Peary Mohon Debbarman
Peary Mohon Debbarman ( PM Debbarman ; born February 6, 1887 in Agartala , Tripura , † January 8, 1925 in Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh ) was an Indian botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Debb. ".
Live and act
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, Debbarman worked from 1913 as a curator in the herbarium of the Indian Botanical Garden in Haora , which is part of the government institution Botanical Survey of India . In 1920 he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society .
Debbarman wrote scientific articles on the red-flowered water lily Nymphaea rubra and on several newly discovered Indian plant taxa, including on the presumably extinct species Sterculia khasiana , which were published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society , in the Journal of the Indian Botanical Society , in the Report of the Botanical Survey of India , the Journal of Heredity and the Proceedings of the Linnean Society .
literature
- Andrew Thomas Gage : Peary Mohon Debbarman (1887-1925) In: Proceedings of the Linnean Society . Sess. 138, 1925-1926: p. 78. 1926
- Ray Desmond, Christine Ellwood: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists: including plant collectors, flower painters, and garden designers . CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 9780850668438
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Peary Mohon Debbarman at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Debbarman, Peary Mohon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agartala , Tripura |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1925 |
| Place of death | Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh |