Person botanist plant collector
Francis Masson
Masson
botanist · plant collector
Botanical collector who found Herva-da-Guiné grass in Madeira in 1776. His Madeiran plants are held in European museums, and his herbarium and manuscripts underlay Robert Brown's plant list.
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- Phanerogams — Collector of Madeiran plants now held in European museums.
- Brown (Robert) — Botanist whose herbarium and manuscripts underlay Brown's plant list.
- Guinea grass — Botanical collector who found this grass in Madeira in 1776.
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Abroad