Mahony, John |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Justice of the Peace for the Island of Sud-Est, Louisiade Archipelago.1 |
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He collected Melicope mahonyi Baill.2 in the above-mentioned island. The species was named in his honour. Though Sud-Est Island is not within the region dealt with in this book, it is nevertheless mentioned, as he might have collected in the mainland of New Guinea and adjacent islands too. |
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(1) cf. Ann. Rep. Br. N.G. for 1893/94, Brisb. 1894, p. xxii. (2) cf. Queensl. Agric. Journ. 6, 1900, p. 287. |