Career

Collections

Literature

 

Jordana

 

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

 

career:

Is cited by Merrill1 as the collector of botanical material in the Philippines.

Probably identical with Don Ramón Jordana y Morera (cf. l.c. p. 21) (1839, ? ; 1900, Madrid, Spain) who was for some years in the Philippines as an Inspector of the Forestry Bureau; while there he secured data for his work entitled ‘Bosquejo geográfico é histórico-natural del Archipiélago Filipino’ (Madrid 1885).

Quercus jordanae Laguna was named after him.

 

collections:

In Mus. Ultramarino Madrid: extensive Philippine forestry herbarium secured and arranged by Jordana.

 

literature:

(1) In Bull. Bur. of Agric. Manila no 4, 1903, p. 30 and 38.