John Firminger Duthie
# John Firminger Duthie

John Firminger Duthie ( * 1845 - 1922 ) fue un botánico y explorador (India, Himalaya) inglés.

Entre 1875 a 1903 fue nombrado Superintendente del Jardín botánico Saharanpur; estudió botánica económica especializándose en Poaceae, debido a la necedidad de forraje en el noroeste de India.

## Algunas publicaciones

* 1876. Botanical excursions in the neighbourhood of the Baths of Lucca during the summer of 1873. Ed. Botanical Society
* 1882. List of north-west Indian plants. Ed. Thomason civil engineering college press. 1 p.
* 1882a. Field and garden crops of the North-western Provinces and Oudh. Ed. Thomason Civil Engineering College Press
* Duthie, JF; JB Fuller 1882b. Field and Garden Crops of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, with illustrations
* 1886. Illustrations of the indigenous fodder grasses of the plains of north-western India. Ed. Thomason Civil Engineering College Press
* 1889. A rough list of Indian fodder-yielding trees, shrubs, and herbs. Ed. Government of India Central Print. Office
* 1892. Report on a botanical tour in Kashmir. Reeditó en 1978: International Book Distributors. 18 pp.
* The orchids of the north-western Himalaya. Reeditó en 1979: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
* 1895. The botany of the Chitral Relief Expedition. Reeditó en 1978: International Book Distributors
* 1876. Descriptions of some new species of orchideae from North-West and Central India

### Libros

* 1915. Report on a botanical tour in Merwára (Rájputána) made in January 1886. 28 pp.
* 1915. Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plain, and of the Adjacent Siwalik and Sub-Himalayan Tracts. Vol. III. Pt. I. Nyctaginaceae to Ceratophyllaceae. Ed. Superintendent Gov. Print. Calcuta. 168 pp. Reeditado 2008 296 pp. ISBN 0-548-83028-2
* Strachey, R; JF Duthie. 1918. Catalogue of the plants of Kumaon and of the adjacent portions of Garhwal and Tibet. Ed. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. 269 pp.
* King, G; JF Duthie, D Prain 1971. A second century of new and rare Indian plants. Ed. Today & Tomorrow, New Delhi. 80 pp. 93 planchas
* 1978. The fodder grasses of Northern India. Ed. Scientific Publ. xxiv + vii + 90 pp.

## Honores

En su honor se nombra al género:

* (Hyacinthaceae) Duthiea Speta -- in Stapfia, 75: 170. 2001
* La abreviatura «Duthie» se emplea para indicar a John Firminger Duthie como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales.
