Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942) was an Irish medical doctor. He is known particularly now for his botanical work, which was important for the study of the flora of

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. He encouraged other botanists to collect plant specimens in Thailand, in particular

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A number of plant species are named after him, including '' Dipterocarpus kerrii'', '' Hoya kerrii'', '' Loranthus kerrii'', ''

Nepenthes kerrii ''Nepenthes kerrii'' is a tropical pitcher plant native to Tarutao National Marine Park in southern Thailand, where it grows at elevations of 400–500 m above sea level. The 2018 IUCN assessment also considers the taxon found on Langkawi Is ...

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Platanus kerrii ''Platanus kerrii'' (Kerr's plane) is a species of ''Platanus'' native to Laos and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. Taxonomy It is placed in its own subgenus ''Casteneophyllum'', and it has been proposed that this species should be separated out into ...

'' and '' Rafflesia kerrii''. Also several plant genus honour his name including '' Kerriochloa'', ''

Kerriodoxa ''Kerriodoxa elegans'', the white backed palm, is the only species of palm tree in the genus ''Kerriodoxa'', in the family Arecaceae. It is an endemic species of Thailand, first discovered in the Khao Phra Thaew reserve on 11 March 1929 and desc ...

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Kerriothyrsus ''Kerriothyrsus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only species is ''Kerriothyrsus tetrandrus'' Its native range is Indo-China. It is found in Laos and Vietnam. The genus name of ''Kerriothyr ...

'', and also the genus ''

Afgekia ''Afgekia'' is a small genus of large Perennial plant, perennial climbing shrubs native to Thailand in Asia, belonging to the family Fabaceae. They are reminiscent of the related genus ''Wisteria''. Description The two species of ''Afgekia'' are ...

'' which is an abbreviation of his names. He also originated some

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Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family or sometimes the lilac family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales. It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Gree ...

References

*van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J., ''et al.'' 2006
Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Arthur Francis George Kerr
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland.

External links

* Reliquiae Kerrianae by M. Jacob

1877 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Irish botanists Plant collectors {{ireland-botanist-stub