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Career

Collecting localities

Collections

Best, George Arnold

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

Died: 1937, in a road accident at Birmingham, England.

career:

Curator in the Gardens Department, Str. Settlements (1921-. .). He retired after the loss of an eye.

Collecting localities:

Malay Peninsula. Johore: G. Pulai (Apr. 24-26, and Dec. 28, 1922); short tour in Selangor (1923); to Bentong in SW. Pahang (June 12-17, 1924); W. Java: Tjibodas and G. Gedeh (1928, coll. ?); Mal. Penins.: a week’s expedition from Penang to Baling in Kedah (Oct. 1929).

collections:

Herb. Sing. [SING], numbered in Singapore Field (S.F.) Number series (cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5); dupl. in Herb. Bog. [BO].

	Career Collecting localities Collections
	Best, George Arnold
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Died: 1937, in a road accident at Birmingham, England.
	career: Curator in the Gardens Department, Str. Settlements (1921-. .). He retired after the loss of an eye.
	Collecting localities: Malay Peninsula. Johore: G. Pulai (Apr. 24-26, and Dec. 28, 1922); short tour in Selangor (1923); to Bentong in SW. Pahang (June 12-17, 1924); W. Java: Tjibodas and G. Gedeh (1928, coll. ?); Mal. Penins.: a week’s expedition from Penang to Baling in Kedah (Oct. 1929).
	collections: Herb. Sing. [SING], numbered in Singapore Field (S.F.) Number series (cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5); dupl. in Herb. Bog. [BO].