BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON JAMES BOWIE AND THE DISCOVERY OF ALOE BOWIEA SCHULT. & J. H. SCHULT. (ALOOIDEAE: ASPHODELACEAE)

Summary James Bowie served Kew as a plant collector in Brazil and at the Cape of Good Hope. From an examination of the itineraries of the four journeys he undertook to the southern African interior during his initial stay at the Cape it is possible to deduce the most likely type locality (vicinity of Algoa Bay) and approximate date of collection (30 December 1821-26 February 1822) of Aloe bowiea Schult. & J. H. Schult. Detailed grid references are provided and should enable systematists to pinpoint the localities in which Bowie collected. An enumeration is given of Bowie's publications on Cape plants.

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