BurnMurdochAM

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Burn-Murdoch, Alfred M.

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

Born: 1868, Scotland. Died: March 6, 1914, Klang, Selangor, Malay Peninsula.

career:

Was appointed in the Ind. For. Dept in 1891 and stationed in Burma; in 1901 to the Fed. Malay States on deputation; Chief Forest Officer, afterwards Conservator of Forests (1904) in the Fed. Mal. States and Str. Settlements, 1901-14. Author of ‘Trees and timbers in the Malay Peninsula’ (1911-12).

Alpinia murdochii was named after him.

Collecting localities:¹

1903. Malay Peninsula: Singapore (Jan., Apr.); Penang and Prov. Wellesley (June); Dindings (Aug. 6-11); Malacca (Aug. 23-24); Singapore (Aug. 26), Bt Timah (Sept.); Malacca (Oct.); Penang (Nov.).-1904. Dindings (Jan., Febr. 1-2, March 16-18); Semangko Pass (Febr.); Singapore (Apr. 17-20 and in May); Malacca (June 4-5); Penang (June 16-17, July 14-19); Malacca (Aug. 6-8, Dec. 11-13); Rantau Panjang in Selangor (Aug.).-1906. Singapore, visiting all the more important forest reserves; Alor Gajah Distr. in Malacca; Bt Bruang Reserve; Penang (on 2 occasions).-1908. Singapore (Bt Timah, Sembawang, Kranji and Mandi Reserve); Penang and Prov. Wellesley (Tasek Glugor Reserve); Dindings (Lumut, Telok Muroh, Pangkor, Tanjong Burong Reserve); Malacca (Bt Bruang, Sg. Udang, Nyalas, Bt Pancher).-1909. Singapore (Bt Timah and Pandan reserves); Penang and Prov. Wellesley (Telok Bahang, Govt Hill and Penara Bt Reserve); Dindings (Lumut, Tanjong Burong, Telok Sera, Telok Muroh, Tanjong Hantu, Telok Semangin); Malacca (Ayer Kroh and Ayer Panas Reserve); Perak (mangrove islands and mainland mangrove reserves); Selangor (Rantau Panjang, Kuang, Kanching, Sg. Baloh, Sg. Lalang, Ulu Gombak, Bangi, Bt Tunggu, Ayer Itam); Negri Sembilan (Senaling, Senawang, G. Tampin, Serting, Triang); Pahang (Bilut, Rotan Tunggal, Mangsok, Baloh, Bt Goh).-1910. Singapore (Sembawang and Bt Timah reserves); Penang (Govt Hill and Telok Bahang reserves); Prov. Wellesley (Bt Gua Ipoh and Bt Langkap Reserve); Dindings (Pangkor Isl., Tanjong Hantu and Lumut Reserve); Malacca (Bt Bruang and Bt Sebukor Reserve); G. Ulu Kali.-1912. Singapore (Mandi and Bt Timah); Penang (Govt Hill and Telok Bahang); Dindings (G. Melintang, Tanjong Hantu and P. Pangkor); Malacca (Bt Bruang and Bt Sebukor); Perak (Trollah, Pondok Tanjong, several mangrove reserves, Behrang, Larut Hills, Bikum, Plus and Chior Reserve); Selangor (around Kuala Lumpur, Sg. Baloh, Ulu Gombak, Bangi, Bt Tunggal, Kanching, Serendah, Bt Cheraka, Sg. Lalang); Negri Sembilan (Senawang, Pasir Panjang, Senaling Inas, Pasoh, Serting, Triang); Pahang (G. Lesong, Perak, Riyam, Rotan Tunggal, Bilut, Kuala Tembeling Plantation).-1913. Along the Pahang River² from Temerloh down the river to its mouth (June), and again northwards, it was carried up to the coast to Balok: e.g. G. Chini, Kuala Bera, Lubok Paku, Bintang, Bt Gapis, Bt Galing, Tanjong Api, Bt Ubi, Tanjong Tembeling.

collections:

Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP]: forest trees.

In 1913 he contributed to the Singapore Field Number series on his tour of inspection down the Pahang River (accompanied by a collector from the Botanic Gardens, Singapore).² This collection, in Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP] too, is numbered 151-350. In Herb. Sing. [SING]: other collections (pres. 1906). In Herb. Kew[K]: plants from around Kuala Lumpur in 1912. The herbarium of the Plus & Chior Reserve is, according to Burkill (in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, p. 157), mislabelled Selangor.

literature:

(1) He made many tours of inspection throughout the Peninsula, mentioned in the Reports of the For. Dept.
(2) I.H. Burkill: ‘Fragments of Malayan geographic botany no 1. Enumeration of Pahang plants collected by the late A.M. Burn-Murdoch’ (Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 1, 1915, p. 310-318).

biographical data:

Indian Forester 40, 1914, p. 155-156; Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5; in Biogr. Index Britten & Boulder, 2nd ed. by Rendle, 1931.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Burn-Murdoch, Alfred M.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1868, Scotland. Died: March 6, 1914, Klang, Selangor, Malay Peninsula.
	career: Was appointed in the Ind. For. Dept in 1891 and stationed in Burma; in 1901 to the Fed. Malay States on deputation; Chief Forest Officer, afterwards Conservator of Forests (1904) in the Fed. Mal. States and Str. Settlements, 1901-14. Author of ‘Trees and timbers in the Malay Peninsula’ (1911-12). Alpinia murdochii was named after him.
	Collecting localities:¹ 1903. Malay Peninsula: Singapore (Jan., Apr.); Penang and Prov. Wellesley (June); Dindings (Aug. 6-11); Malacca (Aug. 23-24); Singapore (Aug. 26), Bt Timah (Sept.); Malacca (Oct.); Penang (Nov.).-1904. Dindings (Jan., Febr. 1-2, March 16-18); Semangko Pass (Febr.); Singapore (Apr. 17-20 and in May); Malacca (June 4-5); Penang (June 16-17, July 14-19); Malacca (Aug. 6-8, Dec. 11-13); Rantau Panjang in Selangor (Aug.).-1906. Singapore, visiting all the more important forest reserves; Alor Gajah Distr. in Malacca; Bt Bruang Reserve; Penang (on 2 occasions).-1908. Singapore (Bt Timah, Sembawang, Kranji and Mandi Reserve); Penang and Prov. Wellesley (Tasek Glugor Reserve); Dindings (Lumut, Telok Muroh, Pangkor, Tanjong Burong Reserve); Malacca (Bt Bruang, Sg. Udang, Nyalas, Bt Pancher).-1909. Singapore (Bt Timah and Pandan reserves); Penang and Prov. Wellesley (Telok Bahang, Govt Hill and Penara Bt Reserve); Dindings (Lumut, Tanjong Burong, Telok Sera, Telok Muroh, Tanjong Hantu, Telok Semangin); Malacca (Ayer Kroh and Ayer Panas Reserve); Perak (mangrove islands and mainland mangrove reserves); Selangor (Rantau Panjang, Kuang, Kanching, Sg. Baloh, Sg. Lalang, Ulu Gombak, Bangi, Bt Tunggu, Ayer Itam); Negri Sembilan (Senaling, Senawang, G. Tampin, Serting, Triang); Pahang (Bilut, Rotan Tunggal, Mangsok, Baloh, Bt Goh).-1910. Singapore (Sembawang and Bt Timah reserves); Penang (Govt Hill and Telok Bahang reserves); Prov. Wellesley (Bt Gua Ipoh and Bt Langkap Reserve); Dindings (Pangkor Isl., Tanjong Hantu and Lumut Reserve); Malacca (Bt Bruang and Bt Sebukor Reserve); G. Ulu Kali.-1912. Singapore (Mandi and Bt Timah); Penang (Govt Hill and Telok Bahang); Dindings (G. Melintang, Tanjong Hantu and P. Pangkor); Malacca (Bt Bruang and Bt Sebukor); Perak (Trollah, Pondok Tanjong, several mangrove reserves, Behrang, Larut Hills, Bikum, Plus and Chior Reserve); Selangor (around Kuala Lumpur, Sg. Baloh, Ulu Gombak, Bangi, Bt Tunggal, Kanching, Serendah, Bt Cheraka, Sg. Lalang); Negri Sembilan (Senawang, Pasir Panjang, Senaling Inas, Pasoh, Serting, Triang); Pahang (G. Lesong, Perak, Riyam, Rotan Tunggal, Bilut, Kuala Tembeling Plantation).-1913. Along the Pahang River² from Temerloh down the river to its mouth (June), and again northwards, it was carried up to the coast to Balok: e.g. G. Chini, Kuala Bera, Lubok Paku, Bintang, Bt Gapis, Bt Galing, Tanjong Api, Bt Ubi, Tanjong Tembeling.
	collections: Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP]: forest trees. In 1913 he contributed to the Singapore Field Number series on his tour of inspection down the Pahang River (accompanied by a collector from the Botanic Gardens, Singapore).² This collection, in Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP] too, is numbered 151-350. In Herb. Sing. [SING]: other collections (pres. 1906). In Herb. Kew[K]: plants from around Kuala Lumpur in 1912. The herbarium of the Plus & Chior Reserve is, according to Burkill (in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, p. 157), mislabelled Selangor.
	literature: (1) He made many tours of inspection throughout the Peninsula, mentioned in the Reports of the For. Dept. (2) I.H. Burkill: ‘Fragments of Malayan geographic botany no 1. Enumeration of Pahang plants collected by the late A.M. Burn-Murdoch’ (Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 1, 1915, p. 310-318).
	biographical data: Indian Forester 40, 1914, p. 155-156; Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5; in Biogr. Index Britten & Boulder, 2nd ed. by Rendle, 1931.