> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1059](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190530) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8815-1) LSID 8815-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2688170) QID Q2688170 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sahni, Birbal (1891-1949), Indian palaeobotanist; MA Cantab. 1918; D.Sc. Univ. London 1929; at Emmanuel College Cambridge 1911-1914; with A.C. Seward at the Botany School ib. 1914-1919; professor of botany at Lucknow University 1921-1949; D.Sc. Cambr. 1929; FRS 1936. **Abbreviated name**: *Sahni* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sahni*\] #### Herbarium and types Palaeobotanical collections at the Birbal Sahni Institute, Lucknow. – Some recent Indian plants at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 323, 324; Barnhart 3: 200 (b. 14 Nov 1891); BJI 2: 151; BM 8: 1122; Bossert p. 345. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 167-177. 1980. - Anon., Science 110: 56. 1949. - Bhatnagar, A.K., Botanica, Delhi 22(4): 132-135. 1972 (portr.). - Boureau, É., Bull. Soc. bot. France 100: 207-213. 1953 (obit.; bibl.). - Evans, P. & J. Coates, Palaeobotanist 1: 44-45 (palaeobot. Assam Tert.). - Gupta, S.M., Birbal Sahni, 1978, 87 p. - Halle, T.G., Palaeobotanist 1: 22-41 1952 (palaeobot. work). - Hoeg, D.A., Nature 172: 104-105. 1953 (on B. Sahni Institute, Lucknow). - Hsü, B. et al., Palaeobotanist 1: 56-60. 1952 (bibl.). - Maheswari, B., Palaeobotanist 1: 17-21. 1952 (contr. living plants). - Narayana Rao, S.R., Palaeobotanist 1: 46-48. 1952 (Indian geology). - Rao, A.R., Palaeobotanist 1: 9-16. 1952 (28 yrs at Univ. Lucknow). - Sahni, M.R., Palaeobotanist 1: 1-8. 1952 (biogr.); J. palaeont. Soc. India 3: 1-14. 1958 (biogr., bibl., portr.). - Sitholey, R.V., Palynol. Bull. 1: 5-6. 1965 (Sahni's contr. palynology). - Stewart, R.R., Pakistan J. For. 17: 355. 1967 (coll. K). - Thomas, H.H., Nature 164: 645. 1949; Obit. not. R. Soc. London 19: 265-277. 1950. - Walkom, A.B., Palaeobotanist 1: 42-43 (Australian palaeobot.). #### Composite works With A.C. Seward, q.v., *Indian Gondwana plants*: a revision, Mem. Geol. Surv. India ser. 2. 7(1): \[i-iii\], \[1\]-54, *pl. 1-7.* 1920. #### Eponymy *Sahnia* Vishnu-Mittre (1953); *Sahnianthus* V.B. Shukla (1944); *Sahnioxylon* M.N. Bose et S.C.D. Sah (1954); *Sahnipushpam* V.B. Shukla (1948 & 1950). *Note*: *Sahniocarpon* S.D. Chitaley et G.V. Patii (1973) and *Sahnisporites* D.C. Bhardwaj (1955) probably also honor Sahni, as does the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow, India. #### Memorial volumes The Palaeobotanist vol. 1, 1952, Lucknow (portr., biogr., bibl., tributes); Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, vol. 3, 1958 (biogr.). ### Publications ##### n.10.008. Revisions of Indian fossil plants **Title** *Revisions of Indian fossil plants*: part i. – *Coniferales* (a. impressions and incrustations)... Calcutta (Government of India Central Publication Branch) 1928. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Revis. Ind. foss. pl., Conif*. **Notes** *1*: 1928 (expl. pl. dated 28 Apr 1928), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-49, \[1, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-6* with text. – Mem. Geol. Surv. India ser. 2. 11 (1). *2*: 1931 (p. 124: 25 Feb 1931), p. \[i-v\], \[51\]-124, *pl. 7-15* with text. – Part ii. *Coniferales* (b. Petrifactions), Mem. Geol. Surv. India ser. 2. 11(2). *Copy*: USGS. ##### n.10.009. Homoxylon rajmahalense **Title** *Homoxylon rajmahalense*, gen. et sp. nov., a fossil angiospermous wood, devoid of vessels, from the Rajmahal Hills, Behar... Calcutta (Government of India Central Publication branch) 1932. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Homoxylon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1932 (p. 19: 24 Mai 1932), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-19, *pl. 1-2* with text. *Copy*: USGS. – Mem. Geol. Surv. India ser. 2. 20(2). 1932. ##### n.10.010. A petrified Williamsonia **Title** *A petrified Williamsonia* (W. Sewardiana, sp. nov.) from the Rajmahal Hills, India ... Calcutta (Government of India Central Publication Branch) 1932. 1932. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Williamsonia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1932 (caption pl. 3: 15 Aug 1932), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-19, *pl. 1-3* with text. *Copy*: USGS. –Mem. Geol. Surv. India 20(3), 1932.