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

• Darwin Correspondence online Database, Cambridge University

See also

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