Herbert Fuller Wernham (24 September 1879 – 20 September 1941) was a British botanist, who from 1909 to 1929 worked at the
British Museum
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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).
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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'' (H.Karst.) Hook.f.)
*'' Anthocleista microphylla'' Wernham, Cat. Pl. Oban 67 (1913).
*'' Cowiea borneensis'' Wernham, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xlii. 97 (1914).
*'' Fagraea carstensensis'' 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
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1879 births
1941 deaths
British botanists
Employees of the British Museum
Fellows of the Linnean Society of London