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Forman, Lewis Leonard

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

 

Born: 1929, London, England.

 

career:

Botanist, B.Sc. London University (1950); appointed to Kew, March 1951. In 1956 he was for a year on the staff of the Bogor Herbarium, Indonesia.

He is revising the Menispermaceae.

 

Collecting localities:

1956. W. Java: Bogor Botanic Gardens (Jan. 31-March 29), Tjibodas (Apr. 3-5), Tjisolok near Palabuhanratu (17); Bali (28); E. Java: Blambangan (May 3-4); Bali (June 9); NE. Celebes: Minahassa (June 21-July 5); E. Borneo: Belajan River (Aug. 15-25); W. Java: Bogor Botanic Gardens (Sept. 12-Oct. 30); Muara Angké, W of Djakarta (Nov. 1); Bogor Botanic Gardens (up till Jan. 1957).

 

collections:

Herb. Kew [K]: 649 nos, incl. 8 from Bali, 234 from Celebes, 110 from Borneo; probably dupl. in Herb. Bog. [BO].

 

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