Allan Adamson Black (1832 − 4 December 1865) was a
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
who served as the first curator at Kew. The plant genus ''
Allanblackia
''Allanblackia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that is it nested in the dioecious ''Garcinia''. The genus name commemorates Allan Black.
It contains the following species:
* '' ...
'' was named after him posthumously by
Professor Daniel Oliver. The species ''
Austrosteenisia blackii
''Austrosteenisia blackii'' is a leguminous liana of the rainforests and dry rainforest
Dry or dryness most often refers to:
* Lack of rainfall, which may refer to
**Arid regions
**Drought
* Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of ...
'' is also named after him.
Black was the fourth son of Reverend John Black of Perthshire, Scotland. In 1853, Black became the first curator of the Herbarium Hookerianum at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he served until 1863–64. He left Kew due to tuberculosis (then called "consumption") and it was thought that a tropical climate would help him and was posted Superintendent to the
Lalbagh Botanical gardens. In 1864 he published ''Report of the Mysore Government Garden at Bangalore for 1863-64''. He died on a journey from Rangoon to the Andamans while aboard off the
Cocos Islands on 4 December 1865. He was buried on Table Island, Cocos group.
References
1866 deaths
19th-century British botanists
people who died at sea
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