D. Brandis
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Name
Dietrich Brandis
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Dates
1824 - 1907
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Specialities
Spermatophytes, Orchidaceae
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Roles
Determiner, Author, Collector
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Movement Details
Germany, India, Burma (Myanmar)
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Notes
Author Notes: Herbarium and types: HBG; duplicates at A, BONN, K
Collector Notes: col. ±1872-1906: A, BONN, CAL, DD, K(1000), MEL, W
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Note by T. Zanoni, 28 July 2015:
Nephrodium cicutarium = Tectaria cicutaria (ferns)
Puchmarree, Central Provinces
April 1869, Dr. Brandis
Specimens NY 2361658 & 2361659
Puchmarree = Puchmaree on web
= Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India
= Dr. Dietrich Brandis, = Sir Dietrich Brandis
A botanist, not a medical doctor (according to Nisbet, 1907)
He worked in Oudet, NW and Central Provinces of India (& Burma) in forest administration in British period.
He took charge in ca. 1856 and following years. Not sure when he was done.
Source of above information:
Nisbet, John. 1907. The forests of India and their administration, pp. 265-286, in
Nineteenth Century and after. Vol. 19-20. Leonard Scott Publ., NY, & Spottiswoode & Co., London.
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