J. D. Hooker and Primary Data Sources (Primula pulchra)

P. denticulata, a common species near Lachen, Sikkim The easiest way to investigate a species is to read secondary sources of information. These are often such works as monographs or regional floras. We are now at least one generation removed from some of the prominent...

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Primula pulchra - Hide and Seek with P. gambleana

In 1882, An article was published in the Journal of the Linnean Society titled "On some Undescribed and Imperfectly known Indian Species of Primula and Androsace" by George Watt. It was actually J.D. Hooker that wrote this article in Watt's name, using Watt's notes, though revising them where...

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