William Allport Leighton (17 May 1805 – 28 February 1889) was an English Church of England clergyman and botanist. He was the only son of William and...

(Lord Mayor of London), Lord Mayor of London in 1806 William Allport Leighton, botanist William Leighton (Poet), 19th Century writer of Sons of Godwin (1876)...

Arthonia vinosa is a species of lichen belonging to the family Arthoniaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. List of Arthonia species "Arthonia vinosa...

Verrucariaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1871 by William Allport Leighton. The lichen has a thin, superficial thallus that is pale olive-green...

Asteristion is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has seven species. Previously considered a synonym of either Phaeotrema or...

lichenologist Erik Acharius as Cenomyce ecmocyna. British botanist William Allport Leighton transferred it to the genus Cladonia in 1866. In North America...

Tulasne and Camille Montagne, in Russia Fedor Buhse, in England William Allport Leighton and in the United States Edward Tuckerman began to publish works...

Henssen. The generic name honours English clergyman and botanist William Allport Leighton, who originally described the type species in 1870 as Pterygium...

Elongated ardellae are called lirellae. The term was first used by William Allport Leighton in 1854, who described an ardella as resembling a "sprinkled spot"...

Phillips took up botany about 1861 at the suggestion of his friend William Allport Leighton the lichenologist. Beginning with flowering plants, Phillips turned...