> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 869](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190340) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8550-1) LSID 8550-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635543) QID Q2635543 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rolfe, Robert Allen (1855-1921), English botanist, especially orchidologist; brought up as a gardener; came as such to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1879; assistant in the herbarium ib. 1880-1921. **Abbreviated name**: *Rolfe* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rolfe*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. – Some further material at [[Collection AK|AK]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 327; Backer p. 498 (epon.); Barnhart 3: 173 (b. 12 Mai 1855, d. 13 Apr 1921); BB p. 260; BJI 1: 49; BL 2: 269, 710; BM 4: 1723; Bret. p. 824; CSP 11: 209-210, 12: 626, 18: 275-276; Herder p. 212, 312, 327; Hortus 3: 1202; Kew 4: 509; Langman p. 641; Morren ed. 10, p. 70; MW p. 416-417; Rehder 5: 734; RS p. 137; SK 4: cxxv, cxxxi; SO add. 872b; TL-2/2448, 4628, 7055; Zander ed. 10, p. 708, ed. 11, p. 808. #### Biofile - Ames, O., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 2(3): 38-39. 1933 (obit., portr.). - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 3/4: 832. 1880 (second asst. Kew); Bot. Zeit. 38: 543. 1880 (app. Kew); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1912: 305, 1914: 392, 1921: 123-127 (obit.); Hedwigia 63(1): (97). 1922 (d.); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 69: 74. 1921 (portr., Veitch memorial medal); Gard. Mag. 52: 157. 1909 (portr.).; Garden 85: 207. 1921 (obit., portr.); J. Bot. 59: 152, 182-183. 1921 (obit.); J. Hort. Home Farmer 65: 467. 1912 (portr.); Nature 107: 276-277. 1921 (obit.); Orchid Rev. 29: 5-8. 1921 (obit., portr.), 41: 19-22. 1933 (biogr., portr.). - Arditti, J., ed., Orchid biology 1: 29, 35, 36, 39, 44, 138, 142, 154. 1977. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 96. 1978. - Hoehne, C., Jard. bot. São Paulo 175. 1941 (portr.). - J.W., J. Kew Guild 3: I. 1912 (portr., brief sketch). - Jones, H.G., Taxon 22: 234. 1973 (porr.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 76. 1957. - Merrill, E.D., Enum. Philipp. fl. pl. 4: 223. 1927; Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 160. 1937 (bibl. Polyn.); Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 258. 1947 (Pacific bibl.). - Prain, D., Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 6(3): 365-367. 1922 (obit.). - Reinikka, M.A., A history of the orchid 275-278. 1972 (biogr." portr.). - Stapf, O., Proc. Linn. Soc. 133: 52-53. 1921 (obit.). - Taylor, P., & P.F. Hunt, Orch. Rev. 84: 311-312. 1976 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 6: 415, 416. 1944. - W., Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 69: 204. 1921 (obit., portr.). #### Eponymy *Allenrolfea* O. Kuntze (1891); *Rolfea* Zahlbruckner (1898); X *Rolfeara* \[X *Sophrocattleya* Rolfe (1887); X *Brassocattleya* Hort. (1889\] Hort. (1919); *Rolfeella* Schlechter (1924). #### Composite works - (1) Founder and editor of *The Orchid Review* 1893-1920. - (2) Co-editor, with L. Linden, of *Lindenia* vols. 7-9, 1891-1893. - (3) *in* D. Oliver, *Fl. trop. Afr.*: *Myoporineae* 5(2): 262-263. Jun 1900. *Orchideae* 7(1): 12-192. Dec 1897, 7(2): 193-292. Apr 1898. *Selagineae* 5(2): 264-272. Jun 1910. - (4) *in* W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder, *Fl. cap.*: *Myoporineae*: 5(1): 92-94. Jun 1901. *Orchideae*: 5(3, 1): 3-192. Oct 1912, 5(3, 2): 193-313. Mar 1913. *Selagineae*: 5(1, 1): 95-180. Jun 1901. ### Publications ##### n.9470. The Orchid stud-book **Title** *The Orchid stud-book*: an enumeration of hybrid orchids of artificial origin, with their parents, raisers, date of first flowering, references to descriptions and figures and synonymy. With an historical introduction and 120 figures and a chapter on hybridising and raising orchids from seed... Kew (Frank Leslie & Co.,...) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Orchid. stud. book*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Charles Chamberlain Hurst (1870-1949). *Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1909 (p. vi: Sep 1908; Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1909), p. \[i\*-iv\*\], i-xlviii, 1-327. *Copies*: BR, MO, NY, USDA.