Introducing plants to Europe, Australia and America
Scientific career
Fields
botanist, plant hunter
Institutions
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Horticultural Society of London
Author abbrev. (botany)
Fortune
Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880)[1] was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and North America. He also played a role in the development of the tea industry in India in the 19th century.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fortune, Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Asia, and Southeast Asia. They were introduced into Europe in 1846 by RobertFortune, collector for the London Horticultural Society, and are now found across...
florida, distributed in North China, Korea and Manchuria, was found by RobertFortune and imported to England in 1845. Following the opening of Japan to Westerners...
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eastern China and was first discovered near Ningbo by the plant hunter RobertFortune in 1850 who sent plants back to England. It was lost to cultivation...
who named it in honour of the Scottish botanist and plant explorer RobertFortune. It was transferred to the genus, Euonymus, in 1933 by Heinrich von...
meanwhile, had overtaken it in European gardens. The Scottish plant-hunter RobertFortune "discovered" it—in a mandarin garden of the coastal city of Chusan (Zhoushan)—before...
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by RobertFortune, the plants were taken to Shanghai, where they were planted in the garden of Mr Beale to await transportation to Europe. Fortune named...
cultivar, Wisteria sinensis 'Alba', was discovered in a garden by botanist RobertFortune in 1844, from which he took cuttings for the Royal Horticultural Society...
gardeners by Scottish plant hunter RobertFortune, who was plant hunting in China for the Royal Horticultural Society. Fortune introduced Lonicera fragrantissima...
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Chusan Island (now Zhoushan Island), where RobertFortune first saw cultivated specimens. In 1849, Fortune smuggled plants from China to the Kew Horticultural...
nutty aroma and was apparently tasted by RobertFortune on his trip to China. Baihao Yinzhen RobertFortune Shou Mei tea Silver Needle tea White tea 陳宗懋...
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Gelsomino di San Giuseppe in Italiano. It was collected in China by RobertFortune. It was first published and described by Lindl. in the Journal of the...
introduced to gardens of the New World through collections sent by RobertFortune. In Japan, kurogane holly is one of the hibakujumoku trees. It is also...
rightfully owed him, leading to Robert's estrangement from the rest of his family. He eventually sued for his share of the fortune, and was bought out of the...
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