List of Irish plant collectors

This article is a list of historical Irish plant collectors. An important part of taxonomy and botany is the collection of samples from different locales.

• John Ball, 1818–1889, first president Alpine Club 1858–1860

• Patrick Browne, doctor and botanist in Jamaica

• Thomas Coulter, 1793–1843, collected plants in North and Latin America

• Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams), 1867–1967.

• Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, 1812–1881. Born Edgeworthstown, County Longford, genus Edgeworthia named after him.^[1][2]

• Eugene Fitzalan, 1830–1911, born in Derry. He was a collector, nurseryman, and a poet

• Robert D. FitzGerald, 1830–1892, born Tralee. He was a botanist, artist, collector and he collected orchids [1]Australian National Botanic Gardens

• Dr. A. Gogarty, sent plants, seeds, orchids, ferns and bulbs to the Irish National Botanic Gardens

• William Henry Harvey, 1811–1866, born in Limerick, Ireland, collected plants South Africa 1848–66.

• Augustine Henry

• James Keys, 1841–1916, born in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh

• Edward Madden, from Kilkenny

• John Madden, 1837–1902, Clones, County Monaghan, claims in his North American expeditions to have introduced the Douglas-fir

• Robert Patterson, 1802–1872, Belfast, collected in Ireland, Australia [2]

• Whan William Taylor, 1829–1901, born in Moneymore, County Londonderry

• William Thomas Locke Travers, 1819–1903, born in Dundalk

References

• Darwin Correspondence online Database, Cambridge University
• Australian National Botanical Gardens Website

See also

• List of Irish botanical illustrators
• The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland