Location

Name: Kumaon (Kamaon, Kumaun, Kamaonensis, Kamounensis)

Standard Name: Kumaon

Country: India (IN)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Blinkworth, Colquhoun

Collector

Name: Blinkworth, R. (RB, Rt. B)

Standard Name: Blinkworth, R.

Note

Plant collector at Calcutta Botanic Garden until 1839 when he was transferred to Saharanpur BG, where he took charge of the tea plantations at Kumaon. 1826/7 Kumaon and other areas of Uttarakund, Himalchal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.

1835- Collector of plants for the H.C's Gardens.; 1840--Superintendent of Tea Nurseries, Almora.; 1844--He was Head Gardener, Secundra; 1845--He was a Gardener.at Almorah.

Collector

Name: Govan, G. (Dr. Govan, G. Govan MD)

Standard Name: Govan, G.

Note

George Govan (1787-1865)

Surgeon to the East India Company. Superintendent of Saharanpur Botanical Gardens. Collections from the Himalayas, esp. Sirmore and Kumaon. First plant collector to penetrate Sabathu Hills near Simla in 1817.