Sir William Jackson Hooker KH FRS FRSE FLS DCL (6 July 1785 – 12 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director...
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Adiantum cunninghamii (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Adiantum cunninghamii is a maidenhair fern found in New Zealand. The sori are found under the curved leaf margins. "Adiantum cunninghamii". ZipcodeZoo...
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William Dawson Hooker, M.D. (1816-1840) was a British physician and botanist, the son of Sir William Jackson Hooker and an elder brother to Sir Joseph...
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Peperomia clusiifolia (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Peperomia clusiifolia is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is commonly known as red edge peperomia because its leaf...
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Zantedeschia albomaculata (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Zantedeschia albomaculata, commonly called the spotted calla lily (although Calla is a genus unto itself) or the white spotted arum, is a species of flowering...
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Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science. Hooker was born in Halesworth, Suffolk...
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Tweedia (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Tweedia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1835. The genus is native to South America. An ornamental...
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Aeschynanthus speciosus (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Aeschynanthus speciosus, also known as the basket plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. There are many species of Aeschynanthus...
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Adetogramma (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Adetogramma chrysolepis is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Adetogramma. It is an epiphyte native to Bolivia...
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Colvillea (category Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker)
Colvillea is a monotypic genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. Its only species is Colvillea racemosa. The genus is named for Sir Charles Colville, an...
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