William Weymouth

William Anderson Weymouth (Launceston, Tasmania, 24 March 1841 – Hobart, Tasmania, 24 May 1928) was a distinguished amateur botanist. He worked as an insurance assessor with the National Mutual Insurance Company. In 1887 he began collecting mosses and lichens, sending them to several European bryologists including Antonio Jatta in Italy, and Viktor Brotherus in Finland. Jatta named a species of lichen in honour of Weymouth called Ochrolechia weymouthii, and Brotherus named the moss genus Weymouthia. Weymouth published several papers on mosses from Tasmania.[1][2]

Photograph of the Tasmanian botanist William A. Weymouth, made by Crawford, 62 Murray Street, Hobart

Publications

He published a number of papers on Tasmanian bryophytes in 1893 and 1894–1895, including:

  • Weymouth, William Anderson (1894) "Some Additions to the Moss Flora of Tasmania", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania[3]
  • Weymouth, William Anderson and Rodway, Leonard (1921) "Bryophyte notes", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, pp. 173–175[4]

References
  1. Dalton, P. (1997). "Note about WA Weymouth". Australasian Bryological Newsletter. 36: 1–2.
  2. "Collectors of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Australia". Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. JSTOR Plant Science. "Weymouth, William Anderson (1842-1928)". Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. University of Tasmania. "Authors: Weymouth, William Anderson". Retrieved 21 January 2013.


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