Newton, Francis Xavier Oakley de Aguiar (1864-1909)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Francis Xavier Oakley de Aguiar
Last name
Newton
Initials
F.X.O. de A.
Life Dates
1864 - 1909
Collecting Dates
1881 - 1897
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Fungi
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
COI (main), B, BM, C, H, K, LISU
Countries
Southern Africa: AngolaTropical Africa: Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and PrincipeWest African Islands: Cape VerdeMalesian region: IndonesiaEurope: Portugal
Associate(s)
Moller, Adolpho Frederico (1842-1920) (co-collector)
Quintas, Francisco Joaquim Dias (fl. 1885-1893) (co-collector)
Biography
British-born Portuguese plant collector. Francis Newton's father worked in the botanic garden of Porto. Newton collected in West Africa in the 1880s and later in Portuguese Timor and Java (1896-1897).

Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 2: 1
M.J. van Steenis Kruseman, "Cyclopedia of Collectors", Flora Malesiana, online edn:
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/N/NewtonF.htm, accessed 25 November 2010.
References
Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 59; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 49; Van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Akoègninou, A., Willdenowia 34 (2004): 413; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 549; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 591;
Newton, Francis Xavier Oakley de Aguiar (1864-1909)
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