Meyer, Robert |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II) |
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Born: 1881, St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. |
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For a short time horticulturist and plant collector of the Bureau of Forestry at Manila, after which he was dismissed. Alangium meyeri Merr. was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936); other plants too. |
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Philippines. Luzon: Mt Mariveles (Nov. 22, 1904); Lamao Forest Reserve (Dec. 1904-June 1905).1 |
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Herb. Manila [PNH], numbered in the F(or) B(ur). (see there) series, 435 nos from Lamao Forest Reserve; dupl. in Herb. Berl. [B]; U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US]: 414 Philippine plants; Herb. Paris [P]. |
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(1) cf. Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1, 1906, Suppl. 3. |