> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 241](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066581) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11608-1) LSID 11608-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21387900) QID Q21387900 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wheldon, James Alfred (1862-1924), British pharmacist and botanist; studied at Cleveland College, Darlington and the Westminster College of Pharmacy, London; pharmac. exam. 1884; practicing pharmacist in York 1884-1890; pharmacist at H.M. Prison, Liverpool 1891-1921; co-founder Moss Exchange Club British Isles (later Brit. bryol. Soc). **Abbreviated name**: *Wheld.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wheldon*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NMW|NMW]] (29.400); further material in [[Collection BDK|BDK]], [[Collection BEL|BEL]], [[Collection BR|BR]] (*Sphagn.*), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HAMU|HAMU]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – *Letters* to G. Renauld at [[Collection PC|PC]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(1): 78; Barnhart 3: 484 (b. 26 Mai 1862, d. 28 Nov 1924); BB p. 323; BL 2: 253, 291, 731; BM 5: 2305; Bossert p. 433; Clokie p. 263; CSP 19: 573; Desmond p. 653; GR p. 385, cat. p. 73; IH 1 (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 345; LS 40533, 40539-40540, 40615; SBC P. 134; Tucker 1: 742. #### Biofile - A.G. & A.L.S., J. Bot. 63: 52-54. 1925 (obit.) - Anon., Hedwigia 66: (55). 1926 (d.); J. Bot. 63: 32. 1925 (d.); Science ser. 2. 61: 40. 1925 (d.); Trans. Brit. bryol. Soc. 1: 237. 1949 (herb. at NMW). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 84.21. 1980. - Broome, H.C., Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist Feb 1925, p. 65-80 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Chamberlain, E.B., Bryologist 28: 28. 1925 (obit. not.) - Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 28, 169-170, 199. 1977 (bibl. lich. publ.). - Hyde, H.A., J. Bot. 63: 80-81. 1926 (herb., 29.400 nos., bought by NMW). - Jackson, B.D., Nature 114: 904. 1924 (obit. not.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 85. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 271. 1984 (coll.). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 413. 1975 (coll.). - Scott, L.I., Naturalist 879: 158. 1961. - Thompson, J.M., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 137: 85-87. 1925 (obit.). - Travis, W.G., Rev. bryol. 53(1): 10-13. 1926 (obit.). - Wilson, A., North West. Natural. 24: 394-398. 1953. - \Wilson, A.W. & W.G.T., Rep. Brit. bryol. Soc. 1(3): 178-180. 1925. - Wilson, A. & G.C. Druce, Rep. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. 7(3): 548-552. 1925 (obit.). ### Publications ##### n.17.413. The York catalogue of British mosses **Title** *The York catalogue of British mosses*. Adapted for making desiderata in exchanges of species; for an index catalogue to the herbarium; and for recording lists of species occurring within different areas... York (printed by Ben Johnson & Co.,...) \[1889\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *York cat. Brit. moss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1889, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: B. ##### n.17.414. The North of England Harpidia **Title** *The North of England Harpidia* after Renauld... to which is appended William Ingham, B.A. Harpidioid Hypna of Yorkshire and Durham... Leeds (the publishers of "The Naturalist",...) 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: William Ingham (1854-1923). *Publ*.: 16 Mar 1902 (date on cover-t.p.; date in journal; 3 Mar 1902), cover-t.p., p. 65-96, *pl. 1-4. copies*: B, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Naturalist 1902: 65-96, *pl. 1-4.* (p. 93-96: Harpidioid Hypna of Yorkshire and Durham). ##### n.17.415. The flora of West Lancashire **Title** *The flora of West Lancashire* that portion of the county north of the river Ribble and south of Morecambe Bay... Liverpool (Henry Young & Sons) 1907. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl.W. Lancashire*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Albert Wilson (1862-1949). *Publ*.: Sep 1907 (J. Bot. Jan 1908 (rev.); Bot. Centralbl. 10 Dec 1907), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii-vi\], err. slip, \[1\]-511, map, *14 pl*. (photos). *Copies*: G, HH, LIV, MO, NY, USDA. *Eastbourne issue*: Sep 1907 (Liverpool Courier), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii-vi\], err. slip, \[1\]-511, map, *14 pl*. (photos). *Copies*: HH, LW. – Eastbourne (V.T. Sumfield). – The review of this flora in the Liverpool Courier by A.A. Dallman, Sep 1907 is to the Eastbourne edition. This may indicate that the Eastbourne issue came out before that of Liverpool. *Facsimile ed. 1*978, East Ardsley, Wakefield (EP Publishing Limited) ISBN 0-7158-1361-7, p. \[i-ii\], original p. 1-511 reprinted 4 per single page, *pl. 1-14*, map. *Copy*: Edmondson. ##### n.17.416. Comments on the "Harpidia adunca **Title** *Comments on the "Harpidia adunca*" of Sanio... Revue bryologique... 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Aug 1908, p. \[85\]-94. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. bryol. 35(4): \[85\]-94. 1908. ##### n.17.417. The Hepaticae of South Lancashire **Title** *The Hepaticae of South Lancashire*. (VC 59)... Reprinted from "Transactions of the Liverpool Botanical Society" 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: William Gladstone Travis (1877-1958). *Publ*.: Jun 1909, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Liverpool bot. Soc. 1: 32-46. 1909. ##### n.17.418. The lichens of Perthshire **Title** *The lichens of Perthshire*. Being a preliminary list of species found within the three vice-counties... Journal of Botany, Jan-July, 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Albert Wilson (1862-1949). *Publ*.: Jan-Jul 1915, p. \[1\]-73, \[74\]. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Supplement to J. Bot. 53: 1-8. Jan, 9-16. Feb, 17-32. Mar, 33-48. Apr, 49-56. Mai, 57-64, Jun, 65-\[74\]. Jul 1915. ##### n.17.419. A new British Acrocordia **Title** *A new British Acrocordia*... Bidens minima Huds.... Reprinted from the "Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist",... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1915 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 196-197, *pl. 3-4*, p. 224. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist 8: 196-197, *pl. 3-4*, 224. 1915. ##### n.17.420. The lichens of South Lancashire **Title** *The lichens of South Lancashire*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany,... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1915 (read 18 Mar 1915, reprint date Oct 1915), p. \[87\]-136. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 43: \[87\]-136. 1915. ##### n.17.421. Synopsis of the European Sphagna **Title** *Synopsis of the European Sphagna*, indicating the species, varieties and forms occurring in the British Isles, with brief descriptions of many of the forms. Compiled from Warnstorf's Sphagnologia universalis, 1911, Das Pflanzenreich 51 Heft (with additions), for the Moss Exchange Club... Darwen (W.H. Western) \[1917\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. Eur. Sphagna*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1917 (cover so dated; J. Bot. Aug 1917), cover, p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: B, G, MO. ##### n.17.422. Key to the Harpidioid Hypna **Title** *Key to the Harpidioid Hypna*... London, Hull and York (A. Brown & Sons,...) 1921-1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jan 1921-Mar 1922 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[17\]-20, 245-248, 343-346, 13-16, 103-108. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Naturalist 1921: 17-20. 1 Jan, 245-248. 1 Jul, 343-346. 1 Oct 1921, 1922: 13-16. 1 Jan, 103-108. 1 Mar 1922.