Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The botany of Robert Wight
Other Name
Regnum vegetabile ; v.145 (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Gantner Verlag
Place
Date
Circa 2006
Physical Description
viii, 579 p. : ill., facsims., map ; 24 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
3906166406
9783906166407
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Robert Wight, a Scottish surgeon working for the East India Company, was the most prolific taxonomist working in South India in the first half of the 19th century. Together with George Walker Arnott, his collaborator in Scotland, he described 1261 new species and 107 new genera. This book documents their names and the type specimens in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on which they are based. Also included are a chronology of Wight's life, a bibliography of his publications and gazetteer of his collecting localities, with chapters on his botanical collaborators and a listing of 256 species named to commemorate his monumental achievement.
Public Access Text
Map: p.84. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Collection Type
Botany Library
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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