William McCalla

William McCalla
William McCalla
Born	1814
Died	1849
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	botanist

William McCalla (1814 - 1849) was an Irish botanist. McCalla collected algae and flowering plants, his records are included in Harvey's Phycologia Britannica. His specimens are in the Ulster Museum and Trinity College, Dublin.

He was the discoverer in 1835 of Erica mackaiana, which he transmitted to Mackay. This plant is found only in Roundstone district (Ireland) and the mountains of Castile and Asturia. The seaweed Cladophora macallana (now referred to as Cladophora lehmanniana (Lindenberg) Kützing) was named after him by William Henry Harvey.

McCalla's algal collection in the Ulster Museum includes two albums with 75 specimens in volume I (museum catalogue numbers: F10368 - F10442) and 50 specimens in volume II (Museum catalogue numbers: F10443 - F10492) along with two lichen specimens. Many of the algal specimens are from Roundstone Bay, County Galway.

An account of his life and career is given by Tim Robinson in Connemara:Listening to the Wind.

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

References

Eager, A.R. and Scannell, M.J.P. 1978. William M'Calla: his published papers overlooked in scientific literature. Ir.Nat. J. 19: 281.
Eager, R. Alan and Scannell, J.P. 1981. William M'Calla (c. 1814 - 1849), Phycologist; his published papers of 1846. J.Life Sci. R. Dubl. Soc. 2 109 - 135.
Nelson, E.C. 1981. William McCalla - A second 'panegyric' for an Irish phycologist. Ir Nat. J. 20:275 - 283.
Morton, O. 1980. Three algal collections in the Ulster Museum Herbarium. Ir. Nat. J. 20: 33 - 37.
Robinson, Tim, 2006. Connemara:Listening to the Wind, pp.39-41.

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Maccalla, William
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Date of birth	1814
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Date of death	1849
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