John McEwan Dalziel

English botanist (1872–1948).

John McEwan Dalziel (1872–1948) was a British physician, botanist, and plant collector. He was born in Nagpur, India in 1872. He served as a medical missionary in China from 1895 to 1902, and afterwards joined the West African Medical Service and became a forest officer from 1905 to 1922. From 1923 he was employed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and from 1925 to 1927 he joined the botanical expedition aboard the research vessel Utowana led by botanist David G. Fairchild and funded by philanthropist Allison Vincent Armour. Dalziel also served as the vessel's medical officer. The Fairchild ex

Abbreviations: Dalziel
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1872-05-16T00:00:00Z – 1948-02-21T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Nagpur
Direct attributions: 141 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 191 plants, 0 fungi

141 plants attributed, 50 plants contributed to191 plants:

Pentadiplandraceae (Oubli Family) Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
plant family in the order brassicales
Pentadiplandra brazzeana, also known as oubli, is an evergreen shrub or liana that is the only species assigned to the genus Pentadiplandra, and has been placed in a family of its own called Pentadiplandraceae. It produces large red berries, sometimes mottled with grey. It is known from West-Central Tropical Africa, between northern Angola, eastern Nigeria and western Democratic Republic of Congo. The berry is sweet in taste due to the protein, brazzein, which is substantially sweeter than saccharose. Brazzein may be useful as a low-calorie sweetener, but is not yet allowed as a food additive
Daniellia oliveri (African Copaiba Balsam Tree) (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
plant species in the fabaceae family
Daniellia oliveri is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical West and Central Africa and is commonly known as the African copaiba balsam tree, or the West African copal tree.
Pavetta mollissima Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
vulnerable plant species in the rubiaceae family
Pavetta mollissima is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Ghana and possibly Ivory Coast. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hymenostegia bakeriana Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Hymenostegia bakeriana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hymenostegia gracilipes Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Hymenostegia gracilipes is a small to medium riparian and rainforest tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Ghana, where it is threatened by habitat loss due to its growth in primary rainforests, although it is locally common.
Berlinia grandiflora (Vahl) Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
medicinal plant species in the fabaceae family
Berlinia grandiflora is a small to medium sized tree found in the West and West Central African region along riparian habitats or gallery forests habitat types.
Afrobrunnichia Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
plant genus in the polygonaceae family
Afrobrunnichia is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with two species in West Africa. It is native to Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zaïre. The genus name of Afrobrunnichia is in honour of Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827), a Danish zoologist and mineralogist. It was first described and published in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. Vol.1 on page 118 in 1927.
Dalbergia setifera Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia setifera is a low growing shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Ghana. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Dalbergia oligophylla Baker ex Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
plant species in the fabaceae family
Dalbergia oligophylla is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub native to Guinea and Sierra Leone in West Africa, and to Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, and Gabon in west-central Africa. It is naturalized in parts of the Caroline Islands. In Bioko, Cameroon, and Nigeria the species grows at submontane and montane forest edges from (900–) 1,500–2,000 metres elevation. Elsewhere the species grows in more diverse habitats from mangrove forest edges to riverine, montane, and degraded forests as low as 80 metres elevation.
Belonophora wernhamii Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Belonophora wernhamii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Achyranthes talbotii Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
plant species in the amaranthaceae family
Achyranthes talbotii is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Soyauxia velutina Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
plant species in the peridiscaceae family
Soyauxia velutina is a species of flowering plant from the family Peridiscaceae.
Lasiosiphon kraussianus (Lesser Yellow-head) (Meisn.) Hutch. & Dalziel 1857
plant species in the thymelaeaceae family
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Homalium smythei Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
vulnerable plant species in the salicaceae family
Homalium smythei is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cynometra ananta Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
plant species in the fabaceae family
Cynometra ananta is a perennial large tree within the Fabaceae family. Its timber is traded under the name Apome in Ivory Coast and Ananta in Ghana.
Afrobrunnichia erecta (Asch.) Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
plant species in the polygonaceae family
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Striga aequinoctialis A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Psychotria kitsonii Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Piptostigma giganteum Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
vulnerable plant species in the annonaceae family
Piptostigma giganteum is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Piptostigma fugax A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
plant species in the annonaceae family
Piptostigma fugax is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Liberia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pavetta plumosa Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Garcinia brevipedicellata (Baker f.) Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
vulnerable plant species in the clusiaceae family
Garcinia afzelii is a species of small to medium tree in the family Clusiaceae. It is native to west and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana and from Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic. It is sometimes called "bitter kola", but this name properly refers to G. kola. It grows as an understory tree lowland tropical rain forest, riverine forest, and gallery forest, and at forest edges in the Upper Guinean forests, Lower Guinean forests, and western Congolian rainforests.
Droogmansia chevalieri (Harms) Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Droogmansia chevalieri is a plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to West Africa.
Berlinia hollandii Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
critically endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Berlinia hollandii is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vigna multinervis (Fula-pulaar) Hutch. & Dalziel 1928
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Tarenna vignei Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Tarenna thomasii Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Pavetta staudtii Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Oxyanthus laxiflorus K.Schum. ex Hutch. & Dalziel 1931
plant species in the rubiaceae family
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Napoleonaea reptans Baker f. ex Hutch. & Dalziel 1927
critically endangered plant species in the lecythidaceae family
Napoleonaea reptans is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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