Horne was born in Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland. He worked at Kew in 1859–1860 and at the Botanic Gardens Mauritius 1861–1891, serving as Director from 1877 onward.
On his transfer to Fiji, Arthur Gordon hand-picked a retinue of officials to accompany him, including Horne, who moved to Fiji a year after Gordon, in 1876.
Horne died in Jersey in the Channel Islands on 16 April 1905.
john, horne, botanist, john, horne, 1835, 1905, scottish, botanist, served, director, botanic, gardens, pamplemousses, mauritius, sapindaceae, genus, hornea, named, after, horne, life, edithorne, born, lethendy, perthshire, scotland, worked, 1859, 1860, botani. John Horne FLS 1835 1905 was a Scottish botanist He served as director of the Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses Mauritius The Sapindaceae genus Hornea is named after Horne 1 2 Life EditHorne was born in Lethendy Perthshire Scotland He worked at Kew in 1859 1860 and at the Botanic Gardens Mauritius 1861 1891 serving as Director from 1877 onward He collected plants in Mauritius and the Seychelles On his transfer to Fiji Arthur Gordon hand picked a retinue of officials to accompany him including Horne who moved to Fiji a year after Gordon in 1876 Horne died in Jersey in the Channel Islands on 16 April 1905 The standard author abbreviation Horne is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 3 4 References Edit Quattrocchi Umberto 2000 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names Volume II D L Boca Raton Florida CRC Press ISBN 978 0 8493 2676 9 Hornea Baker Plants of the World Online Kew Science Plants of the World Online Retrieved 14 May 2021 International Plant Names Index Horne Horne John 1835 1905 International Plant Name Index IPNI International Plant Name Index Retrieved 26 July 2020 External links EditDictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists This article about a Scottish botanist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Horne botanist amp oldid 1161541167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
