George Gordon (1806–1879) was a British botanist. He worked for the

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as Foreman of the Horticultural Society Gardens at Chiswick, near London. Gordon is particularly noted for his work on conifers, publishing ''The Pinetum'' in 1858, followed by a ''Supplement'' in 1862 and a fully revised second edition of ''The Pinetum'' in 1875. He described many new species of conifers from specimens collected by

Karl Theodor Hartweg Karl Theodor Hartweg (18 June 1812 – 3 February 1871) was a German botanist. He collected numerous new species of plants in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California in the United States, collecting for the London Horticultural Soc ...

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and California.

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