Wallis, Gustav |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1830, Lüneburg, SE of Hamburg, Germany. Died: 1878, Cuança, Ecuador. |
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Was so deaf, that the first 6 years of his life he was supposed to be deaf and dumb. Horticulturist who from 1854-68 crossed South America. In 1858 he was appointed in the employ of the Belgian firm of J.J. Linden.1 In 1868 he returned to Germany to undergo a treatment for a serious eye disease; in 1869 he entered the service of the firm of Veitch & Sons (Exeter, England), for which he made several travels, viz in 1869-71 (see below), in 1872 to S. America, and in 1873-74 in Colombia (S. America). In 1875 he set out once more for America, working in that continent till his death. Grammatophyllum wallisii Rchb.f. and other plants were named after him. |
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Leaving Dec. 1869 via N. America, California, the Philippines, Japan (Yeddo), Hongkong, back to Manila (Luzon, P.I.);3 homeward voyage by way of Singapore, Penang, Suez Canal; back in Germany in winter 1871.-Data on a visit to Timor (Lesser Sunda Isls) (see sub collections) are not known to me. |
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Mainly living plants, only scant herbarium material.4 Herb. Berl. [B]: 130 nos from the Philippines (1870-71 coll.); Herb. Kew [K]: 160 nos from the Philippines, Colombia, Timor (pres. 1881-84); Brit. Mus. [BM]: Muscineae from the Philippines (1870) and New Granada (acq. with Herb. Hampe and Stephani); Herb. Vienna [W]: 250 nos, and orchids with Herb. Reichenbach [W]; a few in U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US]. |
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(1) G. Wallis: ‘Reiseerinnerungen’ (Regel’s Gartenflora 25, 1876, p. 39-45, 111-116, 144-146, 299-305; 26, 1877, p. 77-83, 166-171); ‘Verzeichnis meiner Entdeckungen im äquatorialen Amerika’ (l.c. 26, 1877, p. 344-352). cf. also in ‘Natur’ l.c. sub Biogr. data. G. Wallis: Deutsche Rechtfertigung gegen belgische Anmassung. Entgegnung auf Herrn Linden’s ‘Mon ex-collecteur Wallis’ (Hamb. Gart. u. Blumen Zeit. 1875, p. 222-230, 273-281, 423-424). (2) cf. Hamb. Gart. u. Blumen Zeit. 1878, p. 433-440. (3) cf. Hortus Veitchii 1906, p. 122. (4) C. Müller: ‘Musci indici novi adjectis nonnullis aliis exoticis’ (Linnaea 37, 1872, p. 164-182; 38, 1874, p. 545-572). H.G. Reichenbach: ‘Orchideae Wallisianae novae’ (Linnaea 41 (N.R. 7), 1877, p. 99-118). Hepaticae by J.B. Jack & F. Stephani in Hedwigia 31, 1891, p. 11-27. |
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Die Natur 19, 1870, p. 33-36, 41-44 (biogr.), 59-62 (w. portr.), 67-70, 83-86, 89-92, 97-100, 113-116, 126-132, 150-156, 174-176, 180-182, 185-188; Hamb. Gart. u. Blumen Zeit. 1878, p. 433-440; La Belg. Hortic. 1879, p. 1-19, w. portr. (transl. from the former); Hortus Veitchii 1906, p. 62-64; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |