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hand book to the flora of ceylonA hand-book to the flora of Ceylon

containing descriptions of all the species of flowering plants indigenous to the island, and notes on their history, distribution, and uses

Volumes 1-6 with Plates

Vols. 4,5 and 6 continued by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Henry Trimen

Published under the authority of the Government of Ceylon by Dulau & Co., 37 Soho Square, London, England.

1893-1931

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Henry Trimen (26 October 1843 – 16 October 1896) was a British botanist who worked in Sri Lanka. He named several plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

Like his brother Roland, he collected all kinds of natural history specimens but later restricted himself to plants. He began medical studied in 1860 and spent some time in 1864 at the University of Edinburgh acting as a clinical assistant to Professor Bennett. He also became a friend of Professor J.H. Balfour at the Edinburgh Botanical Society. Trimen took part in reforms of the Linnean Society in 1872 and included dates of publication at the backs of the Journal of Botany where he served as editor. He was the curator of the medical museum at King's College, London, and lecturer on Botany at St Mary's Hospital Medical School from 1867 to 1872. He joined the botanical department of the British Museum in 1869.

He was the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Ceylon (now the Botanical Garden of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka) for 16 years where he succeed ...

More information can be found at Wikipedia

The standard author abbreviation used to indicate this person as the author, when citing a botanical name: Trimen

106 plant species named BY Trimen and 39 plant species named AFTER Trimen.

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106 Plant species named BY Trimen
Source: International Plant Name Index

The following 106 plant species names have been described and named BY Trimen (Trimen)

 

Acampe wightiana var. longepedunculata Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90 (1885).

Agrostistachys hookeri (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 81 (1885).

Alsodeia decora Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 203 (1885).

Amomum benthamianum Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 265 (1885).

Amomum floribundum (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 92 (1885).

Amomum involucratum (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 92 (1885).

Amomum magnificum (Roscoe) Trimen, Hort. Zeyl. 86 (1888).

Amomum nemorale (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 92 (1885).

Amomum rufescens (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 92 (1885).

Anisochilus velutinus Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. (1895) 377.

Anotis nummulariformis (Arn.) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 42 (1885).

Apocopis beckettii Thwaites ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 107 (1885).

Aristida adscendens Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 108 (1885).

Asystasia quadrangularis Heyne ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 67, nomen.

Asystasia variabilis Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. (1895) 324.

Beilschmiedia zeylanica Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon (1885 ?) 75; ex Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. 440.

Ceropegia parviflora Trimen, J. Bot. 27: 164 (1889).

Christisonia thwaitesii Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 240 (1885).

Cleisostoma thwaitesianum Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 244 (1885).

Cleistanthus subglaucus Thwaites ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 78 (1885).

Cryptocoryne beckettii Thwaites ex Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 269 (1885).

Cryptocoryne nevillii Trimen, Fl. Ceylon iv. 346.

Curcuma oligantha Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 245 (1885).

Cyanotis obtusa Trimen, Fl. Ceylon iv. 812.

Cymodocea australis Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 99 (1885).

Cyperus conglomeratus var. pachyrhizus (Nees ex Boeckeler) Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 23 (1900).

Deyeuxia royleana Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 108.

Disperis zeylanica Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 245 (1885).

Doritis latifolia Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 89 (1885).

Emilia zeylanica var. walkeri (Hook.f.) Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 46 (1895).

Eria muscicola var. oblonga Trimen, J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9: 88 (1885).

Eria thwaitesii Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 88 (1885).

Eriocaulon fluviatile Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 270 (1885).

Eugenia aprica Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. ii. (1894) 186.

Eugenia fergusonii Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. ii. (1894) 172; et Pl. illustr. Handb. Fl. Ceyl. (1894) t. 38.

Eugenia haeckeliana Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 207 (1885).

Eugenia pedunculata Trimen, J. Bot. 27: 162 (1889).

Eugenia phillyreoides Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 207 (1885).

Eugenia reticulata Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. ii. (1894) 185.

Ficus caudiculata Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 243 (1885).

Ficus mooniana King ex Trimen, Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 84.

Ficus pseudotsiela Trimen, Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 84.

Ficus trimenii King ex Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 242 (1885).

Ficus zeylanica Trimen, Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 84.

Fimbristylis aestivalis var. major Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 101 (1885).

Fimbristylis gracilis Trimen, Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 102.

Fimbristylis pulchella Trimen, Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 102.

Fimbristylis trifida Trimen, Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 102.

Garnotia fergusonii Trimen, J. Bot. 27: 170 (1889).

Garnotia panicoides Trimen, J. Bot. 27: 170 (1889).

Glochidion moonii var. subglabrum Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 31 (1898).

Glossocarya scandens Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon (1885) 69; Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. (1895) 324; et Illustr.(1895) t. 73.

Gynura zeylanica Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. 3: 44 (1895).

Habenaria acuminata (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 91 (1885).

Habenaria breviloba (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 91 (1885).

Habenaria rhynchocarpa (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 91 (1885).

Habenaria spiralis (A.Rich.) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 91 (1885), nom. illeg.

Habenaria wightii Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 91 (1885).

Hedyotis coprosmoides Trimen, Syst. Cat. Ceyl. (1885) 42; et Handb. Fl. Ceyl. ii. (1894) 3(16.

Hedyotis rhinophylla Thwaites ex Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 208 (1885).

Hetaeria gardneri (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90 (1885).

Hopea cordifolia Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. i. (1893) 126.

Hortonia angustifolia Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon (1885) 75 et Handl. Fl. Ceyl. iii. 437.

Indigofera constricta (Thwaites) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 23 (1885).

Isachne multiflora Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 104 (1885).

Isachne nilagirica Hochst. ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76 (1885), nom. illeg.

Ischaemum commutatum Hack. ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 107. (1885).

Ischaemum pilosum Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 107. (1885).

Ischaemum zeylanicum Hack. ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 107. (1885).

Lindera lancifolia Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76 (1885).

Liparis brachyglottis Rchb.f. ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 87. (1885).

Litsea cauliflora Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. (1895) 450 [Litsaea].

Litsea glaberrima Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76. (1885).

Litsea laeta (Nees) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76 (1885).

Litsea ligustrina Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76. (1885).

Litsea longifolia (Nees) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76 (1885).

Litsea nemoralis Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76. (1885).

Litsea ovalifolia Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76. (1885).

Litsea walkeri Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 76. (1885).

Loranthus mabaeoides Trimen, J. Bot. 27: 166 (1889).

Palaquium thwaitesii Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. (1895) 84.

Phyllanthus hakgalensis Thwaites ex Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 80.

Phyllorachis Trimen, J. Bot. 17: 353, t. 205 (1879).

Phyllorachis sagittata Trimen, J. Bot. 17: 355 (1879).

Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. maculatum (Sibth.) Dyer & Trimen, J. Bot. 9: 36 (1871).

Sapium insigne (Royle) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 83 (1885).

Sarcochilus pulchellus Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 89.

Sophora zeylanica Trimen, Handl. Fl. Ceyl. ii. (1893) 96, t. 30; et Plates illustr. Handb. Fl. Ceyl.(1894) t. 30.

Sporobolus wallichii Munro ex Trimen, J. Bot. 27: 171 (1889).

Stemonoporus lewisianus Trimen ex Hook.f., in Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 383.

Stemonoporus nervosus Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. i. (1893) 135.

Stemonoporus revolutus Trimen, in Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 384.

Stemonoporus roseus Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. i. (1893) 136.

Strobilanthes nockii Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. iii. (1895) 3 1 t. 70.

Sunaptea disticha Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 9.

Sunaptea scabriuscula Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 9.

Tainia maculata Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 88 (1885).

Tropidia bambusifolia Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90. (1885).

Urginea rupicola Trimen ex Hook.f., in Trim. Fl. Ceylon iv. 292.

Vitis acuminata Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceyl. i. (1893) 292.

Vitis pallida Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon (1885) 19; et Handb. Fl. Ceyl. i. (1893) 292.

Wrightia flavidorosea Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceyl. 54.

Zeuxine flava (Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90. (1885).

Zeuxine longilabris Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90. (1885).

Zeuxine nervosa Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90. (1885).

Zeuxine regia Trimen, Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 90. (1885).

39 Plant species named AFTER Trimen
Updated on the 24th of May 2020

The following 39 plant species' name have been described and named AFTER Trimen (... trimenii), (… trimenianus) & (Trimenia …)

 

24 species named AFTER Trimen (… trimenii)

Aeginetia trimenii Livera, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 1 x. 155 (1927).

Aspidium trimenii (Bedd.) Diels, Nat. Pfl. 1(4): 185 (1899).

Bulbophyllum trimenii J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg ser. II, viii. 28 (1912).

Cirrhopetalum trimenii Hook.f., in Trim. Fl. Ceylon iv. 158.

Dimeria trimenii Hook.f., in Trim. Fl. Ceylon v. 198.

Dioscorea trimenii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 29 (1914).

Eriocaulon trimenii Hook.f., in Trim. Fl. Ceylon v. 8.

Ficus trimenii King ex Trimen, J. Bot. 23: 242 (1885).

Fimbristylis trimenii Hook.f., in Trim. Fl. Ceylon v. 52.

Gerrardanthus trimenii Cogn., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 937 (1881).

Habenaria trimenii Hook.f., Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 233 (1898).

Hedyotis trimenii Deb & Ratna Dutta, Taxon 34(2): 297 (1985) (1985).

Hedyotis trimenii var. orbicularifolia Ridsdale, Blumea 41(2): 457 (1996) (1996).

Leptorkis trimenii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891).

Liparis trimenii Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxiv. (1888) 350; Hook. f. in Hook. Icon. Pl xix. (1889) t.1836; et Fl. Brit. Ind. v. (1896) 695.

Peristylus trimenii (Hook.f.) Abeyw., Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 2(1): 83 (1959).

Phyllorkis trimenii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 676 (1891).

Pleocnemia trimenii Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India 223 (1883).

Psychotria glandulifera var. trimenii Sohmer, in M.D. Dassanayake & F.R. Fosberg, eds., Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 335 (1988) (1988).

Rumex trimenii Camus, Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. iv. 1239.

Sarcochilus trimenii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 30, 196, in obs. nomen. (1890).

Sporobolus trimenii Senaratna, Grasses Ceylon (Perad. Man., No. 8) 96 (1956).

Stachytarpheta trimenii Rechinger, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 189, hybr. (1912).

Tectaria trimenii (Bedd.) C.Chr., Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. (1934).

1 species named AFTER Trimen (… trimenianus)

Melianthus trimenianus Hook.f., J. Bot. 11: 353 (1873).

14 species named AFTER Trimen (Trimenia …)

TrimeniaSeem.,Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 425. t. 99 (1871).

Trimenia arfakensisGibbs,Fl. Arfak Mts. [Gibbs] 136 (1917).

Trimenia bougainvilleensis(Rodenburg) A.C.Sm.,Allertonia 1(6): 354 (1978): (1978).

Trimenia grandifoliaWarb.,Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] iii. 6a (1893) 37.

Trimenia macrura(Gilg & Schltr.) Philipson,Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 10(2): 332 (1986).

Trimenia marquesensisF.Br.,Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 130: 82 (1935).

Trimenia moorei(Oliv.) Philipson,Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 10(2): 330 (1986).

Trimenia myricoidesGilg & Schltr.,Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58(3): 248, in obs. (1923).

Trimenia neocaledonicaBaker f.,J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xlv. 384 (1921).

Trimenia nukuhivensisW.L.Wagner & Lorence,Adansonia sér. 3, 21(2): 227 (1999).

Trimenia papuanaRidl.,Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9(1): 144 (1916).

Trimenia weinmanniifoliaSeem.,Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 425. t. 99 (1871).

Trimenia weinmanniifoliasubsp.bougainvilleensisRodenburg,Blumea 19(1): 14 (1971).

Trimenia weinmanniifoliasubsp.marquesensis(Brown) Rodenburg,Blumea 19(1): 13 (1971).

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