Pantling, Robert (1856-1910)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Robert
Last name
Pantling
Initials
R.
Life Dates
1856 - 1910
Collecting Dates
1891 - 1899
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
CAL (main), K (main), B, BM, BR, FI, G, GH, L, LE, P, U, UPS, W
Countries
Malesian region: MalaysiaIndian region: Nepal, India
Associate(s)
King, George (1840-1909) (co-collector)
Biography
British gardener who was trained at Kew (1875). He was later appointed Curator of the Calcutta Botanic Garden (1879) and subsequently Deputy Superintendent of the Cinchona Plantation, Bengal (1897-1910). Pantling is primarily known as a collector of orchids of which many hundreds are at BM. The genus Pantlingia Prain was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 478; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 643;
Pantling, Robert (1856-1910)
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