Clarke Abel

Clarke Abel (born September 5, 1789 in Bungay , Suffolk , England , † November 24, 1826 in Cawnpore , India ) was a British doctor , naturalist and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is C. Abel .

Clarke Abel is best known for the publication of the book Narrative of a Journey into the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from this country ( London 1818), which he took on a trip with William Pitt Amherst, Earl of Arracan (1773-1857 ) wrote to Beijing .

Honor taxon

The British botanist Robert Brown named the plant genus Abelia from the family Linnaeaceae in the order of the cardiform (Dipsacales) in his honor. The Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelii ), first described by René Primevère Lesson in 1827, was also named after Abel.

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Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Clarke Abel at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Grayson, Michael Watkins: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009; P. 1; ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Abel, Clarke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British physician and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 5, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bungay , Suffolk , England
DATE OF DEATH	November 24, 1826
Place of death	Cawnpore , India

[Burkhardt2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

[Beolens_et_al._2009-2] Bo Beolens, Michael Grayson, Michael Watkins: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009; P. 1; ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 .