William Botting Hemsley

William Botting Hemsley (born December 29, 1843 in East Hoathly , Sussex , † October 7, 1924 in Broadstairs , Kent ) was an English botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Hemsl. "

Live and act

Hemsley worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. In 1889 he was elected as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society . He worked at work Illustrations of the New Zealand flora of Thomas Frederick Cheeseman with. For the Flora of Tropical Africa by Daniel Oliver , he edited the parts "Rhamneae" (Vol.1), "Campanulaceae" (in Volume 3), "Scrophulariaceae" (in Volume 4) and "Balanophoreae" (in Volume 6).

Honors

The plant genus Hemsleya Cogn. ex FBForbes & Hemsl. from the cucurbit family (Cucurbitaceae) has been named after him.

Works (selection)

Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants , 1877
Diagnoses Plantarum Novarum (1878–1880)
Biologia Centrali-americana… Botany (five volumes), 1879–1888, (online)
Report on Scientific Results of Voyage of HMS Challenger, Botany , 1885
Enumeration of all Plants known from China , 1886 and 1895 (with Francis Blackwell Forbes )

literature

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. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for William Botting Hemsley at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Hemsley, William Botting
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	East Hoathly , Sussex, England
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1924
Place of death	Broadstairs , Kent, England

[Burkhardt2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]