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Haxton, John

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

fl.: 1792-1808.

career:

Gardener, attached to Macartney’s Embassy to China (itiner., liter., etc. cf. sub Staunton).¹

The genus Haxtonia Caley (= Olearia) was named after him.

collections:

In Herb. Banks = Brit. Mus. [BM], including Munronia javanica R.Br., collected by Haxton on P. Condor.² He may have collected a few plants in Java and Sumatra.

literature:

(1) cf. Lasègue, Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 159.
(2) cf. Bennett & Brown, Plant. Jav. Rarior., p. 177.

biographical data:

Biogr. Index Britten & Boulger in Journ. Bot. 27, 1889, p. 81, and in 2nd ed. by Rendle, 1931.

	Career Collections Literature Biographical data
	Haxton, John
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	fl.: 1792-1808.
	career: Gardener, attached to Macartney’s Embassy to China (itiner., liter., etc. cf. sub Staunton).¹ The genus Haxtonia Caley (= Olearia) was named after him.
	collections: In Herb. Banks = Brit. Mus. [BM], including Munronia javanica R.Br., collected by Haxton on P. Condor.² He may have collected a few plants in Java and Sumatra.
	literature: (1) cf. Lasègue, Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 159. (2) cf. Bennett & Brown, Plant. Jav. Rarior., p. 177.
	biographical data: Biogr. Index Britten & Boulger in Journ. Bot. 27, 1889, p. 81, and in 2nd ed. by Rendle, 1931.