James Backhouse

English botanist and missionary (1794–1869).

See also [1] Archived 25 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine for two other James Backhouse botanists and nursery owners of York. James Backhouse (8 July 1794 – 20 January 1869) was a botanist and missionary for the Quaker church in Australia. His son, also James Backhouse (1825–1890), was also a botanist.

Abbreviations: Backh.
Occupations: illustrator, horticulturist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Dates: 1794-07-08T00:00:00Z – 1869-01-20T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Darlington
Direct attributions: 2 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 10 plants, 0 fungi

2 plants attributed, 8 plants contributed to10 plants:

Trichomanes superbum Backh. 1861
plant species in the hymenophyllaceae family
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Trichomanes setigerum Backh. 1861
plant species in the hymenophyllaceae family
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Hesperantha coccinea (Kaffir Lily) (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning 1996
plant species in the iridaceae family
Hesperantha coccinea, the river lily, or crimson flag lily, synonym Schizostylis coccinea, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae, native to Southern Africa and Zimbabwe. It is a semievergreen perennial growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall, with slender lanceolate leaves up to 40 cm (16 in) long and 1 cm (0.4 in) broad. The flowers are red, occasionally pink or white, 30–35 mm long, with six petals; they are produced four to ten alternately on a spike in late summer to autumn. The Latin specific epithet coccinea means “bright red”.
Callistopteris superba (Backh.) Ebihara & K.Iwats. 2006
plant species in the hymenophyllaceae family
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Mandevilla × amabilis (Backh. & Backh.f.) Dress 1974
plant hybrid species in the apocynaceae family
Mandevilla × amabilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It was described in 1974 in the journal Baileya. Also known as Alice du Pont.
Drosera auriculata (Tall Sundew) Backh. ex Planch. 1848
plant species in the droseraceae family
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Trichomanes trigonum var. fimbriatum (Backh.) Proctor 1961
plant variety in the hymenophyllaceae family
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Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata (Backh. ex Planch.) B.J.Conn 1981
plant subspecies in the droseraceae family
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Androsace britanica Backh. ex Wien. 1890
plant species in the primulaceae family
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Abrodictyum setigerum (Backh.) Parris 2018
plant species in the hymenophyllaceae family
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