Porte, Marius |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Died: Jan. 14, 1866, Manila, Luzon, P.I. |
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French explorer and plant collector who collected in Brazil (1855-c. 58) and from c. 1859-65 near Singapore and in the Philippines. He is the discoverer of Phalaenopsis schilleriana Rchb. He is commemorated in the genus Portea Brongn. and in several species of plants. |
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He sent his living plants to Europe; in 1860 from Manila (Luzon) to Paris [P] (cf. list in ‘Arch. Nation.’ Paris). Also specimens in Herb. Leiden [L]1 and Herb. Vilmorin [VIL].2 He collected for the horticultural firm of J. Linden. |
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(1) cf. Merrill in Bull. Bur. Agr. Manila no 4, 1903, p. 39. (2) cf. Bonaparte, Notes ptéridol., fast. 13, 1921, p. 211. |
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Flora 49, 1866, p. 350; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |