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John Lindsay Stewart &
Dietrich Brandis

William H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, London, England.

1874

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Sir Dietrich Brandis (31 March 1824 – 28 May 1907, Bonn, Germany) was a German-British botanist and forestry academic and administrator, who worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years. He joined the British civil service in Burma in 1856, shortly afterwards became head of the British forestry administration in all of Burma, and served as Inspector General of Forests in India from 1864 to 1883. He returned to Europe in 1883, dividing his time between Bonn and Greater London. In retirement he dedicated himself to scholarly work, resulting in his monumental book Indian Trees (1906). Brandis is considered the father of tropical forestry and has also been described as the father of scientific forestry. In addition to his work in India, he also had a significant influence on forest management in the United States.

Brandis joined the British civil service in 1856 as superintendent of the teak forests of Pegu division in eastern Burma. In 1858 he became head of the ...

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

106 plant species named BY Brandis and 99 plant species named AFTER Brandis.

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

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

 

Acacia suma Kurz ex Brandis, For. Fl. 187.

Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 111; Atlas t. 21 (1874).

Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 112, 596 (1874).

Adina sessilifolia (Roxb.) Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 264 (1874).

Agapetes hillii Brandis, Indian Trees 404 (1906).

Agapetes manipurensis Watt ex Brandis, Indian Trees 405 (1906), nomen subnudum.

Albizia thompsonii Brandis, Indian Forester 25(7): 284 (1899).

Anisoptera forbesii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 45 (1895).

Anisoptera grandiflora Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 43, t. 2, fig. 29 (1895).

Anisoptera tomentosa Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 45 (1895).

Anisoptera vidaliana Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 44 (1895).

Anogeissus sericea Brandis, Indian Forester 25(7): 287 (1899).

Arundinaria clarkei Gamble ex Brandis, Indian Trees 666 (1906).

Bambusa copelandii Gamble ex Brandis, Indian Trees 671 (1906).

Bambusa longispiculata Gamble ex Brandis, Indian Trees 668 (1906).

Beilschmiedia bourdillonii Brandis, Indian Trees 528 (1906).

Camellia caduca C.B.Clarke ex Brandis, Indian Trees 61 (1906), in obs.; U. N. & P. C. Kanj. & Das, Fl. Assam, i. I. 123 (1934).

Cordia lowriana Brandis, Indian Trees 479 (1906).

Cotylelobium philippinense F.Heim ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 134 (1895).

Cotylelobium scabriusculum Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 114 (1895).

Diospyros bourdillonii Brandis, Indian Trees 435 (1906).

Dipterocarpus affinis Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 31 (1895).

Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2403 (1895).

Dipterocarpus cancanus Burck ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 31, sphalm (1895).

Dipterocarpus speciosus Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxxv. (1895) 38.

Dipterocarpus warburgii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 32 (1895).

Dysoxylum oliveri Brandis, Indian Trees 138 (1906), in obs.

Eugenia smaliana Brandis, Indian Trees 320 (1906).

Ficus pubigera (Miq.) Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 424 (1874).

Grewia leptopetala Brandis, Indian Trees 100 (1906).

Hopea globosa Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 61 (1895).

Hopea grisea Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 63 (1895).

Hopea heimiana Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 63 (1895).

Hopea helferi Brandis, Indian Trees 67 (1906).

Hopea helferi Brandis & C.E.C.Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927(5): 206, descr. ampl. (1927).

Hopea longiflora Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 63 (1895).

Hopea lowii Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 63 (1895).

Hopea microptera Dyer. ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 68 (1895).

Hopea multiflora Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 60 (1895).

Hopea suavis Kurz ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 62, in obs. (1895).

Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 135 (1874).

Jasminum smalianum Brandis, Indian Trees 451 (1906).

Ligustrum compactum (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f. & Thomson ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 310 (1874).

Marlea alpina Gamble ex Brandis, Indian Trees 355 (1906), in syn.

Meliosma thomsonii King ex Brandis, Indian Trees 195 (1906).

Memecylon talbotianum Brandis, Indian Trees 336 (1906).

Michelia manipurensis Watt ex Brandis, Indian Trees 8 (1906).

Morus laevigata Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 409 (1874).

Ochlandra talbotii Brandis, Indian Trees 684 (1906).

Pachychlamys Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 77, in syn. (1895).

Pachychlamys beccariana Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 77, in syn. (1895).

Pachychlamys brachyptera Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 77, in syn. (1895).

Pachynocarpus ruminatus Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 136 (1895).

Pachynocarpus verrucosus Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 136 (1895).

Palaquium bourdillonii Brandis, Indian Trees 424 (1906).

Parashorea plicata Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 104 (1895).

Parashorea warburgii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 105 (1895).

Pentacme paucinervis Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 73 (1895).

Phyllostachys assamica Gamble ex Brandis, Indian Trees 667 (1906).

Prunus communis subsp. divaricata (Ledeb.) Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 192 (1874).

Prunus communis subsp. domestica (L.) Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 192 (1874).

Prunus communis subsp. insititia (L.) Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 192 (1874).

Prunus communis subsp. spinosa (L.) Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 192 (1874).

Prunus stocksiana (Boiss.) Brandis, Indian Trees 278 (1906).

Pyrus ursina Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 206 (1874), isonym.

Quercus magnifica Brandis, Indian Trees 631 (1906).

Rhododendron formosum var. johnstoneanum Brandis, Indian Trees 411 (1906).

Salacia smaliana Brandis, Indian Trees 165 (1906).

Schizostachyum rogersii Brandis, Indian Trees 679 (1906).

Shorea barbata Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 81 (1895).

Shorea beccarii Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 87, in syn. (1895).

Shorea falcifera Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 86 (1895).

Shorea ferruginea Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 91 (1895).

Shorea forbesii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 92 (1895).

Shorea gibbosa Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 99 (1895).

Shorea grandiflora Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 93 (1895).

Shorea havilandii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 82 (1895).

Shorea koordersii Brandis ex Koord., Meded. Lands Plantentuin 19: 356 (1898).

Shorea macrantha Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 97 (1895).

Shorea macrantha Brandis, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 131, descr. ampl. (1933).

Shorea ovata Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 91 (1895).

Shorea philippinensis Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 88 (1895).

Shorea rigida Brandis, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2402. 1895 [Nov 1895]; et in Journ. Linn. Soc. 31: 102. 1895.

Shorea teysmanniana Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 100 (1895).

Shorea verruculosa Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 96 (1895).

Shorea vidaliana Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 83 (1895).

Staphylea emodi Wall. ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 114 (1874).

Stephegyne diversifolia (Wall. & G.Don) Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis] 263, in obs. (1874).

Strychnos bourdillonii Brandis, Indian Trees 474 (1906).

Terminalia oliveri Brandis, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 23: t. 2202 (1892).

Terminalia pallida Brandis, Indian Trees 308 (1906).

Ulmus villosa Brandis ex Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. (ed. 2). 628 (1902).

Ulmus villosa Brandis, Indian Forester 25(6): 230 (229-230) (1899), nom. inval.

Vaccinium kachinense Brandis, Indian Trees 406 (1906).

Vatica beccarii Dyer ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 133, in syn. (1895).

Vatica caddupa Buchanan ex Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 119, in syn. (1895).

Vatica celebensis Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 126 (1895).

Vatica griffithii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 121 (1895).

Vatica havilandii Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 133 (1895).

Vatica kunstleri Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxxiii. (1895) 127.

Vatica pedicellata Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 125 (1895).

Vatica ridleyana Brandis, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2401 (1895).

Vatica schefferi Brandis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 128 (1895).

Webera compactiflora Brandis, Indian Trees 378 (1906).

Webera pallida Franch. ex Brandis, Indian Trees 378 (1906).

Ziziphus brunoniana C.B.Clarke ex Brandis, Indian Trees 170 (1906).

99 Plant species named AFTER Brandis
Updated on the 4th of May 2020

The following 99 plant species names have been described and named AFTER Brandis (... brandisii), (... brandisiana), (... brandisianum), (... brandisianus) & (Brandisia ...)

 

52 species named AFTER Brandis (... brandisii)

Achnatherum brandisii (Mez) Z.L.Wu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34(2): 154 (1996).

Andropogon brandisii Hack., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] II. 4.

Anoplocaryum brandisii Brand, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 100 (1925).

Arundarbor brandisii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 761 (1891).

Bambusa brandisii Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26(1): 109 (1868).

Beilschmiedia brandisii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(13): 123 (1886).

Calamus brandisii Becc., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 448 (1892).

Carex brandisii (C.B.Clarke ex Jana & R.C.Srivast.) O.Yano, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 20 (2015).

Catunaregam brandisii (Gamble) Kottaim., Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 41 (2019).

Coelarthron brandisii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 7(21): 164 (1896).

Cotoneaster brandisii G.Klotz, Wiss. Zeitschr. Mart.-Luth. Univ. Halle, Math.-Nat. xv. (Neue oder Krit. Coton.-Art.) 537 (1966).

Cousinia brandisii C.B.Clarke, Compos. Ind. 214 (1876).

Dendrocalamus brandisii Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma ii. 560 (1877).

Dendrocalamus brandisii Kurz, Prelim. Rep. For. Veg. Pegu, App. B. 94 (1875), in clavi.

Diapedium brandisii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).

Dioscorea brandisii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27, hybr. (1914).

Ecbolium brandisii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891).

Eria brandisii King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 589 (1897).

Euphrasia brandisii Freyn ex Freyn & E.Brandis, Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 622 (1888).

Fraxinus brandisii Lingelsh., Pflanzenr. (Engler) Oleac.-Fraxin.-Syring. 56 (1920).

Habenaria brandisii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(17): 160 (1890).

Hieracium × brandisii Freyn, Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(12): 646, 664 (1895).

Hieracium waldsteinii subsp. brandisii (Freyn) Greuter, Willdenowia 37(1): 181 (2007).

Impatiens brandisii Hook.f., Rec. Bot. Surv. India iv. 29.

Iodes brandisii Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 298 (1872).

Justicia brandisii T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 514 (1867).

Knautia brandisii Szabó, Math. Term. Közlem. xxxi. I. 382 (1911).

Kobresia brandisii C.B.Clarke ex Jana & R.C.Srivast., J. Jap. Bot. 89(4): 205 (2014).

Macaranga brandisii King ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(14): 453 (1887).

Microstegium brandisii (Hook.f.) D.Rhind, Grasses Burma 62 (1945).

Microula brandisii (Brand) Ovczinnikova, Rast. Mir Aziatsk. Rossii 2(12): 80 (2013).

Ochlandra brandisii Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 7: 126.

Orophea brandisii Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1(1): 91 (1872).

Peristylus brandisii Kraenzl., Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 506.

Photinia brandisii Stapf, Bot. Mag. 149: sub t. 9008 (1924).

Plectranthus brandisii Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 59(4): 296 (1891).

Primula brandisii Wiesb., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 32: 282 (1882).

Pyrus brandisii (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 99 (2018).

Randia brandisii Gamble, Fl. Madras 616 (1921).

Rhynchotechum brandisii C.B.Clarke, Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 5(1): 199 (1883).

Rosa brandisii R.Keller, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 34: 12, 172 (1884).

Roscoea brandisii K.Schum., Pflanzenr. (Engler) Zingib. 119 (1904).

Rungia brandisii C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(12): 549 (1885).

Stauranthera brandisii C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(11): 372 (1884).

Stipa brandisii Mez, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 207 (1921).

Stranvaesia brandisii Stapf, Bot. Mag. 149: sub t. 9008 (1924).

Strobilanthes brandisii T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 (1867).

Symplocos brandisii Koord. & Valeton, Meded. Lands Plantentuin 42: 157 (1900).

Symplocos brandisii var. pseudoclethra (Hall.f) Noot., Leiden Bot. Ser. 1: 136 (1975).

Tanarius brandisii Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 619 (1891).

Terminalia brandisii Engl. ex Brandis, Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] iii. 7 (1893) 118.

Viola brandisii W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 18(2): 392 (1905).

24 species named AFTER Brandis (... brandisiana)

Agapetes brandisiana W.E.Evans, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 201 (1927).

Ainsliaea brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 318 (1872).

Ardisia brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 67 (1871).

Begonia brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 58. 31 Mar 1871; et in Flora, 54: 295. 1871 (1871).

Berberis brandisiana Ahrendt, J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11: 2 (1945).

Bouea brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 50 (1871).

Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) I.M.Turner, Gard. Bull. Singapore 61(1): 198 (2009).

Cyclobalanopsis brandisiana (Kurz) Y.C.Hsu & G.S.Fan, see Schottky in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 657 (1912): (1995).

Cyclobalanopsis brandisiana Schottky, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47(5): 657, in obs. (1912).

Cyclobalanopsis brandisiana (Kurz) Y.C.Hsu & G.S.Fan, J. Beijing Forest. Univ. 17(2): 50 (1995), isonym; (1995).

Diospyros brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 72 (1871).

Elytranthe brandisiana Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] iii. I. (1889) 188.

Haplospondias brandisiana (Kurz) Kosterm., Kedondong, Ambarella, Amra 100, 10, type excluded (1991).

Ixora brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 316 (1872).

Ixora brandisiana Kurz & Bremek., J. Bot. 75: 265, descr. emend. (1937).

Millettia brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 69 (1873).

Phaseoloides brandisiana Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 201 (1891).

Potentilla brandisiana Siegfr.

Potentilla brandisiana Siegfr. ex Th.Wolf, Biblioth. Bot. lxxi. 628, nomen. (1908).

Quercus brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 108 (1873).

Sonerila brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 53 (1871).

Tinus brandisiana Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 974 (1891).

Ulmus brandisiana C.K.Schneid., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 66: 30, in clavi; et in Sarg. Pl. Wils. iii. 252 (1916).

Unona brandisiana Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 2: t. 19 (1881).

4 species named AFTER Brandis (... brandisianum)

Hieracium brandisianum Zahn, Magyar Bot. Lapok 5: 83 (1906), nom. inval.

Hieracium brandisianum Prain, Index Kew. Suppl. 4: 109 (1913).

Hieracium transiens subsp. brandisianum (Prain) Greuter, Willdenowia 37(1): 176 (2007).

Memecylon brandisianum Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930(7): 323 (1930).

2 species named AFTER Brandis (... brandisianus)

Loranthus brandisianus Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 63 (1871).

Macrosolen brandisianus (Kurz) Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 442, in obs. (1895).

17 species named AFTER Brandis (Brandisia ...)

Brandisia Hook.f. & Thomson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 8: 11, t. 4 (1864).

Brandisia annamitica Bonati, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 1092 (1925).

Brandisia cauliflora P.C.Tsoong & L.T.Lu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 394 (1979).

Brandisia chevalieri Bonati, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 1092 (1925).

Brandisia discolor Hance, J. Bot. 18: 299 (1880).

Brandisia discolor Hook.f. & Thomson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 8: 11 (1864).

Brandisia glabrescens Rehder, Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(3): 574 (1913).

Brandisia glabrescens var. hypochrysa P.C.Tsoong, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 24, 394 (1979).

Brandisia hancei Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(11): 257 (1884).

Brandisia kwangsiensis H.L.Li, J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 133 (1947).

Brandisia laetevirens Rehder, Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(3): 573 (1913).

Brandisia praticola W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 10 (1917).

Brandisia racemosa Hemsl., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 24: t. 2383, et in Kew Bull. 114 (1895).

Brandisia rosea W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 10 (1917).

Brandisia scandens Bonati, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 1091 (1925).

Brandisia souliei Bonati, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 467 (1909).

Brandisia swinglei Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 157 (1918).

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