James Dickson (botanist)

James Dickson (1738–1822) was a Scottish nurseryman, plant collector, botanist and mycologist. Between 1785 and 1801 he published his Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae, a four-volume work in which he published over 400 species of algae and fungi that occur in the British Isles. He is also the author of Collection of Dried Plants, Named on the Authority of the Linnaean Herbarium and Other Original Collections. The plant genus Dicksonia is named after him.

The standard author abbreviation Dicks. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

External links

• http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst3157.html

Persondata
Name	Dickson, James
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish plant collector
Date of birth	1738
Place of birth	Traquair
Date of death	1822
Place of death

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