Ng, Francis S.P.

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

Born: 1940, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

career:

Graduated 1964 B.Sc. (Hons) in Botany at the University of Tasmania; joined the Forest Research Institute, Kepong, as Forest Botanist in June 1964. He is writing chapters for a Tree Flora of Malaya, and makes expeditions to various parts of Malaya to collect material. He went on a Colombo Plan Scholarship to Oxford University for three years from October 1968; D.Sc. 1971. At present Forest Botanist at Kepong, and co-author of the Tree Flora of Malaya.¹

Collecting localities:

Malay Peninsula: in various parts. In 1966 a.o. in Johore, Penang, Selangor, Malacca, Perak (Tapah Hills, Gopeng, Slim R.), Pahang (G. Tahan); in 1967 in Negri Sembilan, Johore (Mersing), Ulu Kelantan, Lower Perak, Sg. Chior and Siput in Perak; in 1968 in the Cameron Highlands and Perak (Kledang Saiong, and Bubu F.R.).

collections:

Herb. FRI Kepong [KEP]; dupl. at Kew [K], Leiden [L], Sing. [SING], Arn. Arbor. [A], Sandakan [SAN], Kuching [SAR]. Medio 1968 about 2200 nos. In the FRI series and 100 early collections in KEP series.

literature:

(1) Author of ‘A Guide to the Arboreta at Kepong and Changlun’ (Mal. For. 28, 1965, p. 289-306, map) ; ‘In search of Combretocarpus’ (l.c. 29, 1966, p. 32-33); ‘Allantospermum in Bubu Forest Reserve’ (l.c. 31, 1968, p. 165-169).

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