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Corson, James

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

 

Died: June 16, 1841, buried in the Dutch cemetery in Timor, probably at Kupang.

 

career:

Sailed on the whaling-boat ‘Kitty’, leaving the Thames late in 1838.

Scaevola corsoniana Don was named after him.

 

collections:

His type specimens from P. Gebeh (Moluccas) and Batagoda (situation unknown to me) were described by G. Don1; originally in Herb. Linn. Soc., sold in 1863 and now lost?

 

literature:

(1) In Loudon’s Gard. Mag. 11, 8, 1842, p. 370-371.