George Gordon

British botanist (1806-1879).

George Gordon (1806–1879) was a British botanist. He worked for the London Horticultural Society as Foreman of the Horticultural Society Gardens at Chiswick, near London. Gordon is particularly noted for his work on conifers, publishing The Pinetum in 1858, followed by a Supplement in 1862 and a fully revised second edition of The Pinetum in 1875. He described many new species of conifers from specimens collected by Karl Theodor Hartweg in Mexico and California.

Abbreviations: Gordon
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages: English
Dates: 1806-02-25T00:00:00Z – 1879-10-11T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Lucan
Direct attributions: 42 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 51 plants, 0 fungi

42 plants attributed, 9 plants contributed to51 plants:

Pinus kesiya (Khasi Pine) Royle ex Gordon 1840
medicinal plant species in the pinaceae family
Pinus kesiya (Khasi pine or Benguet pine) is one of the most widely distributed pines in southeast Asia. Its range extends south and east from the Khasi Hills in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, to Burma, northern Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, southernmost China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is an important plantation species elsewhere in the world, including in southern Africa and South America. The common name "Khasi pine" is from the Khasi hills in India, and "Benguet pine" is from the landlocked province of Benguet in Luzon, Philippines, where it is the dominant species of the
Pinus pinceana (Weeping Pinyon Pine) Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
Pinus pinceana, with the common names weeping pinyon and Pince's pinyon pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.
Cupressus goveniana (Gowan Cypress) Gordon 1849
endangered and medicinal plant species in the cupressaceae family
Hesperocyparis goveniana commonly known as Californian cypress and Gowen cypress, is a species of western cypress that is endemic to a small area of coastal California near Monterey. It was formerly classified as Cupressus goveniana.
Pinus lawsonii (Lawson's Pine) Roezl ex Gordon 1862
plant species in the pinaceae family
Pinus lawsonii, Lawson's pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found only in Mexico.
Pseudolarix (False Larch) Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant genus in the pinaceae family
Pseudolarix is a genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae containing three species, the extant Pseudolarix amabilis and the extinct species Pseudolarix japonica and Pseudolarix wehrii. Pseudolarix species are commonly known as golden larch, but are not true larches (Larix) being more closely related to Keteleeria, Abies and Cedrus. P. amabilis is native to eastern China, occurring in small areas in the mountains of southern Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and eastern Sichuan, at altitudes of 100–1,500 m (328–4,921 ft). P. wehrii is described from fossils dating to
Pinus gordoniana (Douglas Pine) Hartw. ex Gordon 1847
plant species in the pinaceae family
Pinus gordoniana (Gordon's pine; syn. Pinus douglasiana) is a species of evergreen conifer in the family Pinaceae, endemic to Mexico. Another common name is Douglas pine, but that name is sometimes applied to the unrelated species Pseudotsuga menziesii which is usually known as Douglas-fir.
Micropeuce Gordon 1862
plant genus in the rhodomelaceae family
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Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant variety in the cupressaceae family
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Taxus washingtonii hort. ex Gordon 1875
plant species in the taxaceae family
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Taxus stricta hort. ex Gordon 1858
plant species in the taxaceae family
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Taxus serratifolia Nois. ex Gordon 1862
plant species in the taxaceae family
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Taxus patagonica hort. ex Gordon 1858
plant species in the taxaceae family
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Taxus longifolia hort. ex Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the taxaceae family
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Taxus fortunei hort. ex Gordon 1875
plant species in the taxaceae family
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Taxodium hugelii Laws. ex Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the cupressaceae family
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Retinospora lycopodioides Standish ex Gordon 1875
plant species in the cupressaceae family
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Podocarpus humboldtii Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the podocarpaceae family
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Podocarpus drupaceus hort. ex Gordon 1858
plant species in the podocarpaceae family
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Pinus zitacuaria Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus tomacocaensis Roezl ex Gordon 1862
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus rubriflora Loudon ex Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus roylei Lindl. ex Gordon 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus pithyusa Fox-Strangw. ex Gordon 1840
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus palmiensis hort. ex Gordon 1862
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus padufia Ledeb. ex Gordon 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus novahollandica Lodd. ex Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus geitneri Roezl ex Gordon 1862
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Pinus cairica D.Don ex Gordon & Glend. 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Picea cinerea Baumann ex Gordon 1858
plant species in the pinaceae family
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Leichhardtia macleayana (F.Muell.) Archer ex Gordon 1862
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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