Drummond, James (1784 - 1863)

Curator of the Cork Botanical Gardens, Ireland, 1809­1828. Emigrated with his family to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia, in 1829, and earned part of his living by selling plant collections to overseas botanists, notably William Hooker (K) and John Lindley (CGE). His collections are now to be found in about 25 herbaria (including DBN, G, MANCH, OXF, P), the largest holdings being in K and MEL. A very large number of species from south-western Western Australia are described from his collections, with 119 being named after him. His private collection was acquired by gift or purchase by MEL from his son after his death, and other duplicates were acquired by MEL with the purchase of the Steetz and Sonder herbaria. In 1917 duplicates of the MEL Drummond collections were sent to PERTH.

Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS. [consult for source references]