John Gould Veitch

John Gould Veitch (1839-1870)

John Gould Veitch (born April 1839 in Exeter , † 13 August 1870 in Combe Wood , Surrey ) was a British gardener, botanist and plant collector . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Veitch ".

He was great-grandson of the Scot John Veitch (1752-1839), who founded the tree school dynasty Veitch and Sons . The Veitch dynasty begins when John Veitch's son, James Veitch (1792–1863), the oldest of six children, joins the company after completing his training. The father of John Gould Veitch (1839-1870), namely James Veitch junior (1815-1869), handed over the London branch of the tree nursery, the James Veitch & Sons company , to his three sons John Gould, Harry James and Arthur . James Veitch junior died in 1869; just a year later, John Gould Veitch succumbed to tuberculosis .

From 1860 John Gould Veitch became one of the plant hunters for the James Veitch & Sons tree nursery . His collecting trips took him to Japan , China and the Philippines from 1860 to 1862 and to Australia from 1864 to 1866 . He married soon after his return to England; the marriage resulted in two sons, James Gould junior (1869-1914) and James Herbert .

Honors

According to James Veitch (1792–1863) the plant genera are Veitchia H. Wendl. and Neoveitchia Becc. named from the palm family (Arecaceae). The genus Veichtia Lindl is named after John Gould Veitch (1839–1870) . from the pine family (Pinaceae).

literature

A five-part essay appeared in Garden History magazine on the history of the Veitch and Sons nursery . The first edition appeared in Volume 16 Vol. 1 (1988), the second in Volume 16 Vol. 2 (1988), the third in Volume 17 Vol. 2 (1989), the fourth in Volume 20 Vol. 1 (Springer 1992, Pp. 57-70).

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

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Biography of John Gould Veitch at pacsoa.org.au
Author entry and list of the described plant names for John Gould Veitch at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Veitch, John Gould
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British gardener, botanist and plant collector
DATE OF BIRTH	April 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Exeter
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 1870
Place of death	Combe Wood , Surrey

[Burkhardt_2018-1] A ^b ^c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .