George Arnott Walker Arnott
George Arnott Walker Arnott (born February 6, 1799 in Edinburgh , † June 17, 1868 in Glasgow ) was a Scottish botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Arn. “Arnott was the director of the Botanical Gardens in Glasgow. In 1822 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1834 he became a member of the Leopoldina . The genus Arnottia from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) is named after him.
Fonts
- Disposition méthodique des espèces de mousses , 1825
- Tentamen methodi muscorum (with Robert Kaye Greville ), 1826
- The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage , 1830–1841 (together with William Jackson Hooker ) - digitized .
- Prodromus florae peninulae Indiae orientalis (with Robert Wight ), 1834
literature
- 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
Commons : George Arnott Walker Arnott - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Literature by and about George Arnott Walker Arnott in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for George Arnott Walker Arnott at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ shaper RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 6, 2019 .
- ^ Member entry by Georg Walker-Arnott at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnott, George Arnott Walker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1868 |
| Place of death | Glasgow |