John Horne (botanist) explained

John Horne FLS (1835–1905) was a Scottish botanist. He served as director of the Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses, Mauritius.

The Sapindaceae genus Hornea is named after Horne.^{[1] [2]}

Life

Horne was born in Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland. He worked at Kew in 1859 - 1860 and at the Botanic Gardens in Mauritius 1861 - 1891, serving as Director from 1877 onward.

He collected plants in Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Upon his transfer to Fiji, Arthur Gordon hand-picked a retinue of officials to accompany him, including Horne, who moved to Fiji a year after Gordon, in 1876.

Horne died in Jersey in the Channel Islands on 16 April 1905.

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External links

• Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists

Notes and References

1. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9.
2. Web site: Hornea Baker Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 May 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Horne, John (1835-1905) . . International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . International Plant Name Index . July 26, 2020.