Beilschmiedia Membranacea
''Beilschmiedia membranacea'' is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma .... It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. As of May 2017, it was classified as "vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List and is believed to be in Taman Negara References membranacea Endemic flora of Peninsular Malaysia Trees of Peninsular Malaysia Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Laurales-stub ...
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James Sykes Gamble
James Sykes Gamble (2 July 1847 – 16 October 1925) was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent; he became Director of the British Imperial Forest School at Dehradun, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Early life and education Gamble was born at Portland Place, London, the second son of Harpur Gamble, M.D., R.N. and Isabella. He completed his formal education at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, before going up to Oxford, where he attended Magdalen College, studying mathematics, at which he excelled, gaining a First in the Final Schools in 1868. In the same year, he sat for the Indian Civil Service examinations, and gained an appointment in the Indian Forest Department the following year. Gamble later studied at the '' École nationale des eaux et forêts'', Nancy (1869-1871) where he gained an interest in taxonomy.Obituary: James Sykes Gamble 1847-1925. ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London''. pp. xxxviii – xliii. Vol.99, No ...
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