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Forbes, Francis Blackwell (1839-1908)
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)
Francis Blackwell
Last name
Forbes
Initials
F.B.
Life Dates
1839 - 1908
Collecting Dates
1874 - 1882
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), A, B, BH, HK, K, L, LE, MO, P, UC
Countries
Chinese region: China
Associate(s)
Carles, William Richard (1848-1929) (co-collector)
Ford, Charles (1844-1927) (specimens from)
Hance, Henry Fletcher (1827-1886) (correspondent)
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924) (co-collector)
Ford, Charles (1844-1927) (specimens from)
Hance, Henry Fletcher (1827-1886) (correspondent)
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924) (co-collector)
Biography
American botanist who lived in China (1857-1882) where he befriended H.F. Hance and published a checklist of Chinese plants with W.B. Hemsley. His herbarium is at BM and he is commemorated with Euonymus forbesii Hance.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 205; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 23; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 202; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 149;
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)
Francis Blackwell
Last name
Forbes
Initials
F.B.
Life Dates
1839 - 1908
Collecting Dates
1874 - 1882
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), A, B, BH, HK, K, L, LE, MO, P, UC
Countries
Chinese region: China
Associate(s)
Carles, William Richard (1848-1929) (co-collector)
Ford, Charles (1844-1927) (specimens from)
Hance, Henry Fletcher (1827-1886) (correspondent)
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924) (co-collector)
Ford, Charles (1844-1927) (specimens from)
Hance, Henry Fletcher (1827-1886) (correspondent)
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924) (co-collector)
Biography
American botanist who lived in China (1857-1882) where he befriended H.F. Hance and published a checklist of Chinese plants with W.B. Hemsley. His herbarium is at BM and he is commemorated with Euonymus forbesii Hance.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 205; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 23; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 202; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 149;
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