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J.L. Boorman

British born Australian botanist and botanical collector · 1864–1938

559 specimens, collected between 1895 and 1999 on 120 collecting days.

On the labels as Boorman, J.L., Boorman, J.H..

Specimens
559
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
105
Islands
1
Species
403
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Specimens by decade

1890s1990s

Earliest: Epacris purpurascens, 1895 (Part Jackson District.). Latest: Eucalyptus dives, 1999.

Named for Boorman

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Boorman. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Fimbristylis dichotomaElaeocarpus reticulatusParsonsia stramineaLeptochloa decipiensZostera capricorniAlchornea ilicifoliaBackhousia sciadophoraToona ciliataBossiaea heterophyllaLeptospermum parvifoliumImperata cylindricaPetrophile pulchella