Etlingera Pauciflora
''Etlingera pauciflora'' is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Henry Nicholas Ridley, and was given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. ''Etlingera pauciflora'' is part of the genus ''Etlingera'' and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. References R.M.Sm., 1986 ''In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 248'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q15327864 Etlingera, pauciflora Taxa named by Rosemary Margaret Smith ...
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Henry Nicholas Ridley
Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees in the Malay Peninsula and, for the fervour with which he pursued it, came to be known as "Mad Ridley". Life Henry Ridley was the second son and third child born to Louisa Pole Stuart and Oliver Matthew Ridley in West Harling in Norfolk, where his father was the Rector. At the age of three his mother died and his father moved to Cobham in Kent. He studied at Tonbridge School and then went to Haileybury where his brother Stuart also studied. At Cobham, he had taken to the idea of collecting insects and he continued this at Haileybury where the school encouraged him to publish a "List of the Mammals and Coleoptera of Haileybury". The two brothers left Haileybury and Henry went to a private tutor at Medmenham near Henley who encouraged him ...
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