James Dickson (botanist)
Scottish nurseryman and naturalist (1738–1822) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James (Jacobus) J. Dickson (1738–1822) was a Scottish nurseryman, plant collector, botanist and mycologist. Between 1785 and 1801 he published his Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae, a four-volume work in which he published over 400 species of algae and fungi that occur in the British Isles[1] He is also the author of Collection of Dried Plants, Named on the Authority of the Linnaean Herbarium and Other Original Collections. The plant genus Dicksonia is named after him.
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James Dickson | |
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Born | 1738 Kirke House, Traquair, Peeblesshire |
Died | 14 August, 1822 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation(s) | Nurseryman, plant collector, botanist and mycologist |
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