Henry Fletcher Hance

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Henry Fletcher Hance (1827 - 1886) was a British diplomat who devoted his spare time to the study of Chinese plants. Born in London, his first appointment was to Hong Kong in 1844; he later became vice-consul to Whampoa, consul to Canton, and finally consul to Xiamen, where he died in 1886. In 1873, Hance published a supplement to George Bentham's 1861 Flora Hongkongensis.

The standard author abbreviation Hance is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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