Aitchison, James Edward Tierney (1836-1898)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James Edward Tierney
Last name
Aitchison
Initials
J.E.T.
Life Dates
1836 - 1898
Collecting Dates
1861 - 1898
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
CAL (main), K (main), B, BM, BP, CGE, DD, E, F, FI, GH, LE, MANCH, P, PH, S
Countries
Western Asia: AfghanistanNorth Africa: EgyptIndian region: India, PakistanEurope: Ireland, United KingdomIndo-China: Myanmar
Biography
British colonial doctor born in Nimach, India, who joined the Bengal Medical Service (1858). He collected mainly in India and on the border with Afgahnistan (1884-1886), later writing the botanical account of the Afghan Delimitation Commission. His British collections were deposited at K. The genus Aitchisonia Hemsl. was named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 20; Cuccuini, P. & Nepi, C., Herb. Centr. Ital. (1999): 92; Desmond, R., Dict. Brit. Irish Bot. Hortic., ed. 2 (1994): 7; Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 53; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 2; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 79; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 29; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 129; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 24;
Aitchison, James Edward Tierney (1836-1898)
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