> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 484](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120615) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1505-1) LSID 1505-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q588623) QID Q588623 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Champion, John George (1815-1854), British soldier and botanist, in Ceylon (1838-1847), in Hong Kong (1847-1850). **Abbreviated name**: *Champ.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Champ.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]], incl. mss. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 330; BB p. 62; Bretschneider p. 374; CSP 1: 870; DNB 10: 33; Kew 1: 511; MW p. 71; Zander ed. 10, p. 644. - Anon., Gard. Chron. 1854: 819-820; Bot. Zeit. 13: 488. 1855. - Anon., Rev. hortic. ser. 4. 4: 140. 1855 (from Gard. Chron.) - Anon., A sketch of the life of John Georg Champion, London 1855. - Bentham, Flora Hongkongensis 8\*-9\*. 1861. - Boulger, *in* Trimen and Hooker, Hand-book Flora Ceylon 5: 375. 1900. #### Eponymy *Championia* G. Gardner (1846).