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Henry de Ponthieu

Henry de Ponthieu

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Henry de Ponthieu (14 February 1731[1] – 10 December 1808[2]) was a London merchant of Huguenot ancestry who collected fish and plant specimens from the West Indies for botanist Joseph Banks.[3] The orchid genus Ponthieva was named by botanist Robert Brown in his honour.[4]

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    "Henry De Ponthieu, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"". Family Search. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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    Brayley, Edward Wedlake; Britton, John (1841). A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton and E.W. Brayley, jun. The geological section by G. Mantell. pp. 453–. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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    Thorne, R.G. (1986). The House of Commons 1790-1820. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-436-52101-0. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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    Wilkes, John (1826). Encyclopaedia Londinensis. pp. 152–. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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