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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON JAMES BOWIE AND THE DISCOVERY OF ALOE BOWIEA SCHULT. & J. H. SCHULT. (ALOOIDEAE: ASPHODELACEAE)
Author(s) -
Smith Gideon F.,
Wyk A. E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222630
Subject(s) - cape , bay , geography , biology , archaeology
Summary James Bowie served Kew as a plant collector in Brazil and at the Cape of Good Hope. From an examination of the itineraries of the four journeys he undertook to the southern African interior during his initial stay at the Cape it is possible to deduce the most likely type locality (vicinity of Algoa Bay) and approximate date of collection (30 December 1821–26 February 1822) of Aloe bowiea Schult. & J. H. Schult. Detailed grid references are provided and should enable systematists to pinpoint the localities in which Bowie collected. An enumeration is given of Bowie's publications on Cape plants.