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### Author
Allen, Timothy Field (1837-1902), American algologist.
**Abbreviated name**: *T.F. Allen* \[standard form in IPNI: *Allen*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NY|NY]] (mostly Charophyta).
*Exsiccatae*: 1. *Characeae americanae exsiccatae* (pars i, nos. 1-10, fasc. ii-iv, nos. 11-40a, 41-46, Boston (i), New York 1880-1895). Sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection PC|PC]].
2. *Characeae japonicae exsiccatae* (nos. 1-17, 1895), sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]]. The New York Botanical Garden also issued duplicates from Allen's herbarium outside the regular exsiccatae.
*Ref*.: IH 2: 32.
- De Toni, Syll. alg. 4(1): ii. 1897 (bibl.)
- Howe, J. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 52-54. 1901.
- Wood, Farlowia 3(3): 327-329. 1948 (dates).
- Koster, Taxon 18: 549. 1969.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 60-61. 1969.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 41; BM 1: 30; Bossert p. 8; CSP 9: 32, 12: 10; 13: 70; Kew 1: 41; MW p. 4; NI 17.
- Britton, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 30: 173-177. 1903 (portr., bibl.)
- Barnhart in Kelly and Burrage, American medical biographies 20-21. 1920.
- Humphrey, Makers of N. American botany 3-4. 1961.
- Wood and Imahori, Revision Characeae 793-794. 1965 (lists all publications on Characeae).
- Ewan, Short hist. bot. US 78. 1969.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 4. 1973.
#### Eponymy
Vide supra, sub J. F. Allen.
### Publications
##### n.86. Characeae americanae
**Title**
*Characeae americanae*, illustrated and described, New York (author) \[1879\], 2 parts. Qu. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Charac. amer.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1879 (part 1: J. Bot. Mai 1879; Nat. Nov. Jun 1879; part 2, Nat. Nov. Aug 1879) (see Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 315. 1879, and Sayre 1969). – Two coloured plates with descriptive letter-press. *Copy*: NY.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 30; Kew 1: 41.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 60. 1969.
- Wood and Imahori, Revision Characeae 1: 793. 1965.
##### n.87. The Characeae of America
**Title**
*The Characeae of America*... with coloured illustrations from the original drawings by the author. Boston (S. E. Cassino) \[1880\], 2 parts. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Charac. America*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1880, part. 1: \[1\]-8, *pl. 1-3*, 2: \[9\]-\[14\], *pl. 4-6.* *Copy*: NY.
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 41.
- H. & J. G., J. Bot. 19: 92. Mar 1881.
- Wood and Imahori, Revision Characeae 1: 793. 1965.
##### n.88. The Characeae of America
**Title**
*The Characeae of America*. New York (author) 1888-1896, 4 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Charac. America*.
**Notes**
|part |pages |*plates* |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1-64 |*55* |Jan-Feb 1888
|2(1) |1-8 |*14, 6* |Mar 1893(?)
|2(2) |9-17 |*8* |Dec 1894|
|2(3) |19-28 |*9* |Apr 1896|
Allen, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20: 258 (1893) says that 2(1) was actually published in 1892; see also Wood and Imahori (1965). Part 1 is announced by Nat. Nov. early Mar 1888 as having been published in 1887 but came out Jan-Feb 1888 (J. Bot. Apr 1888; Flora rd. Mar 1888).
*Ref*.: BM 1: 30; Kew 1: 41; NI 17; IDC 6335.
- Wood, Farlowia 3(3): 334, 335. 1948.
- Wood and Imahori, Revision Characeae 1: 793. 1965.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 60. 1969.
##### n.89. Bull. Torrey bot. Club
**Title**
Japanese Characeae, *Bull. Torrey bot. Club* 21(12): 523-526. Dec 1894, 22(2): 68-71. Feb 1895, 25(2): 73-82. Feb 1898.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: As above. – Also reprinted with consecutive pagination 1-18, with 24 unnumbered plates. The plates from drawings by Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff appeared only with the reprints (Robinson 1906).
*Ref*.: MW p. 4; Kew 1: 41.
- Robinson, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4(13): 299. 1906.
- Wood et Imahori, Revision Characeae 1: 793, 794. 1965.