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Loher, August

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: Simbach, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 1930.

career:

Since 1889 a resident in the Philippines, earning his living as wholesale dealer in pharmaceutical remedies.

Author of some small papers on Philippine plants.¹ Several plants were named after him.

Collecting localities:

Philippines. 1889-96. Luzon, eastern Rizal and adjacent Tayabas.-1908-15.² Luzon: mostly from Rizal Prov., viz at Montalban, Balacbac, Balintangan, Angilo, Mabiluang, Bantol, Puray, Guinuisan, Pinauisan, Sumag, Paningtingan, Siya Bundoc, and Lucutan; also from the Umirey region in Tayabas Prov. contiguous to the eastern boundary of Rizal Province; from the Caraballo Mts in Nueva Vizcaya Prov.; Mindanao: vicinity of Lake Mainit, Surigao Prov.; Polillo Island.-SE. New Guinea: Port Moresby (Apr. 1910).³

Plant specimens collected in April 1906 are often labelled ‘Rio Ampalit’ in Rizal Province. This locality refers to a large stream Dampalit (the Tagalog name for river) on the N. side of Mt Makiling in Laguna prov. (not Rizal).

collections:

Herb. Kew [K]: collection 1889-1896, numbering over 5200; P.I. plants (pres. 1906-07), and dupl. of Herb. Manila (pres. 1925). Duplicates of the collection 1889-1896 in U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US] (> 2300), Univ. Munich [M], Calcutta [CAL], Manila [PNH] (243 nos pres. by Washingt. and Kew, 1907-11), Herb. Bing (= Paris [P]), a few nos in Herb. Dr Leon Guerrero (coll. of San Jose, Manila), Herb. Berl. [B] (219 nos, pres. 1903), Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. [NY] (60, pres. by Washingt.), Herb. Leiden [L]; in Herb. Paris [P]: dupl. from Centr. Luzon, possibly with ? Herb. F. Bing (pres. 1903).⁴

His extensive collections made posterior to 1906, were presented to Herb. Manila [PNH] in 1923 (nos 12000-15170; for the older collections see above), the 1st duplicate going to Munich [M]; other duplicates in Herb. Berl. [B]: 790 nos (pres. 1912);⁵ Herb. Berkeley (Cal. [UC]) (co-types); orchids in O. Ames Herb.(Cambr., Mass. [GH]).

Some papers were based on his collections.⁶

He sent living orchids to the Munich Bot. Garden.⁷

literature:

(1) Author of ‘New or noteworthy plants’ (Gard. Chron. 3rd ser. vol. 21, 1897, p. 339, 416; l.c. 22, 1897, p. 1; l.c. 46, 1909, p. 34 and 47, 1910, p. 66); ‘Orchids notes and gleanings’ (l.c. 22, 1897, p. 121); ‘Lophopetalum toxicum Loher’ (in Icon. Bogor. 1, 1897, p. 55-65, pl. 16).
(2) cf. Philip. Journ. Sci. 27, 1925, p. 21.
(3) cf. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 56, 1920/21, p. 275 and l.c. 61, 1927, p. 185.
(4) cf. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 19, 1903, p. 296-302.
(5) cf. C.B. Robinson in ‘The history of botany in the Philippine Islands’ (Journ. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 7, 1906, p. 104-112) p. 109; and Merrill in ‘A discussion and bibliogr. of Philip. Flow. Plants’ (Manila 1926) p. 52.
(6) H. Christ: ‘Filices Insularum Philippinarum (coll. de M.A. Loher)’ (Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6, 1898, p. 127-154, 189-212, pl. 2-4 and l.c. sér. 2, vol. 6, 1906, p. 987-1011).
J. Perkins: ‘Enumeration of some of the recently collected plants of Loher, etc.’ (in Fragm. Flor. Philip. 1904, p. 4-66, 77-202).
E.D. Merrill: ‘New species of Philippine plants collected by A. Loher’ (Philip. Journ. Sci. 27, 1925, p. 21-59).
(7) cf. Kraenzlin in Ann. k.k. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 30, 1916, p. 55-65.

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Loher, August
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: Simbach, Bavaria, Germany. Died: 1930.
	career: Since 1889 a resident in the Philippines, earning his living as wholesale dealer in pharmaceutical remedies. Author of some small papers on Philippine plants.¹ Several plants were named after him.
	Collecting localities: Philippines. 1889-96. Luzon, eastern Rizal and adjacent Tayabas.-1908-15.² Luzon: mostly from Rizal Prov., viz at Montalban, Balacbac, Balintangan, Angilo, Mabiluang, Bantol, Puray, Guinuisan, Pinauisan, Sumag, Paningtingan, Siya Bundoc, and Lucutan; also from the Umirey region in Tayabas Prov. contiguous to the eastern boundary of Rizal Province; from the Caraballo Mts in Nueva Vizcaya Prov.; Mindanao: vicinity of Lake Mainit, Surigao Prov.; Polillo Island.-SE. New Guinea: Port Moresby (Apr. 1910).³ Plant specimens collected in April 1906 are often labelled ‘Rio Ampalit’ in Rizal Province. This locality refers to a large stream Dampalit (the Tagalog name for river) on the N. side of Mt Makiling in Laguna prov. (not Rizal).
	collections: Herb. Kew [K]: collection 1889-1896, numbering over 5200; P.I. plants (pres. 1906-07), and dupl. of Herb. Manila (pres. 1925). Duplicates of the collection 1889-1896 in U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US] (> 2300), Univ. Munich [M], Calcutta [CAL], Manila [PNH] (243 nos pres. by Washingt. and Kew, 1907-11), Herb. Bing (= Paris [P]), a few nos in Herb. Dr Leon Guerrero (coll. of San Jose, Manila), Herb. Berl. [B] (219 nos, pres. 1903), Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. [NY] (60, pres. by Washingt.), Herb. Leiden [L]; in Herb. Paris [P]: dupl. from Centr. Luzon, possibly with ? Herb. F. Bing (pres. 1903).⁴ His extensive collections made posterior to 1906, were presented to Herb. Manila [PNH] in 1923 (nos 12000-15170; for the older collections see above), the 1st duplicate going to Munich [M]; other duplicates in Herb. Berl. [B]: 790 nos (pres. 1912);⁵ Herb. Berkeley (Cal. [UC]) (co-types); orchids in O. Ames Herb.(Cambr., Mass. [GH]). Some papers were based on his collections.⁶ He sent living orchids to the Munich Bot. Garden.⁷
	literature: (1) Author of ‘New or noteworthy plants’ (Gard. Chron. 3rd ser. vol. 21, 1897, p. 339, 416; l.c. 22, 1897, p. 1; l.c. 46, 1909, p. 34 and 47, 1910, p. 66); ‘Orchids notes and gleanings’ (l.c. 22, 1897, p. 121); ‘Lophopetalum toxicum Loher’ (in Icon. Bogor. 1, 1897, p. 55-65, pl. 16). (2) cf. Philip. Journ. Sci. 27, 1925, p. 21. (3) cf. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 56, 1920/21, p. 275 and l.c. 61, 1927, p. 185. (4) cf. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 19, 1903, p. 296-302. (5) cf. C.B. Robinson in ‘The history of botany in the Philippine Islands’ (Journ. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 7, 1906, p. 104-112) p. 109; and Merrill in ‘A discussion and bibliogr. of Philip. Flow. Plants’ (Manila 1926) p. 52. (6) H. Christ: ‘Filices Insularum Philippinarum (coll. de M.A. Loher)’ (Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6, 1898, p. 127-154, 189-212, pl. 2-4 and l.c. sér. 2, vol. 6, 1906, p. 987-1011). J. Perkins: ‘Enumeration of some of the recently collected plants of Loher, etc.’ (in Fragm. Flor. Philip. 1904, p. 4-66, 77-202). E.D. Merrill: ‘New species of Philippine plants collected by A. Loher’ (Philip. Journ. Sci. 27, 1925, p. 21-59). (7) cf. Kraenzlin in Ann. k.k. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 30, 1916, p. 55-65.
	biographical data: Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.