Thomas Thomson (botanist)

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Thomas Thomson (1817-1878) was a chemistry professor and surgeon with the British East India Company before becoming a botanist. He was a friend of Joseph Dalton Hooker and helped write the first volume of Flora Indica. Later, he became superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta.

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

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