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 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, 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
- Samuel Alexander Stewart
- 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