Burgess, Peter Frederick |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II) |
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Born: 1925, Hertford, England. |
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B.Sc. For. University College North Wales, and Dept For. of St. Johns College Oxford; Malayan Forest Service 1946-1956; Deputy Conservator, N. Borneo and Sabah 1956-1965; Colombo Plan Silvicultural Ecologist, Forest Research Institute Kepong, Malaysia, 1967- Author of papers in the Malayan Forester, the Malayan Nature Journal, and of a book ‘The Timbers of Sabah’. |
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With P.F. Cockburn (see there) on G. Tapis, Pahang (Sept. 3-14, 1968).1 Main collecting areas: East Coast of Sabah, Ranau (Sabah); Malay Peninsula: G. Inas, G. Tapis, G. Stong, G. Pulai and Bt Jelakoi (Johore), Leparand Gua Peningat (limestone hill) in Pahang. |
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Herb. Kepong [KEP] and Sandakan [SAN]. Dupl. at Kew [K] and Leiden [L]. Collections in West Malaysia mostly for ecological purposes. |
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(1) P.F. Burgess: ‘An ecological study of the hill forests of the Malay Peninsula’ (Mal. For. 31, 1968, p. 314-325). |