press) 1931. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Jul 1931 (in journal), p. \[149\]-171. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K, NY, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 30(3): 149-171. 1931.
*Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65(Lit.): 75. 8 Mai 1933 (rev.).
##### n.36.849. Plants
**Title**
*Plants* and *human economics*... Cambridge (University Press) 1933. Oct. (*Pl. Human Econ.*).
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1933, p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-202, maps 1-8 (2 fold.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH-ECON (n.v.), K, LC (n.v.), MO (n.v.), NY(2) (n.v.), U. *Microfilm*: Ann Arbor, Michigan (Univ. Microfilms International), \[19–\], 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.).
*Ref*.: Gilmour, J.S.L., New Phytol. 33(2): 171. 28 Apr 1934 (rev.).
- Anon., J. Bot. 72(856): 116-117. Apr 1934 (brief rev.).
- *Reissue*: 1939 \[© 1945\]... *Copy*: (n.v.).
##### n.36.850. geographical survey
**Title**
A *geographical survey* of the *flora* of *temperate South America*... Oxford... 1933. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1933, p. \[691\]-725. *Copies*: BM, K, NY, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 47(188): 691-725. 1933.