William Aiton
William Aiton | |
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St. Anne's Church, Kew, England | |
| Known for | Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Children | William Townsend Aiton |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Aiton |
William Aiton (1731 – 2 February 1793) was a
botanist.[1]
Aiton was born near
St. Anne's Church, Kew
.
A second and enlarged edition of the Hortus was brought out in 1810–1813 by his eldest son, William Townsend Aiton.[2]
Aiton is commemorated in the
specific epithet aitonis.[4]
In 1789, he classified the
Sampaguita plant to the Jasminium genus and also named it as Arabian Jasmine because it was believed that the plant originated from The Arabian Peninsula[5]
although the plant didn't originate from Arabia.
Selected publications
- Aiton, W. (1789). Hortus Kewensis. London: George Nicol.
References
- ^ "William Aiton from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aiton, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 448.
- ^ Aiton 1789.
- ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Study of the Sampaguita Flower - The National Pride of Philippines". Gardenerdy. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Aiton.
Bibliography
- Pagmenta, Frank (2009) The Aitons: Gardeners to their Majesties. ISBN 9780955071751
Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about William Aiton.
- Taylor, George (1970). "Aiton, William". ISBN 0-684-10114-9.
- Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
Further reading
- Chambers, Robert; Thomson, Thomas Napier (1857). . A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. Vol. 1. Glasgow: Blackie and Son. p. 41 – via Wikisource.
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