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"W. Botting Hemsley. Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin. Botany. Vol. V. London: R.H. Porter andv Dulau & Co. 1879"
In English. W. Botting Hemsley. Biologia Centrali-Americana. or Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin. Botany. Vol. V. London: R.H. Porter andv Dulau & Co. 1879. The book has 110 illustrations (18 of them are colorized) + 1 map. William Hemsley (18431924) was a British botanist who worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1889 he was elected a full member of the Royal Society since 1896 a member of the Linnean Society. During his scientific activity he described about 50 plant genera and several thousand species. Several plant genera and many species were named after him the genus name Hemsleya Cogn. Cucurbitaceae family is enshrined in modern botanical nomenclature. SKUMS001911
