Nathaniel Lord Britton

Nathaniel Lord Britton

Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934), U.S. botanist and co-founder of the New York Botanical Garden.

IPNI standard form: Britton (outdated: Britt.)

Taxon names authored

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• 417 taxon names authored by Nathaniel Lord Britton

Publications

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• Britton, N.L. & Rusby, H.H. 1887. A list of plants collected by Miss Mary B. Croft, 1884–’85, at San Diego, Texas, near the headwaters of the Rio Dulce. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences 7: 7–14. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L., Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York City. v–xi, 1–90. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1889. New or noteworthy North American phanerogams, II. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences 9: 6–15. BHL Reference page. 
• Morong, T. & Britton, N.L. 1892. An Enumeration of the Plants Collected by Dr. Thomas Morong in Paraguay, 1888–1890. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 7: 45–280. BHL. Reference page. 
• Britton, N. & Brown, A. 1896. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Volume I, Ophioglossaceae to Aizoaceae. 612 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N. & Brown, A. 1897. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Volume II, Portulacaceae to Menyanthaceae. 643 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N. & Brown, A. 1898. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Volume III, Apocynaceae to Compositae. 616 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. BHL Google Books Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada. 1080 pp. New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1906. Contributions to the flora of the Bahama Islands. III. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 4: 137–143. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1910. Studies of West Indian plants—III. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 37: 345–363. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vols. 1–3. Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1915. Studies of West Indian Plants – VI. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 42: 365–392. Reference page. 
• Riddle, L.W. 1918. Report on the lichens of St. Thomas and St. Jan. In Britton, N.L., The flora of the American Virgin Islands. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Memoirs 1: 109–115. BHL. Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1919. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 1. 236 pp. + 38 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1920. Descriptions of Cuban plants new to science. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 16: 57–118. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Riddle, L.W. 1920. Lichènes. In Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F., The Bahama Flora.: 522–553. New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1922. Studies of West Indian plants—X. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 48: 327–343. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1923. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 4. 318 pp. + 37 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. 1923. Studies of West Indian plants—XI. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 50: 35–56. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

Eponyms

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• 4 eponyms of Nathaniel Lord Britton

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