George Lawrence (gardener)
George Lawrence (* 1827 ; † 1895 ) was an English gardener . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Lawr. ".
Live and act
George Lawrence was the gardener of Reverend Father Theodore Williams in the rectory of Hendon ( Middlesex ). In 1841 he published a catalog with 222 species and varieties of the cactus family , which he classified into the nine genera Anhalonium , Mammilaria , Echinocactus , Echinofossulocactus , Echinonyctanthus , Melocactus , Pilocereus , Cereus and Astrophyton .
The long genus name Echinofossulocactus established by him was controversial for a long time. Some of the species he described for the first time under this name are now assigned to the genus Stenocactus .
Fonts
- Catalog of Cacti in the Collection of the Rev. Theodore Williams, at Hendon Vicarage, Middlesex. In: J. Loudon (Ed.): Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement. Volume 17. London 1841, pp. 313-319. ( Google books )
Web links
- Author entry and list of described plant names for George Lawrence at IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ PV Heath: The Question of Echinofossulocactus (Cactaceae). In: Taxon. Volume 38, No. 2, May 1989, pp. 281-288.
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| SURNAME | Lawrence, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British gardener |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1827 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1895 |