Bisset, James (1843-1911)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Bisset
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1843 - 1911
Collecting Dates
1866 - 1887
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
E (main), B, BM, K, LE, P
Countries
Japanese region: Japan
Associate(s)
Bisset, John Petrie (1839-1906) (brother)
Maximowicz, Carl Johann (Ivanovič) (1827-1891) (correspondent)
Biography
Scottish collector from lnverurie, Aberdeenshire who was based in Japan (1866-1886) and latterly in Edinburgh, receiving his MA from Oxford University (1899). He is sometimes mistaken for his brother John Petrie Bisset, a desmidologist, or the Canadian mycologist John Bissett. Several taxa were named in his honour including Nephrodium bissetianum Baker (= Dryopteris bissetiana (Baker) C. Chr.) and Viola bissetii Maxim. Material at BM includes Japanese algae and bryophytes.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 67; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 8; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 76;
Bisset, James (1843-1911)
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