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Thomas Fulton Bourdillon

Printed at the Travancore Government Press, Trevandrum.

1908

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Thomas Fulton Bourdillon was Conservator of Forests in the princely state of Travancore. He came to Travancore (at present Southern Kerala) as a planter in 1871 and was appointed by the Travancore Durbar in 1886 as a special forest officer to explore the forests and to report on their resources. In 1891 he was appointed as Conservator of Forests, a position he retained till his retirement in June 1908. He was a keen botanist and an all-round forest officer. During his period, he brought the Department to a high state of efficiency.

In 1908, he authored the first book on the trees of the region The Forest Trees of Travancore. In 1901 he was admitted a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He also wrote about bird life to Allan Octavian Hume and contributed many articles on forestry to the Indian Forester. He worked in close association with other naturalists of his time including R. H. Beddome and Harold S. Ferguson.

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

13 plant species named BY Bourdillon and 40 plant species named AFTER Bourdillon.

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13 Plant species named BY Bourdillon
Source: International Plant Name Index

The following 13 plant species names have been described and named BY Bourdillon (Bourd.)

 

Aglaia maiae Bourd., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 350.

Canthium pergracile Bourd., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 352.

Dialium travancoricum Bourd., Indian Forester 30: 243 (1904).

Diospyros humilis Bourd., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 352.

Dysoxylum purpureum Bourd., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 349.

Eugenia chavaran Bourd., For. Trees Travancore 188 (1908).

Eugenia mundagam Bourd., For. Trees Travancore 182 (1908).

Eugenia occidentalis Bourd., Indian Forester 30: 195 (1904).

Eugenia rama-varma Bourd., Indian Forester 30(4): 147 (1904).

Ficus rama-varmae Bourd., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 155.

Garcinia imberti Bourd., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 349.

Hemicyclia travancorica Bourd., Forest Trees Travancore 329 (1908).

Holigarna nigra Bourd., Indian Forester 30: 95 (1904).