James McGibbon (1821–86)
Scottish-born gardener. Gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1848. Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Cape Town, from circa 1850.
Cape of Good Hope general directory 1881
R. Desmond 1994
Global Plants (https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000066862, accessed 12 October 2018)
Scotland old parish registers births 689/ 160 69 Inveresk and Musselburgh (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 12 October 2018)