Herbert Fuller Wernham (1879 - 1941) was a British botanist, who from 1909 to 1929 worked at the

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, as an assistant in the botany department. From 1911 to 1921 he published extensively on tropical plants and many genera, retiring in 1921 due to ill health (alcoholism).

Names published

He published 603 names, including *'' Acrocephalus klossii'' Wernham, J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam iv. 142 (1921). (now a synonym of ''

Platostoma cochinchinense ''Platostoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to tropical parts of Africa, southern Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. ''Mesona'' and ''Acrocephalus'' has been known as i ...

'' (Lour.) A.J.Paton) *'' Alibertia pedicellata'' Wernham, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914(2): 66 (1914) (now a synonym of ''

Sphinctanthus polycarpus ''Sphinctanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. It is in a clade with '' Rosenbergiodendron'' and ''Tocoyena''. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Sphinctanthus acutilobus' ...

'' (H.Karst.) Hook.f.) *'' Anthocleista microphylla'' Wernham, Cat. Pl. Oban 67 (1913). *'' Cowiea borneensis'' Wernham, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xlii. 97 (1914). *''

Fagraea carstensensis ''Fagraea carstensensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State o ...

'' Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9(1): 111 (1916).

Publications

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Honours

He is honoured in the ganus & species names: *'' Wernhamia'' S.Moore * '' Psychotria wernhamiana'' S.Moore, J. Bot. 65: 269 (1927). * '' Tricalysia wernhamiana'' (Hutch. & Dalziel) Keay, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 28: 291 (1958). *'' Cremaspora wernhamiana'' Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. utchinson & Dalzielii. 85 (1931).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wernham, Herbert Fuller British botanists 1941 deaths 1879 births