Lilium Bakerianum
''Lilium bakerianum'' is a species of lily plant described by Collett Hemsley and William Botting Hemsley William Botting Hemsley (29 December 1843, in East Hoathly – 7 October 1924, in Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. He was born in East Hoathly, Sussex and in 1860 started work at the Royal Botanic Garden .... The species is named in honor of botanist John Gilbert Baker. Subspecies The species is divided into the following subspecies: * ''Lilium bakerianum'' subsp. ''aureum'' * ''Lilium bakerianum'' subsp. ''bakerianum'' * ''Lilium bakerianum'' subsp. ''delavayi'' * ''Lilium bakerianum'' subsp. ''rubrum'' * ''Lilium bakerianum'' subsp. ''yunnanense'' References Collett & Hemsl., 1890 ''In: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 138'' bakerianum {{liliales-stub ...
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Collett Hemsley
Collett may refer to: * Collett (name), a list of people with the surname or given name ** Collett family * Collett baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * , a US Navy destroyer * Collett, Indiana, an unincorporated town in the United States * Collett Park, a public park in Terre Haute, Indiana, on the National Register of Historic Places * The Collett School, a 4–16 mixed community special school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England * Collett, an alias of singer and songwriter Chloe George See also *Collett's Snake, a venomous snake native to Australia * Collette (other) * Colette (other) *Collet A collet is a segmented sleeve, band or ''collar''. One of the two radial surfaces of a collet is usually tapered (i.e a truncated cone) and the other is cylindrical. The term ''collet'' commonly refers to a type of chuck that uses collets t ...

William Botting Hemsley
William Botting Hemsley (29 December 1843, in East Hoathly – 7 October 1924, in Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. He was born in East Hoathly, Sussex and in 1860 started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver, then Assistant for India in the Herbarium, finally Keeper of Herbarium and Library. He wrote a number of botanical works. In 1888, a genus of flowering plants from south-east Asia, belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae was named ''Hemsleya'' in his honour. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ... in June 1889. Publications * * ''Biologica Centrali-Americana Botany. Vol. I '', 1879–1888 * Biologica Centrali-Americana Botany. Vol. III', 1882–1886 * ''Botany o ...
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John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an English botanist. His son was the botanist Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949). Biography Baker was born in Guisborough in North Yorkshire, the son of John and Mary (née Gilbert) Baker, and died in Kew. He was educated at Quaker schools at Ackworth School and Bootham School, York. He then worked at the library and herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899, and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899. He wrote handbooks on many plant groups, including Amaryllidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, and ferns. His published works includ''Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles''(1877) and ''Handbook of the Irideae'' (1892). He married Hannah Unthank in 1860. Their son Edmund was one of twins, and his twin brother died before 1887. John G. Baker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1878. He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1907. ...
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