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Haniff, Mohammed (1872-1930)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Mohammed
Last name
Haniff
Initials
M.
Life Dates
- 1930
Collecting Dates
1924 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, BM, BO, C, K, KEP, NY, P, SING, UC
Countries
Malesian region: MalaysiaIndo-China: Thailand
Associate(s)
Burkill, Isaac Henry (1870-1965) (co-collector)
Henderson, Murray Ross (1899-1982) (co-collector)
Nur bin Mohamed Ghose, (Haji) Mohamed (1898-1958) (co-collector)
Sa'at (fl. 1924) (co-collector)
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956)
Holttum, Richard Eric (1895-1990)
Henderson, Murray Ross (1899-1982) (co-collector)
Nur bin Mohamed Ghose, (Haji) Mohamed (1898-1958) (co-collector)
Sa'at (fl. 1924) (co-collector)
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956)
Holttum, Richard Eric (1895-1990)
Biography
Mohammed Haniff was a Malaysian botanist who served for many years at the Penang Botanical Gardens. He was born in Penang, where he developed an early passion for botany and was employed as an apprentice at the Botanic Gardens in 1890. He was promoted to Overseer in 1893 and became Field Assistant in 1917. After a brief appointment as Assistant Curator at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, he retired in 1926.
Carrying out extensive exploration of the Malaysian peninsula, in particular its jungles and peaks, Haniff was able to make significant contributions to the herbarium and living collections of the Penang Botanic Gardens. Among the locations he explored were Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Johore, Kelantan and southern Thailand.
Haniff collaborated with several eminent botanists, including Richard Holttum, Henry Ridley and Isaac Burkill, director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. In particular, he co-authored Malay Village Medicine (1930) with Burkill, and contributed to Burkill's Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula (1935). Haniff also published papers in the Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements.
Plants named in his honour include Bulbophyllum hanifii Carr, Dendrobium haniffii Ridley and Eugenia haniffii Henderson, and the genus Haniffia Holttum (Zingiberaceae). The Mohammed Haniff Research and Development Trust Fund was established in 2001 to support botanical training and research in Penang.
Sources:
Friends of the Penang Botanic Garden: Mohamed Haniff (1872-1930) - A Pioneer Malaysian Botanist:
www.botanikapenang.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=7, accessed 23 August 2012.
Carrying out extensive exploration of the Malaysian peninsula, in particular its jungles and peaks, Haniff was able to make significant contributions to the herbarium and living collections of the Penang Botanic Gardens. Among the locations he explored were Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Johore, Kelantan and southern Thailand.
Haniff collaborated with several eminent botanists, including Richard Holttum, Henry Ridley and Isaac Burkill, director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. In particular, he co-authored Malay Village Medicine (1930) with Burkill, and contributed to Burkill's Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula (1935). Haniff also published papers in the Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements.
Plants named in his honour include Bulbophyllum hanifii Carr, Dendrobium haniffii Ridley and Eugenia haniffii Henderson, and the genus Haniffia Holttum (Zingiberaceae). The Mohammed Haniff Research and Development Trust Fund was established in 2001 to support botanical training and research in Penang.
Sources:
Friends of the Penang Botanic Garden: Mohamed Haniff (1872-1930) - A Pioneer Malaysian Botanist:
www.botanikapenang.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=7, accessed 23 August 2012.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 253; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 805;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Mohammed
Last name
Haniff
Initials
M.
Life Dates
- 1930
Collecting Dates
1924 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, BM, BO, C, K, KEP, NY, P, SING, UC
Countries
Malesian region: MalaysiaIndo-China: Thailand
Associate(s)
Burkill, Isaac Henry (1870-1965) (co-collector)
Henderson, Murray Ross (1899-1982) (co-collector)
Nur bin Mohamed Ghose, (Haji) Mohamed (1898-1958) (co-collector)
Sa'at (fl. 1924) (co-collector)
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956)
Holttum, Richard Eric (1895-1990)
Henderson, Murray Ross (1899-1982) (co-collector)
Nur bin Mohamed Ghose, (Haji) Mohamed (1898-1958) (co-collector)
Sa'at (fl. 1924) (co-collector)
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956)
Holttum, Richard Eric (1895-1990)
Biography
Mohammed Haniff was a Malaysian botanist who served for many years at the Penang Botanical Gardens. He was born in Penang, where he developed an early passion for botany and was employed as an apprentice at the Botanic Gardens in 1890. He was promoted to Overseer in 1893 and became Field Assistant in 1917. After a brief appointment as Assistant Curator at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, he retired in 1926.
Carrying out extensive exploration of the Malaysian peninsula, in particular its jungles and peaks, Haniff was able to make significant contributions to the herbarium and living collections of the Penang Botanic Gardens. Among the locations he explored were Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Johore, Kelantan and southern Thailand.
Haniff collaborated with several eminent botanists, including Richard Holttum, Henry Ridley and Isaac Burkill, director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. In particular, he co-authored Malay Village Medicine (1930) with Burkill, and contributed to Burkill's Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula (1935). Haniff also published papers in the Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements.
Plants named in his honour include Bulbophyllum hanifii Carr, Dendrobium haniffii Ridley and Eugenia haniffii Henderson, and the genus Haniffia Holttum (Zingiberaceae). The Mohammed Haniff Research and Development Trust Fund was established in 2001 to support botanical training and research in Penang.
Sources:
Friends of the Penang Botanic Garden: Mohamed Haniff (1872-1930) - A Pioneer Malaysian Botanist:
www.botanikapenang.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=7, accessed 23 August 2012.
Carrying out extensive exploration of the Malaysian peninsula, in particular its jungles and peaks, Haniff was able to make significant contributions to the herbarium and living collections of the Penang Botanic Gardens. Among the locations he explored were Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Johore, Kelantan and southern Thailand.
Haniff collaborated with several eminent botanists, including Richard Holttum, Henry Ridley and Isaac Burkill, director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. In particular, he co-authored Malay Village Medicine (1930) with Burkill, and contributed to Burkill's Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula (1935). Haniff also published papers in the Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements.
Plants named in his honour include Bulbophyllum hanifii Carr, Dendrobium haniffii Ridley and Eugenia haniffii Henderson, and the genus Haniffia Holttum (Zingiberaceae). The Mohammed Haniff Research and Development Trust Fund was established in 2001 to support botanical training and research in Penang.
Sources:
Friends of the Penang Botanic Garden: Mohamed Haniff (1872-1930) - A Pioneer Malaysian Botanist:
www.botanikapenang.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=7, accessed 23 August 2012.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 253; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 805;
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