John Gillies (botanist)
John Gillies (* 1792 in Brechin , Forfarshire , Scotland , † November 24, 1834 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish doctor and plant collector . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Gillies ".
Life
Gillies was a naval doctor; As a 28-year-old he hoped to escape early death from consumption by traveling to South America . He stayed in South America for eight years and collected a variety of plants. After returning to Europe, he used the six years of his life to organize his large collection of plants and to give parts to his friends botanists for further analysis. Today parts of his plant collection can be found scattered in different herbaria.
Honor taxon
The genus Gilliesia Lindl was named in his honor . named from the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae).
literature
- FW Gibbs: John Gillies, MD Traveler and Botanist, 1792-1834 . In: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London . tape 9 , no. 1 , October 1951, p. 115–136 ( first page online ).
- 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 John Gillies (botanist) at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ Not to be confused with the historian John Gillies (January 18, 1747 to 1836); Gillies, John . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 12 : Gichtel - harmonium . London 1910, p. 23 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillies, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish doctor and plant collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brechin , Forfarshire, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1834 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |