> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 798](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333937) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9985-1) LSID 9985-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2422076) QID Q2422076 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sprague, Thomas Archibald (1877-1958), British botanist; B.Sc. Edinburgh 1898, D. Sc. ib. 1927; at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1900-1945, deputy keeper of the herbarium 1930-1945; travelled and collected with H.W. Dowding in Venezuela and Columbia 1898-1899, in the Canary Islands 1913; rapporteur-général for botanical nomenclature 1935-1947. **Abbreviated name**: *Sprague* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sprague*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. – Further material at [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MEDEL|MEDEL]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection US|US]]. – *Manuscripts* at [[Collection K|K]] (incl. reminiscenses of his early times at [[Collection K|K]]). *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 661; Barnhart 3: 311; Biol.-Dokum. 17: 8812; BJI 2: 168-169; BL 1: 146, 152, 319, 2: 217, 241, 719; BM 5: 1993, 8: 1232; Bossert p. 378; Clokie p. 247; Desmond p. 577 (b. 7 Oct 1877, d. 22 Oct 1958); Hortus 3: 1204; Langman p. 714-715; MW p. 464-465, suppl. 331; NI 2: \[index\], 3: 13, 41; PH 209; RS p. 143; SIA 221 (HU 107); SO 311a, 919; TL-2/766, 2448, 3218, see J. Ramsbottom; Tucker 1: 664, 3: 291; Zander ed. 10, p. 720, ed. 11, p. 821. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1930: 48 (app. deputy keeper), 1933: 462 (also in charge of the library), 1946: 3 (retirement Nov 1945); Pharmac. J. 1958: 336 (d.); Taxon 1: 36.1952 (portr. in group), 7: 293. 1958 (obit. not.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.335. 1980. - Bullock, A.A., Taxon 9(4): 93-102. 1960 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Castellanos, A. & R.A. Pérez-Moreau, Lilloa 7: 545. 1941 (index bibl. bot. Argent.). - Hutchinson, R.E.G., Proc. Cotteswold Field Club 33(1-2): 80. 1958. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 248. 1984. - Lanjouw, J., Taxon 8: I. 1959 (obit.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 691. 1985. - Marshall, H.S.A., J. Kew Guild 1958: 594; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 172: 134-135. 1962 (obit.). - Riddelsdell, H.N., Fl. Gloucestershire clxi-clxii. 1948. - Sprague, T.A. and J. Hutchinson, Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1913(8): 287-299. 13 Nov 1913 ("A botanical expedition to the Canary Islands" 1913). - Turrill, W.B., Nature 182: 1483-1484. 1958 (obit.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 445. 1935, 2: 2, 7, 28, 34, 35, 38, 68, 185. 1936, 3: 2, 26, 27, 28, 161, 162, 336, 4: 103, 221, 285, 299, 529, 541. 1938, 5: 117, 209, 211, 213, 299, 306, 317, 526. 1939, 6: 230, 306, 417. 1941, *7*: 428. 1943. - Willis, G.M. & F.N. Hepper, Kew Bull. 1950: 312. 1951 (reminiscences). #### Composite works - (1) *Flora capensis* (TL-2/2448, Harvey and Sonder): *Bignoniaceae* 4.2(3): 447-454. Oct 1904; *Loranthaceae* 5.2(1): 100-135. Apr 1915. - (2) *Flora tropical Africa* (TL-2/7055, D. Oliver): *Bignoniaceae* 4.2(3): 512-538. Jun 1906; *Hernandiaceae* 6.1(1): 189-192. Mar 1909, 6.1(2): 193. Dec 1910; *Loranthaceae* 6.1(2): 255-384. Dec 1910, 385-411. Oct 1911. - (3) A. Chevalier, *Sudania*; Énumeration des plantes récoltées en Afrique tropicale par... A. Chevalier de 1898 à 1910 inclus. Liste dressée d'après les déterminations de... Sprague, 1911, 1914. - (4) *Taxonomic botany*, with special reference to the Angiosperms, *in* J. Huxley, ed., *The new Systematics*, Oxford 1940, p. 435-454. #### Eponymy *Spragueanella* Balle (1954). ### Publications ##### n.12.638. Plantae hasslerianae Bignoniaceae **Title** R. Chodat et E. Hassler *Plantae hasslerianae Bignoniaceae* det. T.A. Sprague... Tiré à part du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier... année 1905 \[1904\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Dec 1904, p. \[i, recto of 538\], \[538\]-548. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. boissier ser. 2. 5(1): \[78\]-88. 30 Dec 1904. ##### n.12.639. Manettiarum pugillus **Title** *Manettiarum pugillus*... Extrait du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, 2me série. – Tome v (1905). N°3. \[Genève\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Feb 1905, p. \[1\]-4. *Copies*: B, G, U, US. – Reprinted from and to be cited as Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 5: 264-267. 1905. *Manettiarum pugillus alter*: 31 Aug 1905, p. \[i\], \[1\]-5. *Copies*: B, G, U. – Id. ser. 2. 5: 832-836. 1905. ##### n.12.640. Plantarum novarum **Title** *Plantarum novarum* vel minus cognitarum *diagnoses*... \[Tiré à part du "Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier", seconde série. Année 1905. – Tome v. – N°7. \[Genève\]. Oct. **Notes** \[*1*\]: 30 Jun 1905, p. \[i\], \[1\]-5. *Copies*: B, G, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 5(7): 700-704. 1905. *2*: 30 Nov 1905, p. \[6\]-12. *Copies*: B, G, U, US. – Id. 5(12): 1164-1170. 1905. ##### n.12.641. Alphabetical list of nomina conservanda **Title** *Alphabetical list of nomina conservanda* (Phanerogamae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: soon after 2 Dec 1921 (printer's mark), p. \[321\]-326. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1921(9): \[321\]-326. ##### n.12.642. The nomenclature of plant families **Title** *The nomenclature of plant families*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1922, cover, p. \[69\]-73. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to cited from J. Bot. 60: \[69\]-73. Mar 1922. ##### n.12.643. Notes on Theaceae **Title** *Notes on Theaceae*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1923. Oct. **Notes** \[*1*\]: Jan 1923, cover, p. \[17\]-19. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 61: \[17\]-19. 1923. *2*: Mar 1923, cover, p. \[83\]-85. *Copy* US. – Id. 61: \[83\]-85. 1923. ##### n.12.644. Preliminary report on the botany of Captain Dowding's Columbian Expedition **Title** *Preliminary report on the botany of Captain Dowding's Columbian Expedition*, 1898-99 ... From the Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1905, cover-t.p., p. 425-436. *Copies*: B, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 22: 425-436. 1905. – Sprague was the botanist of this expedition to Venezuela and Columbia, 1898-1899, led by Captain H.W. Dowding, R.N. Collections at K. ##### n.12.645. Bignoniaceae americanae novae **Title** *Bignoniaceae americanae novae*... \[Tiré à part du "Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier". Seconde série. Année 1906. – Tome vi. – N° 5. Genève\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Apr 1906, p. \[1\]-6. *Copies*: B, G, U, US. – Issued as and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 6(5): 371-376. 1906. ##### n.12.646. A revision of Acridocarpus **Title** *A revision of Acridocarpus*... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" \[London\] for June, 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1906 (in journal), p. \[1\]-16. *Copies*: B, M. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 44: 192-207. 1906. ##### n.12.647. The Triumfettas of Africa **Title** *The Triumfettas of Africa*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: John Hutchinson (1884-1972). *Publ*.: Oct 1909, p. \[231\]-276. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 39: \[231\]-276. 1909. ##### n.12.648. The genus Nautilocalyx **Title** *The genus Nautilocalyx*... London (printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office, ...) 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: shortly after 25 Apr 1912 (printer's mark), cover-t.p., p. \[85\]-90. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1912(2): \[85\]-90. ##### n.12.649. Proposed alterations in the International Rules **Title** *Proposed alterations in the International Rules*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1924\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1924, p. \[196\]-198. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 62: \[196\]-198. 1924. ##### n.12.650. The classification of dicotyledons **Title** *The classification of dicotyledons*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1925. **Notes** *1* (*General principles*): Jan 1925, p. \[9\]-13. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from The Journal of Botany 63: \[9\]-13. 1925. *2* (*Evolutionary progressions*): Apr 1925, p. \[105\]-113. *Copy*: US. – Id. 63: \[105\]-113. 1925. ##### n.12.651. Nomenclature pro- posals by British botanists **Title** International Botanical Congress Cambridge (England), 1930 *Nomenclature proposals by British botanists*. London (printed under the authority of his Majesty's Stationary Office...) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Nom. Prop. Brit. Bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1929 (printer's mark on p. 3: Aug 1929; listed by J. Briquet, Rec. syn. ii. 1930 as having been received by 1 Sep 1929), p. \[1\]-203. *Copies*: FAS, U. *Editors* (sub-committe on nomenclature, appointed by the Imperial botanical Conference, London 1924): J. Ramsbottom, A.J. Willmott, E.M. Wakefield and T.A. Sprague (convener). This sub-committee published an explanatory note in J.Bot. 67: 338-339. Dec 1929 outlining the standing of the proposals. This note was separately distributed as a one-page pamphlet, Dec 1929. *Standard species of Linnean* \[sic\] *genera of Phanerogamae* (1753-54). By A.S. Hitchcock and M.L. Green, on p. 111-195. This list constitutes a choice of lectotypes of Linnaean generic names which was in accordance with the Linnaean protologues as closely as possible. In cases of conflict with the earlier choice of such types by Britten and Brown (1913, see TL-2/778) the choices by Hitchcock or Green may have to be accepted. See our note in TL-2/1: 334; the Britton and Brown choices may sometimes have to be rejected (on the basis of automatic selection), but not always. In other cases they may be perfectly in accordance with the ICBN. *Note*: For Sprague's own idea on nomenclature in 1929, aiming at a reconciliation of the "International Rules" and the "American Code", see e.g. his presentation at the Ithaca Botanical Congress (17 Aug 1926) in Proc. \[Ithaca\] Intern. Congr. Pl. Sci. 2: 1422-1426. 1929. He summed up the results reached at Cambridge (1930) in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. 1932: 300-313. ##### n.12.652. Principles and problems of plant nomenclature **Title** *Principles and problems of plant nomenclature*... Reprinted from Proceedings of the International Congress of Plant Sciences... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1929, p. \[1422\]-1426. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted from Proc. Int. Congr. Pl. Sci. 2: \[1422\]-1426. 1929. ##### n.12.653. The herbal of Leonhart Fuchs **Title** *The herbal of Leonhart Fuchs*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany,... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Ernest Nelmes (1895-1959). *Publ*.: 9 Oct 1931, cover-t.p., p. \[545\]-642. *Copies*: FAS, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: \[545\]-642. 1931. ##### n.12.654. Botanical terms in Pliny's natural history **Title** *Botanical terms in Pliny's natural history*... \[Reprinted from Kew\] Bulletin of miscellaneous Information... 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb 1933 (printer's mark), cover-t.p., p. 1-10. *Copies*: FAS, US. ##### n.12.655. Plant nomenclature **Title** *Plant nomenclature*... Arbroath (T. Buncle & Co.,...) 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1933, cover.t.p., p. \[300\]-313. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. 1932: \[300\]-313. 1933. ##### n.12.656. The gender of generic names **Title** *The gender of generic names*: a vindication of Article 72(2)... Reprinted from the Kew Bulletin, Nos. 6-9, 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1935 (printer's mark on p. \[13\]), cover-t.p., p. 1-12 \[13\]. *Copies*: FAS, U. – Reprinted or preprinted from Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935(6-9): 545-557. ##### n.12.657. Synopsis of proposals **Title** *Synopsis of proposals* concerning nomenclature submitted to the Sixth International Botanical Congress Amsterdam 1935 prepared on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Congress and the Executive Committee of Nomenclature... Cambridge (printed at the University Press \[1935\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. prop.* **Notes** *Publ*.: *Jul* 1935 (see *Prelim. opin.* 1935, p. 1), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-80. *Copies*: B, BR, FAS, G, U, USDA. – For T.A. Sprague, ed., Additions and amendments to the International rules of botanical nomenclature, contributed by Sprague and 11 other British and U.S. botanists, see Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935(2): 65-92 with errata sheet. ##### n.12.658. Preliminary opinions **Title** *Preliminary opinions* concerning nomenclature proposals submitted to the Sixth International Botanical Congress Amsterdam 1935 collated on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Congress and the Executive Committee of Nomenclature... Cambridge (printed at the University Press) \[1935\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. opin.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Sep 1935 (distributed at the Congress, 2-7 Sep 1935), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-28. *Copies*: B, BR, FAS, G. ##### n.12.659. Subsection for Nomenclature **Title** *Subsection for Nomenclature* reprint from: Proceedings Sixth International Botanical Congress Amsterdam, 2-7 September, 1935 vol. I. p. 333-383. Leiden (E.J. Brill) 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1936, cover-t.p., p. \[333\]-383. *Copies*: FAS, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from *Proceedings* as noted on cover. *Note*: The turbulent years after 1935 prevented Sprague and the Editorial Committee appointed at Amsterdam (H. Harms, B.P.G. Hochreutiner, T.A. Sprague) to publish the "Rules" as modified by the Amsterdam Congress. Sprague published a mimeographed "*International rules of botanical nomenclature supplement*, embodying the alterations made at Amsterdam in 1935" 27 unnumbered pages, p. \[2\] signed Cheltenham, April 1948, for the Utrecht Conference on Botanical Nomenclature, 14-19 Jun 1948. *Copies*: FAS, U. – See also ICBN 1972 (Regnum vegetabile 82) p. 395-396 under no. 6, for a republication of this document in Chron. bot. 12(1/2): 65-88. 1950. In the meantime W.H. Camp, H.W. Rickett and C.A. Weatherby had published an unofficial version of the "Rules", also embodying the Amsterdam changes, in Brittonia 6(1): 1-120. 1947 (reprinted by Chronica Botanica Co. 1948). ##### n.12.660. Boerhaave as a botanist **Title** *Boerhaave as a botanist*,... Overgedrukt uit het Nederl. Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Oct 1938, cover-t.p., p. \[3\]-4. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ned. Tijdschr. Geneesk. 82(40): \[3\]-4. 1938. ##### n.12.661. The herbal of Valerius Cordus **Title** *The herbal of Valerius Cordus*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany,... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1939, p. \[1\]-113. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: \[1\]-113. 1939. ##### n.12.661a. International rules of botanical nomenclature supplement **Title** *International rules of botanical nomenclature supplement*, embodying the alterations made at Amsterdam in 1935... \[Utrecht, 1948\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Int. rules bot. nomencl. suppl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1948, p. \[1-27\], mimeographed, one-sided. *Copy*: FAS. – One of the documents used at the Utrecht International Conference on botanical nomenclature and taxonomy, Jun 1948. No official revised version of the *Rules* had been prepared after the *Amsterdam Congress*.