Previously unrecorded facets of the life of the ‘Father of Thai Botany’ A.F.G. Kerr including further information on his distribution of plant material.

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  • John A.N. Parnell Botany Department, Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1624-8807

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2019.47.1.11

Keywords:

A.F.G. Kerr, craniology, living plant collections, biography

Abstract

Further information on the life of A.F.G. Kerr, concerning his craniological collection, historical interests, modes of travel in Thailand, mapping of expeditions and distribution of living plants, herbarium material and seeds are briefly documented.

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Author Biography

John A.N. Parnell, Botany Department, Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

Professor of Systematic Botany,
Herbarium, Editorial Board  
Botany Department, Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

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2019-06-04

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Parnell, J. A. (2019). Previously unrecorded facets of the life of the ‘Father of Thai Botany’ A.F.G. Kerr including further information on his distribution of plant material. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), 47(1), 73–81. https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2019.47.1.11

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