John Muir (plant collector)

John Muir

John Muir (born June 18, 1874 in Castle Douglas , Scotland , † August 3, 1947 in Riversdale , Cape Province ) was a Scottish doctor and plant collector in southern Africa. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " John Muir ".

Live and act

John Muir studied art and medicine at Saint Andrews University from 1890 to 1892 . He came to South Africa in 1902 and practiced in various places. He botanized and collected a lot; his collections went u. a. to the University of Stellenbosch and the National Herbarium in Pretoria. He wrote The Flora of Riversdale and Seed-drift of South Africa . He was married to Susanna Steyn. His daughter Hortense Muir (fl. 1927) sent living plant material to Nicholas Edward Brown . It was honored by the species name hortenseae .

In 1925, Muir discovered a succulent euphorbie , which was described four years later by Rudolf Marloth as Euphorbia susannae .

Honor taxon

In honor of John Muir named Nicholas Edward Brown , the monotypic genus Muiria from the family of aizoaceae (Aizoaceae).

proof

Anja and Harald Jainta: " Muiria hortenseae -" Mouse heads "in the Little Karoo (South Africa)". In: Cacti and other succulents . 58, (8), 2007, ISSN 0022-7846 , pp. 206-208
Biographical Notes on Southern African Botanical Epithets Based on Personal Names , accessed July 31, 2007.
Rikus van Veldhuisen: Euphorbia susannae Marloth , accessed July 31, 2007

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 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

Author entry and list of the described plant names for John Muir (plant collector) at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Muir, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish doctor and plant collector
DATE OF BIRTH	June 18, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Castle Douglas , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	August 3, 1947
Place of death	Riversdale , Cape Province

[Burkhardt_2018-1] 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 .