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Backhouse, James (1825-1890)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Backhouse
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1825 - 1890
Collecting Dates
1841 - 1883
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
E (main), YRK (main), BM, CGE, DGN, FI, GL, K, LTR, NMW, OXF
Countries
Europe: France, Ireland, Norway, United KingdomWest African Islands: Madeira
Associate(s)
Backhouse, James (1794-1869) (father)
Backhouse, J. ter (1861-1945) (son)
Biography
British botanist and horticulturalist from York. Many of his specimens are labelled James Backhouse Jr. to distinguish them from those of his father, but some of the material simply labelled 'Backhouse' may be from the father, son, both or the plant nursery that they ran. His father's herbarium was subsequently incorporated into his own, which was purchased after his death by E (1908), though some original material is apparently at YRK and a holotype of Primula farinosa var. nana E.S. Arnold & A.J. Richards, based on his collection, is at BM.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 41; Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 14; Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 56; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 84; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 48; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 131; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 89; Stafleu, F.A. & Mennega, E.A., Taxon. Lit. Suppl. 1 A-Ba (1992): 242;
Backhouse, James (1825-1890)
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