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Ker, William (-1814)
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)
William
Last name
Ker
Initials
W.
Life Dates
- 1814
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
K
Countries
Chinese region: ChinaMalesian region: Indonesia, Philippines
Associate(s)
Kerr, W. (synonym)
Biography
Kew gardener William Ker was the first botanical collector to reside in China for more than a few weeks, having been sent there by Kew in 1803. Ker stayed in Canton (Guangdong), bar excursions to Java and the Philippines, until he was appointed superintendent of the Botanical Gardens at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), in 1812. In Sri Lanka he visited Adam's Peak, where he discovered many new plants in the year before his death.
Ker's collections led to many horticultural introductions, such as Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl. and the yellow-flowered shrub, Kerria japonica, which is named after him.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 2: 284
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant-hunting in China: 49
W.T. Thistelton-Dyer, 1891, "Historical Account of Kew to 1841", Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1891(60): 304.
Ker's collections led to many horticultural introductions, such as Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl. and the yellow-flowered shrub, Kerria japonica, which is named after him.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 2: 284
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant-hunting in China: 49
W.T. Thistelton-Dyer, 1891, "Historical Account of Kew to 1841", Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1891(60): 304.
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)
William
Last name
Ker
Initials
W.
Life Dates
- 1814
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
K
Countries
Chinese region: ChinaMalesian region: Indonesia, Philippines
Associate(s)
Kerr, W. (synonym)
Biography
Kew gardener William Ker was the first botanical collector to reside in China for more than a few weeks, having been sent there by Kew in 1803. Ker stayed in Canton (Guangdong), bar excursions to Java and the Philippines, until he was appointed superintendent of the Botanical Gardens at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), in 1812. In Sri Lanka he visited Adam's Peak, where he discovered many new plants in the year before his death.
Ker's collections led to many horticultural introductions, such as Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl. and the yellow-flowered shrub, Kerria japonica, which is named after him.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 2: 284
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant-hunting in China: 49
W.T. Thistelton-Dyer, 1891, "Historical Account of Kew to 1841", Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1891(60): 304.
Ker's collections led to many horticultural introductions, such as Lilium tigrinum Ker Gawl. and the yellow-flowered shrub, Kerria japonica, which is named after him.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 2: 284
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant-hunting in China: 49
W.T. Thistelton-Dyer, 1891, "Historical Account of Kew to 1841", Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1891(60): 304.
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