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william, henry, nicholls, july, 1885, march, 1951, australian, amateur, botanist, authority, collector, australian, orchids, accomplished, photographer, watercolourist, contributed, almost, articles, orchids, victorian, naturalist, many, which, described, spec. William Henry Nicholls 23 July 1885 10 March 1951 was an Australian amateur botanist authority on and collector of Australian orchids An accomplished photographer and watercolourist he contributed almost 100 articles on orchids to The Victorian Naturalist many of which described new species with line drawings He was working on producing a 24 volume illustrated monograph of all the orchids of Australia when he died Only four volumes were published shortly after his death but the entire work was published in a single book Orchids of Australia in 1969 Some of the many orchids described and named by Nicholls and retaining the name he gave them include Caladenia caudata Caladenia echidnachila Caladenia ensata Caladenia ferruginea Caladenia magniclavata Caladenia ornata Caladenia praecox Caladenia radiata Pterostylis fischii Pterostylis hamiltonii Pterostylis hildae and Pterostylis tenuissima 1 2 3 The orchid Prasophyllum nichollsianum now generally recognised in Australia as Genoplesium nudiscapum was named in his honour by Herman Rupp 4 William Henry NichollsBorn23 July 1885Ballarat AustraliaDied10 March 1951 1951 03 11 aged 65 Footscray AustraliaNationalityAustralianCitizenshipAustralianScientific careerFieldsBotanyAuthor abbrev botany Nicholls The standard author abbreviation Nicholls is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 5 References edit Willis James H Nicholls William Henry Will 1885 1951 Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 1 May 2017 Orchard Anthony E Nicholls William Henry 1885 1951 Australian National Botanic Gardens Retrieved 1 May 2017 Stafleu Frans A Cowan Richard S 1976 Taxonomic literature a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates commentaries and types 2nd ed Utrecht Bohn Scheltema amp Holkema pp 739 740 ISBN 9031302244 Retrieved 1 May 2017 Rupp Herman M R 1942 The section Genoplesium in the genus Prasophyllum Orchidaceae The Victorian Naturalist 59 123 Retrieved 25 November 2017 International Plant Names Index Nicholls Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Henry Nicholls amp oldid 1183648937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
