Robert Sweet (botanist)

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Robert Sweet (1783–20 January 1835) was a botanist.

Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He also began producing a number of botanical works, focussing almost exclusively on this aspect of his work between 1826 and 1831. His works include Hortus Suburbanus Londinensis (1818), Geraniaceae (five volumes) (1820–30), Sweet's Hortus Britannicus (1826–27), Flora Australasica (1827–28) and British Botany (with H. Weddell) (1831). He died at Chelsea, London on 22 January 1835.

The standard author abbreviation Sweet may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

Sweet is the author of a number of plants, including:

Abutilon auritum (Link) Sweet
Abutilon grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet
Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Indian Lantern Flower
Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet
Peppermint
Argemone ochroleuca Sweet
Mexican Poppy
Babiana angustifolia Sweet
Banksia dryandroides Sweet
Dryandra-leaved Banksia
Callistemon glaucus (Bonpl.) Sweet
Coreopsis grandiflora Sweet
American Tickseed
Cyanotis axillaris (L.) Sweet
Dillwynia pungens (Sweet) Benth.
Hakea ferruginea Sweet
Hovea chorizemifolia (Sweet) DC.
Holly-leaved Hovea
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
Coast Morning Glory
Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
Lablab Bean
Lachenalia mutabilis Sweet
Moraea flaccida Sweet
One-leaf Cape Tulip
Orthrosanthus multiflorus Sweet
Morning Iris
Penaeaceae Sweet ex Guillemin
Senna barclayana (Sweet) Randell
Sphenotoma gracile (R.Br.) Sweet
Swamp Paper-heath
Wahlenbergia stricta (R.Br.) Sweet
Austral Bluebell

[edit] References

Hall, Norman (1978). Botanists of the Eucalypts. CSIRO, Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-00271-5.

Persondata
NAME	Sweet, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cockington, Devonshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	20 January 1835
PLACE OF DEATH	Chelsea, London