John Goldie

Scottish botanist and author (1793-1886).

John Goldie (21 March 1793 – 23 July 1886) was a Scottish-born botanist, author, and miller. He is credited with recording the existence of fourteen plant species previously unknown to science including Dryopteris goldieana, Stellaria longipes and Drosera linearis.

Abbreviations: Goldie
Occupations: explorer, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Canada
Dates: 1793-03-21T00:00:00Z – 1886-06-25T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Kirkoswald
Direct attributions: 4 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 8 plants, 0 fungi

4 plants attributed, 4 plants contributed to8 plants:

Viola selkirkii (Selkirk's Violet) Pursh ex Goldie 1822
perennial and medicinal plant species in the violaceae family
Viola selkirkii is a species of violet known by the common names Selkirk's violet and great-spur violet. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere, its distribution circumboreal. This species is a rhizomatous perennial herb with hairy, heart-shaped leaves. The flowers are up to 1.5 centimeters wide and are violet in color. They lack the beards that some other violets have. Each flower has a spur up to 7 millimeters long. The fruit is a capsule up to 6 millimeters wide. Flowering occurs between April and July. In some regions this violet may be confused with its relatives, the hookedspur
Drosera linearis (Linear-leaved Sundew) Goldie 1822
perennial plant species in the droseraceae family
Drosera linearis, commonly called the slenderleaf sundew, is a sundew found in the Great Lakes region of North America, in Canada and the United States, such as Michigan, and in Montana. It is usually no more than four inches tall.
Stellaria longipes (Long-stalk Starwort) Goldie 1822
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Stellaria longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names longstalk starwort and Goldie's starwort. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northernmost latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial herb that grows in a wide variety of habitat types, including tundra and taiga and many areas further south with subalpine and alpine climates. It is extremely variable in morphology, its form depending on both genetic makeup and environmental conditions. It has a widely varying number of chromosomes. In general, it is
Ranunculus rhomboideus (Prairie Buttercup) Goldie 1822
perennial plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Dryopteris goldieana (Goldie's Fern) (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray 1848
plant species in the dryopteridaceae family
Dryopteris goldieana, commonly called Goldie's wood fern, or giant wood fern is a fern native to the eastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada, from New Brunswick to Ontario and Georgia. It is the largest native North American species of Dryopteris and along with ostrich fern it is one of the largest ferns in eastern North America. Specimens are known with fronds six feet (1.8 meters) tall. D. goldieana hybridizes with many other species of Dryopteris and the hybrids tend to be larger than the pure species. It was named by William Hooker in honor of its discoverer, John Goldie. The
Dicentra canadensis (Squirrel Corn) (Goldie) Walp. 1842
perennial plant species in the papaveraceae family
Dicentra canadensis, the squirrel corn, is a flowering plant from eastern North America with oddly shaped white flowers and finely divided leaves.
Platanthera macrophylla (Greater Round-leaved Orchid) (Goldie) P.M.Br. 1988
plant species in the orchidaceae family
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Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla (Large Round-leaved Orchid) (Goldie) Luer 1975
perennial plant variety in the orchidaceae family
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