> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 585](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190056) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8160-1) LSID 8160-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21606995) QID Q21606995 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rattray, John (1858-1900), Scottish diatomist; MA. Aberdeen 1880. **Abbreviated name**: *Rattray* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rattray*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 130; BB p. 253; BM 4: 1649-1650; CSP 18: 60-61; Desmond p. 512 (b. 29 Jun 1858, d. 1900); De Toni i: ciii-civ, 2: xcix-c, 4: xlvi; LS 21767; MW p. 400. #### Biofile - Merrill, E.D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 249. 1947 (bibl. Pacific). - Newton, L.M., Phycol. Bull. 1: 18. 1952 (algae at BM). - VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. diat. 4: 2365, 6: 3584, 7: 4222. 1978. #### Eponymy *Rattrayella* G.B. De Toni (1889). *Note*: *Rattraya* J.B. Phipps (1964) honors Dr. J.M. Rattray, an authority on African grasslands. #### Note Not to be confused with J. Rattray (*fl*. 1835-1886), who made a West African journey on board the "Buccaneer" in 1886, collecting in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Conakry, Dakar, Accra, S. Tomé, Principe, St. Paul de Loanda. His first set is at E. – See Oliver, Trans. bot. Soc. Edinb. 16: 475-479. 1886. – For George Rattray (1872-1941), collaborator of J. Hutchinson for the Cycadaceae, Fl. cap. 5 (2 suppl.): 24-44. 1933, see M. Gunn & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 290. 1981. ### Publications ##### n.8644. A revision of the genus Coscinodiscus **Title** *A revision of the genus Coscinodiscus*, Ehrb., and of some allied genera... Edinburgh (printed by Neill and Company) 1890. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: \[Jan-\] Jul 1890 (Jul 1890 date on cover NY copy; Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1890), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-244, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths auct.). *Copies*: NY, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 449-692, *pl. 1-2.* 1890.