Francis Masson

Botanical illustration of Stapelia ambigua from Masson's 1796 publication

Francis Masson (August 1741 – 23 December 1805) was a Scottish botanist and gardener, and Kew Gardens’ first plant hunter.[1]

  1. ^ Woodward, Bernard Barham (1894). "Masson, Francis" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 16.