Thomas Lobb

Thomas Lobb ( 1811 - April 30, 1894 in Devoran , Cornwall ) was a British botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " T. Lobb ".

Live and act

Like his brother William Lobb, Thomas Lobb worked as a plant collector for Veitch & Sons .

From 1843 to 1860 Thomas Lobb collected mainly in India , Indonesia and the Philippines . In 1845 he found orchids of the species Phalaenopsis lobbii named after him in the eastern Himalayas for the first time , in the Karia Mountains in eastern India, near Nowgong at 1500 m, the Hoya lobbii, also named after him .

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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 plant names described for Thomas Lobb at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ James H. Veitch: Hortus Veitchii - A history of the rise and progress of the nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, together with an account of the botanical collectors and hybridists employed by them ... , James Veitch & Sons Limited, Chelsea, 1906; see. Cape. to Thomas Lobb in the Internet Archive .

personal data
SURNAME	Lobb, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	1811
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1894
Place of death	Devoran , Cornwall

[1] James H. Veitch: Hortus Veitchii - A history of the rise and progress of the nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, together with an account of the botanical collectors and hybridists employed by them ... , James Veitch & Sons Limited, Chelsea, 1906; see. Cape. to Thomas Lobb in the Internet Archive .