The botanical legacy of Thomas Hardwicke’s journey to Srinagar in 1796
Author
Turner, Ian M.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-01-06
108
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25
journal article
22437
10.5852/ejt.2015.108
41d54399-b903-4b22-afab-dec75fdf804f
2118-9773
3779322
Rubus gowreephul
Hardwicke described two
Rubus
species in his paper. One he referred to
Rubus idaeus
L., the other was not provided with a specific epithet, but he gave a native name – ‘gowry-phul’ – which translates as ‘claret-purple fruit’ according to
Madden (1849)
.
Roxburgh (1832a)
was clearly referring to Hardwicke’s description of this plant in his account of
Rubus gowreephul
. He also wrote that Hardwicke introduced the plant to the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Roxburgh’s specific epithet was printed as two separate words in Flora Indica. I contract them to one as subsequent authors have. There is a Roxburgh icon of the plant, presumably drawn from material grown at Calcutta. Hardwicke also had a drawing (Vol. X no. 55).