John George Champion

English soldier, botanist, and explorer (1815-1854).

John George Champion (1815–1854) was an English soldier, botanist, and explorer.

Abbreviations: Champ.
Occupations: soldier, explorer, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dates: 1815-05-05T00:00:00Z – 1854-11-30T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Edinburgh
Direct attributions: 15 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 89 plants, 0 fungi

15 plants attributed, 74 plants contributed to89 plants:

Schima superba (Schima) Gardner & Champ. 1849
medicinal plant species in the theaceae family
Schima superba is a species of flowering plant in the tea family Theaceae, native to subtropical areas of Vietnam, southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. With Pinus massoniana it often dominates forests from 100 to 800 m (300 to 2,600 ft) in elevation. It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities. S. superba has a long history; in China, it has been described as early as in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and it is one of the "sacred trees" in this classic text. S. superba is a precious and multi-purpose tree species.
Eustigma Gardner & Champ. 1849
plant genus in the hamamelidaceae family
Eustigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. Its native range is Southern Central China to Northern Vietnam and Taiwan. Species: Eustigma balansae Oliv. Eustigma honbaense H.Toyama, Tagane & V.S.Dang Eustigma lenticellatum C.Y.Wu Eustigma oblongifolium Gardner & Champ.
Pentaphylax euryoides Gardner & Champ. 1849
plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
Pentaphylax euryoides (Chinese: 五列木; pinyin: wu lie mu) is a species of flowering plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family. It is the sole species in genus Pentaphylax. It is a shrub or small tree native to southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, and northern Sumatra. In China, it is found in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, and Yunnan provinces, and in southern parts of Fujian, Hunan, and Jiangxi.
Pentaphylax Gardner & Champ. 1849
plant genus in the pentaphylacaceae family
Pentaphylax euryoides (Chinese: 五列木; pinyin: wu lie mu) is a species of flowering plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family. It is the sole species in genus Pentaphylax. It is a shrub or small tree native to southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, and northern Sumatra. In China, it is found in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, and Yunnan provinces, and in southern parts of Fujian, Hunan, and Jiangxi.
Elaeagnus loureiroi Champ. 1853
medicinal plant species in the elaeagnaceae family
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Clematis parviloba Gardner & Champ. 1849
medicinal plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Ardisia primulifolia Gardner & Champ. 1849
medicinal plant species in the primulaceae family
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Schoepfia chinensis Gardner & Champ. 1849
medicinal plant species in the schoepfiaceae family
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Calophyllum membranaceum Gardner & Champ. 1849
medicinal plant species in the calophyllaceae family
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Eustigma oblongifolium Gardner & Champ. 1849
plant species in the hamamelidaceae family
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Eurya macartneyi Champ. 1851
medicinal plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
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Camellia assimilis Champ. 1851
plant species in the theaceae family
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Cirsium chinense (Chinese Thistle) Gardner & Champ. 1849
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
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Gaylussacia frondosa var. polycodioides Champ. 1935
plant variety in the ericaceae family
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Gaylussacia frondosa f. glaucophylla Champ. 1935
plant form in the ericaceae family
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Rhodoleia Champ. ex Hook. 1850
plant genus in the hamamelidaceae family
Rhodoleia is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes six species which range from southern China to northern Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. Together with its sister genus Exbucklandia, Rhodoleia forms the sister clade to the other 25 genera of Hamamelidaceae. Flowers of Rhodoleia are bird-pollinated. Nectar-foraging birds including Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus, Zosteropidae) and fork-tailed sunbirds (Aethopyga christinae, Nectariniidae), avidly visit the flowers, which they also pollinate in the process.
Gelsemium elegans (Graceful Jesamine) (Gardner & Champ.) Benth. 1856
medicinal plant species in the gelsemiaceae family
Gelsemium elegans, commonly known as heartbreak grass, is a poisonous plant of the family Gelsemiaceae found in China and other Asian countries. It contains toxic alkaloids such as gelsemine, gelsenicine, gelsevirine, koumine and 14-Hydroxygelsenicine. Crumbled leaves of this plant, surreptitiously added to food, were used in the 23rd of December 2011 poisoning of Long Liyuan, a magnate of the Chinese timber industry, and perhaps in the 10th of November 2012 poisoning of Alexander Perepilichny, a Russian financier cooperating with a fraud investigation in London, though the role of the plant
Tetradium glabrifolium (Champ. ex Benth.) T.G.Hartley 1981
medicinal plant species in the rutaceae family
Tetradium glabrifolium is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae (tribe Zanthoxyleae), with many synonyms but no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Cyathocalyx Champ. ex Hook.f. & Thomson 1855
plant genus in the annonaceae family
Cyathocalyx is a small genus of 7 species distributed throughout the floristic regions of the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China and Malesia. The name Cyathocalyx was erected as a genus in 1855 by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson. Since then the delimitation of the genus has proved problematic, with various taxonomists proposing different assessments of the scope of the genus. In 2006 Rui Jiang Wang and Richard M.K. Saunders reduced the size of the genus from the then 36 species to 15. The genus was further reduced in 2010 to just seven species.
Ilex asprella (Rough-leaved Holly) Champ. ex Benth. 1852
medicinal plant species in the aquifoliaceae family
Ilex asprella, also known as rough-leaved holly and plum-leaved holly, is a deciduous shrub native in South East Asia. Ilex asprella is one of the few deciduous species in the family Aquifoliaceae.
Castanopsis fissa (Castanopsis) (Champ. ex Benth.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson 1916
edible plant species in the fagaceae family
Castanopsis fissa is a species of tree native to Southeast China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The specific Latin epithet fissa means fissure, referring to its fruits splitting into segment when they mature.
Castanopsis concinna (Chinquapin) (Champ. ex Benth.) A.DC. 1863
vulnerable and edible plant species in the fagaceae family
Castanopsis concinna is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is a tree found in broad-leaved evergreen forests of southern Guangdong and Guangxi in China and in Hong Kong. It is under second-class national protection in China. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Melicope pteleifolia (Thin-evodia) (Champ. ex Benth.) T.G.Hartley 1993
medicinal plant species in the rutaceae family
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Glochidion eriocarpum (Hairy-fruited Aacus Plant) Champ. ex Benth. 1854
medicinal plant species in the phyllanthaceae family
Glochidion eriocarpum is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It can be found in East Asia. It's a bush or tree that mainly thrives in the damp tropical environment at elevations ranging from 100 to 1700 meters above sea level.
Diospyros eriantha (Woolly-flowered Persimmon) Champ. ex Benth. 1852
medicinal plant species in the ebenaceae family
Diospyros eriantha is a tree in the family Ebenaceae. It grows up to 7 metres (20 ft) tall. The fruits are ellipsoid, black, up to 1 cm (0.4 in) long. The specific epithet eriantha is from the Greek meaning 'woolly flowers'. D. eriantha is found in and around southern China, Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Castanopsis eyrei (Champ. ex Benth.) Tutcher 1904
edible and medicinal plant species in the fagaceae family
Castanopsis eyrei is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to southern China, and Taiwan. An evergreen tree typically 8 to 20 m (25 to 65 ft) tall, it is usually found in late successional forests from 300 to 1,700 m (950 to 5,600 ft) above sea level, where it is often the dominant species. It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities.
Actinidia latifolia (Gardner & Champ.) Merr. 1922
medicinal plant species in the actinidiaceae family
Actinidia latifolia is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is found across southeastern China, southeast Asia and Taiwan.
Ilex graciliflora (Holly) Champ. ex Benth. 1852
endangered plant species in the aquifoliaceae family
Ilex graciliflora is a species of plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is endemic to China.
Garcinia oblongifolia (Lingnan Garcinia) Champ. ex Benth. 1851
medicinal and fruit plant species in the clusiaceae family
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Euonymus laxiflorus (Loose-flowered Euonymus) Champ. ex Benth. 1851
medicinal plant species in the celastraceae family
Euonymus laxiflorus (synonym Euonymus paniculatus) is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is native to China, Taiwan, India and mainland Southeast Asia.
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