Henry Georges Fourcade

French-born south african surveyor and botanist (1865-1948).

Henry Georges Fourcade (1865-1948), also known as Henri Georges Fourcade and sometimes Georges Henri Fourcade, was a surveyor, forester, pioneer of photogrammetry and as botanist, a major early collector of the Southern Cape flora.

Abbreviations: Fourc.
Occupations: surveyor, forestry scientist, photogrammetrist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: South Africa, France
Languages: English
Dates: 1865-07-08T00:00:00Z – 1948-01-19T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Bordeaux
Direct attributions: 38 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 43 plants, 0 fungi

38 plants attributed, 5 plants contributed to43 plants:

Protea eximia (Broad-leaved Sugarbush) (Knight) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the proteaceae family
Protea eximia, the broad-leaved sugarbush, is a shrub from South Africa that may become a small tree. It occurs in mountain fynbos on mainly mildly acidic sandy soils; the species was very well known under its old name of Protea latifolia. The flowers have awns that are covered in purple-black velvety hairs, and are contained within a series of rings of involucral bracts that have the appearance of petals. The fruit is a densely hairy nut, many of which are inserted on a woody base. The flowers are borne terminally on long shoots, and have a tendency to become very untidy as they age.
Leucospermum cordifolium (Red Pincushion Protea) (Knight) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the proteaceae family
Leucospermum cordifolium is an upright, evergreen shrub of up to 1½ m (5 ft) high from the Proteaceae. The flower heads are globe-shape with a flattened top, 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) in diameter, and are carried individually or with two or three together mostly at a right angle to its branch. The perianth is 3–3½ cm long, yellow, orange or crimson in color. From each flower emerges a 4½–6 cm (1.8–2.4 in) long style sticking out horizontally but curving upwards near the obliquely, shell-shaped, thicker pollen presenter. This gives each head the appearance of a pincushion. Its common name is
Haworthia monticola Fourc. 1932
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Haworthia monticola is a perennial succulent belonging to the genus Haworthia. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. It occurs from Oudtshoorn to Uniondale.
Protea lorifolia (Strap-leaved Sugarbush) (Knight) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the proteaceae family
Protea lorifolia, in English called the strap-leaved sugarbush, strap-leaved protea or strap-leaf sugarbush is a flowering shrub which belongs to the genus Protea. In Afrikaans this species is known by the vernacular name of riemblaar-suikerbos. The tree's national number is 91.
Leucadendron laureolum (Golden Sunshinebush) (Lam.) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the proteaceae family
Leucadendron laureolum, common names golden conebush and laurel leaf conebush, is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa, and also cultivated. It is a large bush that turns bright yellow in the winter flowering season.
Dipcadi brevifolium (Snake Daintybells) (Thunb.) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the asparagaceae family
Dipcadi brevifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Namibia, the Cape Provinces of South Africa, the Mozambique Channel Islands and Madagascar. The species was first described, as Hyacinthus brevifolius, by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794. It was transferred to Dipcadi by Henry Georges Fourcade in 1932.
Nemesia denticulata (Benth.) A.L.Grant ex Fourc. 1941
perennial plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Nemesia denticulata, the toothed aloha, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Nemesia of the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. It is native to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. A mat‑forming perennial useful for borders, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The Latin specific epithet denticulata means "slightly toothed", referring to the notched petal edges.
Leucadendron album (Linearleaf Conebush) (Thunb.) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the proteaceae family
Leucadendron album, commonly known as linear-leaf conebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is native to the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Cytinus sanguineus (Scarlet Vampirecup) (Thunb.) Fourc. 1932
perennial plant species in the cytinaceae family
Cytinus sanguineus is a species of parasitic plant in the family Cytinaceae.
Paranomus reflexus (Van Staden's Scepter) (E.Phillips & Hutch.) Fourc. 1932
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Paranomus reflexus, the Van Staden's scepter, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae. It is part of the South African fynbos vegetation type. The plant is native to the Eastern Cape where it occurs on the Elandsberg and Van Stadensberg. The shrub grows up to 1.5 m tall and flowers from June to August. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollination takes place through the action of insects. The fruit ripens two months after the plant has flowered and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in
Panicum stapfianum (Stapf's Buffalo Grass) Fourc. 1932
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Diascia patens (Thunb.) Grant ex Fourc. 1941
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
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Tritonia chrysantha (Gold Triton) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the iridaceae family
Tritonia chrysantha is a tuberous geophyte that is part of the Tritonia. The plant is endemic to the Eastern Cape and Western Cape and is part of the fynbos.
Phylica curvifolia (Tripling Hardleaf) (C.Presl) Pillans ex Fourc. 1941
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
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Muraltia mitior (Spinetip Purplegorse) (P.J.Bergius) Levyns ex Fourc. 1941
plant species in the polygalaceae family
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Lachenalia haarlemensis Fourc. 1932
plant species in the asparagaceae family
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Agathosma puberula (Steud.) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the rutaceae family
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Senecio litorosus Fourc. 1932
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Senecio dumosus Fourc. 1932
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Senecio dissidens Fourc. 1932
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Prismatocarpus rogersii Fourc. 1932
plant species in the campanulaceae family
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Lachnaea glomerata Fourc. 1932
plant species in the thymelaeaceae family
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Indigofera rhodantha (Ginger Indigo) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Indigofera pappei (Slender Indigo) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Indigofera grisophylla (Cockscomb Indigo) Fourc. 1932
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Hermannia lacera (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Fourc. 1932
annual plant species in the malvaceae family
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Berkheya glabrata (Yellow Thistle) (Thunb.) Fourc. 1941
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
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Pelargonium mollicomum Fourc. 1932
plant species in the geraniaceae family
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Pelargonium gracillimum Fourc. 1932
plant species in the geraniaceae family
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Justicia acuta (C.B.Clarke) Fourc. 1941
plant species in the acanthaceae family
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