BurchardWFG

Career

Collecting localities

Collections

Literature

Biographical data

Burchard, W.F.G.

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

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

Died: 1933, Aër Molek Estate in Indragiri, Sumatra.

career:

At first in the employ of a commercial firm in Deli (Sum. East Coast) and since 1900 in agriculture in Indragiri, Centr. Sumatra. He was one of the pioneers of rubber culture in Sumatra, but nevertheless he died in poverty.

Diplazium burchardi Rostenst. and Sarcochilus burchardianus Schltr. were named after him.

Collecting localities:

Ferns from Centr. Sumatra, Indragiri (coll. 1906-07), e.g. near Sg. Lala.

collections:

Plants were forwarded to Dr E. Rosenstock who described some new species¹ (Herb. Rosenstock = Berlin [B]). Some dupl. in Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. [NY], in Gray Herb. [GH], and in Herb. Leiden [L].

literature:

(1) cf. in Fedde Repert. 4, 1907 & 5,1908; Meded.’s Rijks Herb. Leiden no 31,1917.

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Burchard, W.F.G.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Addenda & Corrigenda)
	Died: 1933, Aër Molek Estate in Indragiri, Sumatra.
	career: At first in the employ of a commercial firm in Deli (Sum. East Coast) and since 1900 in agriculture in Indragiri, Centr. Sumatra. He was one of the pioneers of rubber culture in Sumatra, but nevertheless he died in poverty. Diplazium burchardi Rostenst. and Sarcochilus burchardianus Schltr. were named after him.
	Collecting localities: Ferns from Centr. Sumatra, Indragiri (coll. 1906-07), e.g. near Sg. Lala.
	collections: Plants were forwarded to Dr E. Rosenstock who described some new species¹ (Herb. Rosenstock = Berlin [B]). Some dupl. in Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. [NY], in Gray Herb. [GH], and in Herb. Leiden [L].
	literature: (1) cf. in Fedde Repert. 4, 1907 & 5,1908; Meded.’s Rijks Herb. Leiden no 31,1917.
	biographical data: Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.