Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall (born January 5, 1786 in Long Preston near Settle in Yorkshire , † September 10, 1859 in Nutgrove near Rainhill in Lancashire ) was a British botanist and zoologist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Nutt. "
Live and act
Nuttall was a printer in England for a few years before emigrating to North America in the USA . In Philadelphia he made the acquaintance of Benjamin Smith Barton , who encouraged him to study botany and to become a plant collector. In 1823 Nuttall was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
After extensive travels within North America, Nuttall worked from 1836 to 1841 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Various taxa are named after Nuttall : animals such as the yellow-billed lobster ( Pica nuttalli ) or the mountain cottontail rabbit ( Sylvilagus nuttallii ), but also plants such as the narrow-leaved waterweed ( Elodea nuttallii ) or Nuttall's dogwood ( Cornus nuttallii ). The plant genera Nuttallia Raf were also named after him . from the family of loasaceae (Loasaceae) and Nuttallanthus D.A.Sutton from the family of plantain plants named (Plantaginaceae).
Fonts
- The genera of North American plants , 1818
- New genera and species of plants , 1840
- The North American sylva , 1842-1849.
swell
- 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
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 Thomas Nuttall at the IPNI
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SURNAME | Nuttall, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English botanist and zoologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1786 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Long Preston at Settle , Yorkshire |
DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1859 |
Place of death | Nutgrove at Rainhill , Lancashire |