James Macrae (botanist)

James Macrae (1791/1792–1830; also used the spelling "McRae") was a Scottish botanical collector who travelled to Hawaii in 1824 and then worked at the botanical garden in Ceylon where he died after just three years. Bulbophyllum macraei, Callista macraei, and Cirrhopetalum macraei are among the plant species named after him.