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Telfair, Charles (1778-1833)
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)
Charles
Last name
Telfair
Initials
C.
Life Dates
1778 - 1833
Collecting Dates
1808 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K (main), B, E, E-GL, MO, NY, OXF
Countries
Madagascan region: MadagascarMascarenes: Mauritius
Associate(s)
Bojer, Wenceslas (1797-1856) (correspondent)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Biography
British surgeon, naturalist and planter from Belfast. He was supervisor of the botanic gardens on Mauritius and sent plant specimens to W.J. Hooker (1825-1832). The genus Telfairia Hook. was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 637; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 468; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 64; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1001;
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)
Charles
Last name
Telfair
Initials
C.
Life Dates
1778 - 1833
Collecting Dates
1808 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K (main), B, E, E-GL, MO, NY, OXF
Countries
Madagascan region: MadagascarMascarenes: Mauritius
Associate(s)
Bojer, Wenceslas (1797-1856) (correspondent)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Biography
British surgeon, naturalist and planter from Belfast. He was supervisor of the botanic gardens on Mauritius and sent plant specimens to W.J. Hooker (1825-1832). The genus Telfairia Hook. was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 637; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 468; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 64; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1001;
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)
Charles
Last name
Telfair
Initials
C.
Life Dates
1778 - 1833
Collecting Dates
1808 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K (main), B, E, E-GL, MO, NY, OXF
Countries
Madagascan region: MadagascarMascarenes: Mauritius
Associate(s)
Bojer, Wenceslas (1797-1856) (correspondent)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Biography
British surgeon, naturalist and planter from Belfast. He was supervisor of the botanic gardens on Mauritius and sent plant specimens to W.J. Hooker (1825-1832). The genus Telfairia Hook. was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 637; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 468; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 64; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1001;
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