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Index of Botanists

NameAlexander, William Thomas
Date of birth1818
Date of death1876
Remarks"Alexander was a Cork-man, and a surgeon in the navy. He made a contribution “Fungi of Cloyne” to the Phytologist (4, 727), and collected a good deal in China and Loochoo. His name appears as “H.J.A.” in Power’s Botanists’ Guide for the County of Cork and as “T. Anderson” in the Journal of Botany, 1848." (vide R. Lloyd Praeger, SOME IRISH NATURALISTS: A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE-BOOK. 1949). [collector note: BM, K]
URLhttp://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/books/irishnaturalists.htm
ASA Botanist ID125998 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/22fcd8d8-413e-4033-8e75-92f57233379e
Standard/Label NameW. T. Alexander
Full NameAlexander, William Thomas
Geography CollectorChina
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors A-D
Citation as CollectorDeath year and web reference from Jacques Florence (P)