> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 847](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333986) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10034-1) LSID 10034-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21609561) QID Q21609561 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Stark, Robert Mackenzie (1815-1873), Scottish nurseryman in Edinburgh. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Stark* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stark*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (bryoph.), [[Collection BRISTM|BRISTM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection QMC|QMC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 318; BB p. 286; BM 5: 2004; Clokie p. 248; Desmond p. 581 (d. 29 Sep 1873); Jackson p. 241; PR 8906; Tucker 1: 666. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2226-2227. 1878. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 228: 726-727. 1964; Garden 4: 310. 1873 (obit. not.); J. Bot. 11: 352. 1873 (d.); Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 29. 1873 (obit. not.). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 326. 1980. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 249. 1984. - Riddelsdell, Fl. Gloucestershire cxxi. 1948. - Stark, R.M., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 8: 414. 1866 (trip US 1865). ### Publications ##### n.12.826. A popular history of British mosses **Title** *A popular history of British mosses*, comprising a general account of their structure, fructification, arrangement and general distribution... London (Lovell Reeve,...) 1854. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pop. hist. Brit. moss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1854, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-322, *pl. 1-20* (col. liths. Fitch). *Copies*: B, MO-Steere, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1860, p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-348, *pl. 1-20* (id.). *Copies*: FH, HH, MICH, NY, PH, U-V. – Second edition. London (Routledge, Warne & Routledge,...) 1860. Oct. *Other issue of ed. 2*: s.d., as above, t.p. undated, no mention of ed. 2, London (George Routledge & Sons...) s.d. Oct. *Copies*: G, MO, MO-Steere.