Thomas Moore (botanist)
An illustration from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland by Thomas Moore; are mapped to the adder's tongue plants (Ophioglossaceae) belonging ferns
Thomas Moore (born May 21, 1821 in Stoke , Guildford , Surrey , † January 1, 1887 in Chelsea (London) ) was an English botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " T.Moore ".
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He was curator of the Chelsea Botanical Gardens .
Works (selection)
- A popular History of the British Ferns… , 1851 (2nd ed. 1855, 3rd ed. 1859, further ed. 1862).
- The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland , 1855-1856 (2nd ed. 1857, 3rd ed. 1869).
- Index Filicum ... , 1857-1862.
- The octavo nature-printed British Ferns , 1859-1860.
- A treasure of botany… A popular dictionary , 1866 (together with John Lindley ; further editions 1870, 1874, 1876, 1884, 1899).
- The orchid album ... , 11 volumes, 1882–1892 (with Robert Warner, Benjamin Samuel Williams and John Nugent Fitch)
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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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2002. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Thomas Moore (botanist) at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moore, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stoke , Guildford , Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1887 |
| Place of death | Chelsea (London) |