List of Irish plant collectors

List of Irish plant collectors

This article is a list of historical Irish plant collectors. An important part of taxonomy and botany is the collection of samples from different locales.

* John Ball, 1818-1889, first president Alpine Club 1858-1860

* Patrick Browne, doctor and botanist in Jamaica

* Thomas Coulter, 1793-1843, collected plants in North and Latin America

* Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams), 1867-1967.

* Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, 1812-1881. Born Edgeworthstown, County Longford, genus 'edgeworthia' named after him. [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:bNjAgm4fp1oJ:www.herbarium.reading.ac.uk/modules.php%3Fname%3DCollectors%26rop%3DE+michael+pakenham+edgeworth+plant+collector&hl=en&gl=ie&ct=clnk&cd=3] , [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:yGo1Y8xf3OIJ:www.rhs.org.uk/wisley/archive/wisleypcifeb.asp+michael+pakenham+edgeworth+plant+collector&hl=en&gl=ie&ct=clnk&cd=4] , [http://davesgarden.com/botanary/go/1974/] , [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:Q8zo3FLjO2UJ:www.mps-landscaping-gardening.com/info/edgeworthia-chrysantha-by-geoff-bryant-18988.html+michael+pakenham+edgeworth+plant+collector&hl=en&gl=ie&ct=clnk&cd=8]

* Eugene Fitzalan, 1830-1911, born in Derry. He was a collector, nurseryman, and a poet

*Robert D. FitzGerald, 1830-1892, born Tralee. He was a botanist, artist, collector and he collected orchids [http://www.orchids.co.in/orchidologists/robert-david-fitzgerald.shtm] [http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/ Australian National Botanic Gardens]

* Dr. A. Gogarty, sent plants, seeds, orchids, ferns and bulbs to the Irish National Botanic Gardens

* William Henry Harvey, 1811-1866, born in Limerick, Ireland, collected plants South Africa 1848-66.

* Augustine Henry

* James Keys, 1841-1916, born in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh

* Edward Madden, from Kilkenny

* John Madden, 1837-1902, Clones, County Monaghan, claims in his North American expeditions to have introduced the Douglas-fir

* Robert Patterson, 1802-1872, Belfast, collected in Ireland, Australia [http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:-44tP8E2kUEJ:www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.p.html+john+templeton+irish+botanical+illustrator&hl=en&gl=ie&ct=clnk&cd=5]

* Whan William Taylor, 1829-1901, born in Moneymore, County Londonderry

* William Thomas Lock Travers, 1819-1903, born in Dundalk

References

*"Darwin Correspondence online Database, Cambridge University"
*Australian National Botanical Gardens Website

ee also

* List of Irish botanical illustrators
* The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland


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