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==Eponymy==
==Eponymy==
[[File:Caesalpinia gilliesi 2.JPG|thumb|''[[Caesalpinia gilliesii]]'']]
A number of plants were named for Gillies.
A number of plants were named for Gillies:
* ([[Acanthaceae]]) ''[[Adhatoda]] gilliesii'' <small>[[Nees]]</small><ref> Prodr. (DC.) 11: 395. 1847 [25 de nov 1847] (IK) </ref>
* ([[Acanthaceae]]) ''[[Adhatoda]] gilliesii'' <small>[[Nees]]</small><ref> Prodr. (DC.) 11: 395. 1847 [25 de nov 1847] (IK) </ref>
* ([[Acanthaceae]]) ''[[Poikilacanthus]] gilliesii'' <small>([[Nees]]) [[Lindau]]</small><ref> Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(1-2): 57. 1893 [22 de dic 1893] (GCI)</ref>
* ([[Acanthaceae]]) ''[[Poikilacanthus]] gilliesii'' <small>([[Nees]]) [[Lindau]]</small><ref> Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(1-2): 57. 1893 [22 de dic 1893] (GCI)</ref>
* ([[Adiantaceae]]) ''[[Notholaena]] gilliesii'' <small>[[Fée]]</small><ref> Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 159. 1850-52. 1850 (IF) </ref>
* ([[Adiantaceae]]) ''[[Notholaena]] gilliesii'' <small>[[Fée]]</small><ref> Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 159. 1850-52. 1850 (IF) </ref>
* ([[Anacardiaceae]]) ''[[Lithraea]] gilliesii'' <small>[[Griseb.]]</small><ref> Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 114. 1874 (IK)</ref>
* ([[Anacardiaceae]]) ''[[Lithraea]] gilliesii'' <small>[[Griseb.]]</small><ref> Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 114. 1874 (IK)</ref>
* ([[Asclepiadaceae]]) ''[[Oxystelma]] gilliesii'' <small>[[K.Schum.]] in [[Engl.]] & [[Prantl -- Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 4, Abt. 2: 229. 1895 (GCI) </ref>
* ([[Asclepiadaceae]]) ''[[Oxystelma]] gilliesii'' <small>[[K.Schum.]]</small><ref> in [[Engl.]] & [[Prantl]] -- Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 4, Abt. 2: 229. 1895 (GCI) </ref>
* ([[Asteraceae]]) ''[[Taraxacum]] gilliessi'' <small>[[Hook.]] & [[Arn.]]</small><ref> Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 31. 1835 (IK)</ref>
* ([[Asteraceae]]) ''[[Taraxacum]] gilliessi'' <small>[[Hook.]] & [[Arn.]]</small><ref> Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 31. 1835 (IK)</ref>
* ([[Blechnaceae]]) ''[[Orthogramma]] gilliesii'' <small>[[C.Presl]]</small><ref> Epimel. Bot. 121. 1851 [Oct 1851] (IF)</ref>
* ([[Blechnaceae]]) ''[[Orthogramma]] gilliesii'' <small>[[C.Presl]]</small><ref> Epimel. Bot. 121. 1851 [Oct 1851] (IF)</ref>

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John Gillies, M.D. (1792 – 1834) was a Scottish naval surgeon who later became an explorer and botanist, travelling extensively in South America. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Afflicted by tuberculosis, Gillies left the UK aged 28 for South America in the hope that the climate would improve his fragile health. He spent eight years there, mostly in Argentina, surviving wars, civil unrest, and chronic ill health, sending numerous plants to Hooker at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew before returning in 1828. He died aged 42 at Edinburgh on 24 November 1834, his remains interred at Calton.[1]

Eponymy

Caesalpinia gilliesii

A number of plants were named for Gillies:

The standard author abbreviation Gillies is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[11]

References

  1. ^ Gibbs, F. W. (1951). John Gillies, M.D., Traveller and Botanist, 1792-1834. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 1951. The Royal Society, London
  2. ^ Prodr. (DC.) 11: 395. 1847 [25 de nov 1847] (IK)
  3. ^ Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(1-2): 57. 1893 [22 de dic 1893] (GCI)
  4. ^ Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 159. 1850-52. 1850 (IF)
  5. ^ Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 114. 1874 (IK)
  6. ^ in Engl. & Prantl -- Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 4, Abt. 2: 229. 1895 (GCI)
  7. ^ Companion Bot. Mag. 1: 31. 1835 (IK)
  8. ^ Epimel. Bot. 121. 1851 [Oct 1851] (IF)
  9. ^ Handb. Bromel. 136. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889] (IK)
  10. ^ Flora Brasiliensis 15(2) 1870 (APNI)
  11. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Gillies.

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