> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 178](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355265) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5787-1) LSID 5787-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938919) QID Q938919 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lowe, Richard Thomas (1802-1874), British clergyman and botanist; chaplain in Madeira 1832-1854; rector of Lea, Lincolnshire, ca. 1854; botanised in Orkney Isl., Canary Isl., Cape Verde Isl., Madeira, Marocco. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Lowe* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lowe*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]] and [[Collection K|K]] the latter having the "uniques" (Trimen); for duplicates see IH. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 406; BB p. 194; BFM 1527; BL 1: 46, 90, 91, 306; BM 3: 1185; CSP 4: 98-99, 8: 266, 16: 887; DNB 34: 196-197; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Lowe"); IF p. 715; IH 2: 464; Jackson p. 353; Kew 3: 511; Lasègue p. 574; PR 5645-5648 (ed. 1: 6306-6307); Rehder 5: 525; Tucker 1: 444. - Anon., Bonplandia 7: 201-202. 1859; 10: 56. 1862 (on *Man. fl. Madeira*); 10: 351. 1862 (on trip to Mogador). - Barbosa, L. A. G., C. R. AETFAT 4: 79, 92, 94. 1961 (coll.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 430. 1880 (herb. BM, K). - Cosson, E., Comp. fl. atlant. 1: 65. 1881. - Cosson & Durieu, Exp. Sci. Alg. bot. 2: xxxvi. 1868. - Hansen, A., Bocagiana 36: 33-34, 36. 1974 (to the memory of L.). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 104. 1970 (ferns). - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 42 (coll. K). - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 66. 1957. - Lindley, J., Edwards's Bot. Reg. *t. 1261.* 1 Aug 1829 (*Lowea*). - Lowe, R. T., J. Bot. 4: 157-158. 1866 (corr.). - Menezes, C. A. de, Fl. Archipelago da Madeira 226-227. 1914. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 164. 1904. - Steinberg, C. H., Monogr. Biol. Canar. 4: 34, 35, ill. 1973. - Sunding, P., Bol. Mus. municip. Funchal 31: 105. 1977 (bibl.). - Trimen, H., J. Bot. 12: 192, 287-288. 1874; 13: 192. 1875. #### Eponymy *Lowea* J. Lindley (1829). *Note*: *Lowi* B. Scortechini (1886) is dedicated to Hugh Low (1824-1905), English colonial officer who collected plants in the Malaysian area. #### Handwriting Candollea 31: 349-350. 1976; Monogr. biol. Canar. 4: 35, *fig. 34.* 1977. ### Publications ##### n.5047. Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae **Title** *Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae* et Portus Saneti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae... Cambridge (printed by John Smith,...) 1831. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Prim. faun. fl. Mader.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1831, p. \[i\], \[1\]-70, *pl. 1-4* (plants, uncol. liths. by M. J. Berkeley), 5-6 (snails, col. liths. by G. B. Sowerby Jr.). *Copies*: FI, G, NY. – Reprinted from Trans. Cambr. philos. Soc. 4(1): \[1\]-70, *pl. 1-6* (id.). 1833. *Ed. 2*: 1851 (p. iii: 10 Aug 1850), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-66, 523-551, \[i\]-xxvii, *pl. 5-6. Copies*: G, MO, NY. – "Two memoirs on the ferns flowering plants, and land shells of Madeira and Porto Santo. Reprinted (by permission) from the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. With an appendix." \[4(1) & 6(3)\]. London (John van Voorst,...) 1851. Duod. ##### n.5048. Novitiae florae maderensis **Title** *Novitiae florae maderensis*: or, notes and gleanings of Maderan botany,... Cambridge (printed at the Pitt Press, by John William Parker,...) 1838. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1838, p. \[1\]-29. *Copy*: FI. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Cambridge philos. Soc. 6(3): \[523-551\]. 1838 (p. 551 dated Mai 1838). ##### n.5049. A manual flora of Madeira **Title** *A manual flora of Madeira* and the adjacent islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas... London (John van Voorst,...) 1857-1872. Duod. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. fl. Madeira*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1: \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-628; 2(1): \[1\]-113. *Copies*: B, BR, FI, L, M, NY, U, USDA. – Hansen (1974) states that the remaining, unpublished, part of the manuscript is extant. |vol. |part |pages |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[1\]-106 |1857 (BSbF post 16 Mar 1858; p. xii: 27 Jul 1857)| | |2 |\[107\]-262 |1862 (Jan-Feb: Bonplandia 1 Mar 1862)| | |3 |\[263\]-378 |1864 (J. Bot. Mar 1864)| | |4 |\[379\]-522 |1868| | |5 |523-618 |1868| |2 |1 |\[1\]-113 |1872 (J. Bot. Apr. 1872)| ##### n.5050. Florae salvagicae tentamen **Title** *Florae salvagicae tentamen*; or a list of plants collected in the Salvages or Salvage Islands by Sr. Constantino Cabrai de Noronha and communicated by the Barão do Castello de Paiva... London (John van Voorst) 1869. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. salvag. tent.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869 (Bot. Zeit. 14 Mai 1869; Flora 20 Jul 1869), p. \[1\]-24. *Copies*: G, NY.