> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 430](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212472) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10788-1) LSID 10788-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19276963) QID Q19276963 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Traill, George William (1836-1897), British botanist (phycologist) and mineralogist; clerk in the Standard Life Assurance Co., Edinburgh. **Abbreviated name**: *Traill* \[standard form in IPNI: *Traill*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection E|E]] (400); other material in [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]]. See also Kent & Allen (1984). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 397; BB p. 304; BM 5: 2131; CSP 11: 631, 19: 183-184; Desmond p. 617 (b. 26 Oct 1836, d. 7 Apr 1897); De Toni 1: cxxiii-cxxiv; Jackson p. 246. #### Biofile - Anon., Ann. Scott. nat. Hist. 7: 7-8. 1898 (obit.). - Batters, E.A.C., J. Bot. 35: 440. 1897 (obit. not.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.40. 1980. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 343-344. 1980. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 137. 1970 (herb.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 260. 1984. - Matthews, J.R., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 39(4): 396-398. 1963 (on a set of specimens of algae studied by Traill, collected in N. America; some specimens collected by S. Collins). - Newton, L., Brit. phycol. Bull. 2(5): 386-387. 1964 (on herb. at E) (see also Koster, J. Th., Taxon 18: 558. 1969). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 405. 1975. #### Eponymy *Trailia* \[sic\] Sutherland (1915); *Trailia* \[sic\] H. Sydow (1922); *Trailliella* E.A.L. Batters (1896). *Note*: *Traillia* Lindley ex Endlicher (1841) honors James Traill (*fl*. 1820-1853), gardener. *Trailliaedoxa* W.W. Smith et Forrest (1917) honors the daughter of G.W. Traill and wife of G. Forrest. ### Publications ##### n.14.846. The algae of the Firth of Forth **Title** *The algae of the Firth of Forth*... Edinburgh (printed by M'Farlane & Erskine) 1880. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1880 (read 17 Dec 1879), p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: NY, PH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinburgh 5: 171-189. 1880. ##### n.14.847. A monograph of the algae of the Firth of Forth **Title** *A monograph of the algae of the Firth of Forth*, illustrated with herbarium specimens of some of the rarer species,... Edinburgh (printed for the author by the Edinburgh Cooperative Printing Company,...) 1885. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. alg. Firth of Forth*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1885 (p. \[3\]: Jan 1885; J. Bot. Feb 1885; Bot. Zeit. 27 Mar 1885; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1885), p. \[1\]-16, 8 specimens on 4 sheets. *Copy*: FH. *Preliminary publ*.: *The Algae of the Firth of Forth*, Proc. Phys. Soc. Edinburgh 5: 171-189. 1880, 6: 96-96. 1881, 7: 188-190, 306. 1883. – Also issued as a reprint, 20 p. Edinburgh 1880 (Bot. Centralbl. 20-21 Mai 1880; J. Bot. Apr 1880). *Ref*.: Flahault, Ch., Bull. Soc. bot. France 32 (bibl.): 23. 1885. - E.M.H., J. Bot. 23: 61-62. Feb 1885. ##### n.14.848. The marine algae of Joppa **Title** *The marine algae of Joppa* illustrated with herbarium specimens... Edinburgh (printed by Neill and Company) 1886. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1886 (read 8 Apr 1886; journal issue Bot. Zeit. 20 Mai 1887; KNAW Mai-Jun 1887), p. \[1\]-10, *5 pl*. of mounted specimens. *Copy*: FH. – Text reprinted from Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16(3): 395-402. 1886. ##### n.14.849. The marine algae of the Orkney Islands **Title** *The marine algae of the Orkney Islands*... Edinburgh (printed by Neill and Company) 1890. Oct. (in fours). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890 (date on reprint; read 12 Jun 1890; Bot. Zeit. 24 Apr 1891), p. \[1\]-43. *Copies*: FH, NY, US. – Reprinted (preprinted?) and to be cited from Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 18: 302-342. 1891. *Supplementary notes*: Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 19: 544-546. Nov 1893 (reprinted, p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: LD), 20(2): 341-345. Nov 1895.