(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1800, Parramata, Australia. Died: 1882, Camden Park, N.S.W., Australia.

career:

Son of Capt. John MacArthur; botanist, horticulturist and agriculturist. He sent his gardener J. (or ? P.) Reedy (see there) with MacLeay’s ‘Chevert Expedition’ to New Guinea (cf. sub Sir W. MacLeay). Probably he himself never was in New Guinea.

Several plants were named after him.

collections:

Herb. Kew [K] and Brit. Mus. [BM]: Australian plants. Plants from the ‘Chevert Expedition’ in Herb. Melbourne [MEL].

biographical data:

Maiden in Journ. R. Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. 42, 1908, p. 111-112; portr. in Rep. Australas. Assoc. Advanc. Sci. 13, 1912, pl. 21.

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