Hugh Low

Hugh Low
Hugh Low
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Hugh Low
Nacimiento 10 de mayo de 1824
Upper Clapton, Londres
Fallecimiento 18 de abril de 1905
Alassio, Liguria
Residencia Inglaterra
Nacionalidad inglés
Campo naturalista, administrador de Colonias, explorador
Cónyuge Catherine Napier, Anne Douglas

Hugh Low (1824 - 1905) fue un naturalista, administrador de Colonias, y explorador inglés.

Su padre lo envía a Borneo en 1844 para recolectar plantas y semillas para la pépinière Hugh Low & Co de Clapton (Inglaterra). Permanece en Borneo hasta 1876 en tanto que se ha especializado en historia natural (con énfasis en botánica especializada en orquídeas) y es gobernador de Labuan de 1866 a 1867.

De 1877 a 1889 reside en Perak (península malaya). Hace tres ascensiones al Monte Kinabalu, la primera en marzo de 1851 (descubriendo Nepenthes rajah) y otras dos, en 1858, con Spencer Saint-John.

Contenido

Algunas publicacioones

Libros

  • Sarawak, Its Inhabitants and Productions: Being Notes During a Residence in that Country with His Excellency Mr. Brooke. Ed. Adamant Media Corporation; ISBN 1-4021-9043-3, ISBN 978-1-4021-9043-8
  • -------, bob Reece, phillip Cribb, contribuyentes Bob Reece, Phillip Cribb. A Botanist in Borneo: Hugh Low's Sarawak Journals, 1844-1846. Ed. Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2002; ISBN 983-812-065-0, ISBN 978-983-812-065-4
  • Sĕlĕsǐlah (libro de los Descendientes) of the Rajas of Brunei. Ed. [s.n.], 1880
  • The Journal of Sir Hugh Low; Perak, 1887: Perak, 1887. Ed. Emily Sadka Published by Govt. Print. Off., 1955

Honores

Epónimos

Orquídeas

  • Arachnis lowii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.[3]
  • Dendrobium lowii Lindl.[4]
  • Paphiopedilum lowii (Lindl.) Stein[5]
  • Sobralia lowii Rolfe[6]
  • Stanhopea lowii Rolfe[7]
  • Houlletia lowiana Rchb.f.[8]
  • Cymbidium lowianum Rchb.f.[9]
  • Lowiara (híbrido)

Mamíferos

Geografía
picos del Monte Kinabalu
  • pico Low
  • barranca Low

Abreviatura

La abreviatura H.Low se emplea para indicar a Hugh Low como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales. (Ver listado de especies descritas por este autor en IPNI)

Referencias

  1. ↑ Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22(4): 420. 1859 [12 de noviembre de 1859] (IK)
  2. ↑ J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62(2): 103. 1893 [12 de agosto de 1893] (IK)
  3. ↑ Bot. Centralbl. 28: 344. 1886 (IK)
  4. ↑ Gard. Chron. (1861) 1046. (IK)
  5. ↑ Orchideenbuch: 476 (1892). (IK)
  6. ↑ Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 8: 378. 1890 (GCI)
  7. ↑ Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1893) 63; et ex Orchid Rev. i. (1893) 177, fig. 12. (IK)
  8. ↑ Gard. Chron. n.s., 2: 484. 1874 (GCI)
  9. ↑ Gard. Chron. (1879) I. 332, 405. (IK)

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