John Horne (botanist)

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John Horne (born January 1835 in Lethendy , Perthshire , Scotland , † April 16, 1905 in Jersey) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Horne ".

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At the age of 12, due to the death of his father, Horne left the Longforgan Community School near Dundee to help his mother earn a living. After working in several locations in Scotland, he started working at the Royal Botanic Gardens , Kew in 1859 , where he worked until January 1860. After a short time in Regent's Park , London, he became assistant to director James Duncan (1802–1876) in August 1861 and, from 1877, director of the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden in Mauritius. He also worked as a director for gardens and forests and as a surveyor. On behalf of the Mauritian government, he traveled to the Seychelles , where he carried out the first complete botanical survey in 1871 and 1874, and to Ceylon to study the quinine industry . From 1876 to 1877 he conducted research on the botanical and agricultural resources of the Fiji Islands, on which he published a book in 1881. In 1890 Horne moved to the Channel Island of Jersey , where he died in April 1905. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London .

Dedication names

The plant species Cyathea hornei (Baker) Copeland from Fiji and Martellidendron hornei Balf. f., Hibiscus hornei Baker (valid name: Hibiscus physaloides ), Costularia hornei (CBClarke) and Northia hornei Hook.f. (Synonym: Northia seychellana ) from the Seychelles were named in honor of John Horne.

literature

  • Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists: including plant collectors, flower painters, and garden designers. Taylor & Francis, 1994. ISBN 978-085-066-843-8
  • Rosemarie Wise: A fragile Eden: Portraits of the endemic flowering plants of the granitic Seychelles , p. 20, Princeton University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-069-104-817-8

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personal data
SURNAME Horne, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish botanist and plant collector
DATE OF BIRTH January 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Lethendy , Perthshire , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1905
Place of death jersey