fortunei from Fortune; named after R. Fortune (1812-1880), horticulturist, first connected to the botanical garden of Edinburgh, in 1842 transfered to the garden of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick, for which he went to China in 1843 to collect plants, and visited Java on the way (=[de uitreis] and the Philippines on returning home. From 1846-48 he was conservator of the botanical garden at Chelsea. In 1848 he was sent to China for the second time to collect tea- seeds and plants for the English East Indian Company; in 1851 he transferred 20.000 teaplants and 17.000 seeds to English India [Engels Indië]. Thereafter he visited Formosa and frequently Japan. He wrote some publications on his travels.
 
2110116 843419 Pseudolarix amabilis (J. Nelson) Rehder [125 585387 Larix amabilis J. Nelson] W. Dallimore, A. Bruce, Handb. Conif. (Dallimore): p. 472, fig. 102 (1923) [G. Lister]
 
2109122 223128 Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook. W. Dallimore, A. Bruce, Handb. Conif. (Dallimore): p. 24, fig. 3 (1923) [G. Lister]
 
1776466 1023933 Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl. [125 230732 Chamaerops fortunei Hook.] O.C.E.M.G. de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: t. 25 (1878)
 
4784652 361602 Drynaria fortunei (Kunze ex Mett.) J. Sm. [80 824983 Polypodium fortunei Kunze ex Mett.] M. Ogata, Icon. Fil. Jap., vol. 2 : t. 68 (1929)
 
4867776 1023933 Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl. [125 230732 Chamaerops fortunei Hook.] W. Robinson, Engl. Fl. Gard. (Robinson), ed. 3: p. 323 (1893)