Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria |
�Mr. G. Clowes, a gentleman who visited New South Wales for his health, and transmitted to Kew very copious and fine specimens of New South Wales Plants.� (Hooker, J.D. (1859), 'Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania' cxii–cxxviii in 'Outlines of the progress of the Botanical discovery in Australia').
"We have a few of his specimens in the National Herbarium, Sydney. I know nothing further about him" (Maiden).
Source: Maiden, J.H. (1908) Records of Australian botanists- (a) General, (b) New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales for 1908 . 42:60-132