SchlenckerMESC

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Schlencker, Mary Elizabeth Sarah Cribb

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

Born: 1870, ‘Fairholme’, Milton, Brisbane, Australia.

career:

Wife of Reverend H.P. Schlencker, officer of the London Missionary Society, came to New Guinea in February 1905; they were successively stationed at Kalaigolo (1905), Boku (1910), and Orokolo (March 1912); in July 1926 Mr Schlencker’s health forced them to leave for Australia.

Castanopsis schlenckerae Baill. was named after her.

Collecting localities:

SE. New Guinea, Papua, between 1905-26, at: Kalikodobu, Boku, Henty Range, and Orokolo.

collections:

Herb. Brisbane [BRI], identified and described by F.M. Bailey, and C.T. White.¹

literature:

(1) The results published in his ‘Contributions to the flora of British New Guinea’ series in Queensl. Agric. Journ. 22, 1909, p. 147-150; l.c. 23, 1909, p. 158-159, 218-220, 261-263; l.c. 24, 1910, p. 20-23; cf. also White in Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. 34, 1922, p. 5-65.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Schlencker, Mary Elizabeth Sarah Cribb
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1870, ‘Fairholme’, Milton, Brisbane, Australia.
	career: Wife of Reverend H.P. Schlencker, officer of the London Missionary Society, came to New Guinea in February 1905; they were successively stationed at Kalaigolo (1905), Boku (1910), and Orokolo (March 1912); in July 1926 Mr Schlencker’s health forced them to leave for Australia. Castanopsis schlenckerae Baill. was named after her.
	Collecting localities: SE. New Guinea, Papua, between 1905-26, at: Kalikodobu, Boku, Henty Range, and Orokolo.
	collections: Herb. Brisbane [BRI], identified and described by F.M. Bailey, and C.T. White.¹
	literature: (1) The results published in his ‘Contributions to the flora of British New Guinea’ series in Queensl. Agric. Journ. 22, 1909, p. 147-150; l.c. 23, 1909, p. 158-159, 218-220, 261-263; l.c. 24, 1910, p. 20-23; cf. also White in Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. 34, 1922, p. 5-65.