List of Irish plant collectors

This article is a list of historical Irish plant collectors. An important part of taxonomy and botany is the collection of samples from different locales.

* John Ball (1818–1889), first president Alpine Club, 1858–1860
* Evelyn Booth (1897–1988), parts of her collection are in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
* Patrick Browne, doctor and botanist in Jamaica
* Thomas Coulter (1793–1843), collected plants in North and Latin America
* Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams) (1867–1967)
* Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812–1881), born in Edgeworthstown, County Longford; namesake of genus Edgeworthia
* Eugene Fitzalan (1830–1911), born in Derry; collector, nurseryman, and poet
* Robert D. FitzGerald (1830–1892), born in Tralee; botanist, artist, collector; collected orchids [1]
* Dr. A. Gogarty, sent plants, seeds, orchids, ferns and bulbs to the Irish National Botanic Gardens
* William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), born in Limerick, collected plants in South Africa 1848–66
* Augustine Henry
* James Keys (1841–1916), born in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh
* Edward Madden, from Kilkenny
* John Madden (1837–1902), Clones, County Monaghan; claimed in his North American expeditions to have introduced the Douglas fir
* Robert Patterson (1802–1872), Belfast, collected in Ireland, Australia[2]
* Samuel Alexander Stewart
* Whan William Taylor (1829–1901), born in Moneymore, County Londonderry
* William Thomas Locke Travers (1819–1903), born in Dundalk

## References

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1. ^ http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/index.html Australian National Botanic Gardens
2. ^ "Petymol.p.HTML". www.tmbl.gu.se. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010.

* Darwin Correspondence online Database, Cambridge University

## See also

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* List of Irish botanical illustrators
* The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland