William Jack (botanist)
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William Jack (1795, Aberdeen – 1822, Bencoolen, Sumatra) was a Scottish botanist.
Jack was employed by the East India Company as a surgeon in India, where he also studied botany and corresponded extensively with Nathaniel Wallich.[1] In 1818 he accompanied Stamford Raffles to Sumatra where he extensively documented the rich flora of that region until his untimely death in 1822.[1] Much of his work, including manuscripts, drawings, and collections were destroyed by fire in 1824.[1]
Three plant genera are named after him:[2]
- Jakkia Blume, 1823, in family Polygalaceae
- Jackia Wall., 1824, a synonym of Jackiopsis Ridsdale,[3] in family Rubiaceae
- Jackia Spreng., nom. illeg., 1826, a synonym of Eriolaena in family Malvaceae
[edit] Published works
- Descriptions of Malayan Plants 1820–1822. Originally published in Malayan Miscellanies, and reprinted in various forms at later dates.
- William Jack, communicated by Robert Brown (1823) On the Malayan Species of Melastoma, Transactions of The Linnean Society of London 14(1): 1-22
- William Jack, communicated by Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1823) On Cyrtandraceae, a new Natural Order of Plants, Transactions of The Linnean Society of London 14(1): 23-45
- William Jack, communicated by Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1823) Account of the Lansium and some other Genera of Malayan Plants, Transactions of The Linnean Society of London 14(1): 114-130
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Elmer Drew Merrill. "William Jack's genera and species of Malaysian plants". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 33 (3): 199–251. http://biostor.org/reference/77732.
- ^ Stafleu, F.A.; Cowan, R.S. (1976–1988). Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Second Edition. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema and Holkema.
- ^ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since"]. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
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