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account of the fishes of gangesAn account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches

 

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Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

Published by Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh.

1822

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Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India. He did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India.

Francis Buchanan matriculated in 1774 and received an MA in 1779.[2] As he had three older brothers, he had to earn a living from a profession, so Buchanan studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MD in 1783. His thesis was on febris intermittens (malaria). He then served on Merchant Navy ships to Asia, and served in the Bengal Medical Service from 1794 to 1815. He also studied botany under John Hope in Edinburgh. Hope was among the first in Britain to teach the Linnean system of botanical nomenclature, although he knew of several others having been trained under Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. Buchanan's early career was on board ships ...

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The standard author abbreviation used to indicate this person as the author, when citing a botanical name: Buch.-Ham.

1386 plant species named BY Buchanan-Hamilton and 282 plant species named AFTER Buchanan-Hamilton.

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1386 Plant species named BY Buchanan-Hamilton
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The following 1386 plant species names have been described and named BY Buchanan-Hamilton (Buch.-Ham.)

 

Acacia acutangula Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 5271.

Acacia alliacea Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5258.

Acacia arar Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5249.

Acacia auriculata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 5237.

Acacia bilaura Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 5234.

Acacia caringa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5239, nom. inval.

Acacia coriaria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 5264 B.

Acacia lenticularis Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5244, nom. inval.

Acacia lenticularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth., London J. Bot. 1: 508 (1842).

Acacia marginata Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5243.

Acacia odoratissima Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5233.

Acacia rugata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5251 (1832), nom. inval.

Acacia rugata (Lam.) Buch.-Ham. ex Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 5(1): 28 (1910).

Acacia rugata Buch.-Ham. ex Benth., London J. Bot. 1: 514 (1842).

Acacia rugata (Lam.) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 263 (1845), nom. illeg.

Acacia sirissa (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 261 (1845).

Acacia sirissa Buch.-Ham., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5265.

Acacia suma (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 260 (1845).

Acacia suma Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 5227.

Acer buzimpala Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 249 (1825).

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