Index to scientific plant names

Families and higher taxa have been entered under their name. Names of families which have been revised in volumes 4, 5, 6, and 7 have been entered and are printed in bold type, so that as far as this is concerned this index is complete for all preceding volumes as well

Malaysian plant collectors and collections. Supplement I

HENDERSON, M. R., Malayan Wild Flowers. 1. Dicotyledons (Mal.Nat.J. 4, 1949, p. 1-181; ibid. 6, 1950, p. 182-399; ibid. 1952, p. fig. 1-424); 2. Monocotyledons. Kuala Lumpur (1954) p. 1-357, fig. 1-201. Line-drawings of selected herbaceous plants from Malaya

Contributions to the history of botany and exploration in Malaysia. 8—9

When Dr. F. G. Meyer, in a letter to Dr. Ding Hou, inquired after biographical particulars of “Heinrich Bürger”, the name of this naturalist meant nothing to me. This is not astonishing, as nearly all of his activities took place in Japan, a country outside our range of study. It took Dr. van Steenis some efforts to warm me up and in the meantime he gathered some information, mostly provided by Prof. Dr. H. Boschma at Leyden and by Prof. Dr. F. Verdoorn at Utrecht. When Verdoorn inter alia referred to Flora Malesiana vol. 1 (Cyclopaedia of Collectors) I was baffled and got intrigued, though at the time it seemed dubious whether “Burger”, who was cited there to have sent plants to Blume (1), was identical with Heinrich Bürger

Index to scientific plant names

Families and higher taxa have been entered under their name. Names of families which have been revised in volumes 4-8 have been entered and are printed in bold type, so that as far as this is concerned this index is complete for all preceding volumes as well

Dates of publication

Priority of publication is internationally accepted as the basic principle of the ‘Rules of Botanical Nomenclature’. This has emphasized to a marked degree the importance of determining accurately the exact time when novelties are placed before the scientific public

Dates of publication and bibliographical notes

From the ”Procèes-Verbaux des Séances de l’Académie tenues depuis la fondation de l’Institut jusqu’au mois d’août 1835. Publ. conf. à une décision de l’Académie par M.M. les secrétaires perpétuels. Tomes 1-10, 1910-1922”, several publication dates of the parts of French works could be stated with more certainty. It is a pity, however, that no information whatsoever is given on the contents of the publications (i.c. fascicles). Bélanger, Ch. P., Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, etc. 1825-29. Botanique I. Phanérogames-Botanique II. Cryptogamie