George Gordon (botanist)

George Gordon
Born	1806
Died	1879 (age about 73)
Known for	Work on conifers, The Pinetum
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	London Horticultural Society
Author abbrev. (botany)	Gordon

For other people named George Gordon, see George Gordon (disambiguation).

George Gordon (1806–1879) was a British botanist. He worked for the London Horticultural Society as Foreman of the Horticultural Society Gardens at Chiswick, near London.

Gordon is particularly noted for his work on conifers, publishing The Pinetum in 1858, followed by a Supplement in 1862 and a fully revised second edition of The Pinetum in 1875. He described many new species of conifers from specimens collected by Karl Theodor Hartweg in Mexico and California.

References

1. International Plant Names Index.  Gordon.