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Forbes, John (1798–1823) View Biographical Record

Article: forbesii

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Subject ID: 38238

Subject Name: Forbes, John
Article Title: forbesii
Publication Primary Author: Backer, C. A.
Publication Date: 1936
Publisher: P. Noordhoff
Publisher City: Groningen
Call Number: L15 B126V000
Notes: Forbes, John; 1798-1823; died Senna in Portuguese East Africa; collector for the Hort. Soc. of Chiswick (London); travelled 1822 Brazil, where he discovered the plant later named for him: 'Cattleya forbesii' Lindl.; later he visited Madagascar and South and East Africa.