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Ramos, Maximo

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Died: May 11, 1932, Buayan, Cotabato, Mindanao, P.I.

career:

A Philippine collector in the employ of the Bureau of Science at Manila.

Dryopteris ramosii Christ and other Philippine plants were named after him.

Collecting localities:

1904-32. Philippines, principally in Luzon, viz: Rizal Prov. (c. 1903/04), Lamao Forest Reserve (July-Aug. 1904) as Ahern’s collector;¹ Mt Polog with Curran, Merritt (see there) and Zschokke (Jan. 2-8, 1909); Sorsogon Prov. (July 22-Sept. 14, 1915): on Bulusan Volcano, Mt Kililibong, Mt Pocdal, Mt Bogacaua, Mt Lalao, Lake Polog, etc.; in N. Samar with Edaño and Fenix (see those) (Febr.-March 1916); with Edaño and Fenix at Bukidnon (Mindanao), and Luzon (1916); Mindanao (1920). For a collecting trip in Br. N. Borneo: Sandakan (Sept. 20-Dec. 27, 1920). In the Philippines again: with Edaño on Mt Calavite in Mindoro and in Lepanto Subprov. Luzon (1921); Sulu Archipelago (Aug. 1924); Luzon: Mt Polog (Febr. 1925); with Edaño: Balabac, Palawan (Nov. 1927); with Edaño in Catanduanes (c. 1928); Luzon: Cagayan Prov. (1929) on Mt Dos Cuernos, Mt Cresta, Mt Tubuan; Rizal Prov. (1929): Mt Susongdalaga; Bataan Prov. (1929): Mt Mariveles; Batan Islands (1930); Mindanao (1931): in the mountains of Cotabato, particularly on Mt Matutum with Edaño.

collections:

Herb. Manila [PNH], partly for the Forestry Bureau (see there) as Ahern’s collector and with Pascasio in the F.B. series, later numbering in the B.S. series (cf. Bureau of Science). Herb. Arn. Arbor. [A]: 1142 nos of dupl. Br. N. Borneo; Herb. Kew [K]: dupl. Philip. plants (pres. 1925); Herb. Bog. [BO]: Borneo dupl. and several of the Philippines; Herb. Sandakan [SAN]: 2nd set Borneo collection (the 1st being in Manila [PNH]); Herb. Berkeley (Cal.) [UC]: small collection of ferns, by Ramos & Edaño; Herb. Utrecht [U]: Philip. plants coll. by Ramos and by Ramos & Edaño; Herb. Deless. & Decand. (Geneva [G]): resp. 296 Borneo pl. and 68 Philip. plants with Edaño; U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US]: ± 1680 Philip. dupl. and 73 Philip. orchids coll. with Edaño; Herb. Leiden [L]: Br. N. Borneo dupl., and Philip. Charoph. Also dupl. Philippines in Herd. Edinb. [E] (1907-12).

Part of his collections was identified,² that from Sorgoson Prov. amounted to about 400 nos. The Borneo collection comprised 827 nos, including many new species.³ He collected the bulk of the ‘Species Blancoanae’ (cf. sub Blanco).

literature:

(1) cf. Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1, 1906, Suppl. p. 3.
(2) E.D. Merrill: ‘New plants from Sorsogon Prov. Luzon’ (Philip. Journ. Sci. C. Bot. 11, 1916, p. 1-35); ‘New plants from Samar’ (l.c. p. 175-206).
(3) E.D. Merrill: ‘New or noteworthy Bornean plants’ 1-111 (Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As Soc. no 85, 1922, p. 151-201; 86, 1922, p. 312-342; Journ. Mal. Br. Roy. As. Soc. 1, 1923, p. 22-45).

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Ramos, Maximo
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Died: May 11, 1932, Buayan, Cotabato, Mindanao, P.I.
	career: A Philippine collector in the employ of the Bureau of Science at Manila. Dryopteris ramosii Christ and other Philippine plants were named after him.
	Collecting localities: 1904-32. Philippines, principally in Luzon, viz: Rizal Prov. (c. 1903/04), Lamao Forest Reserve (July-Aug. 1904) as Ahern’s collector;¹ Mt Polog with Curran, Merritt (see there) and Zschokke (Jan. 2-8, 1909); Sorsogon Prov. (July 22-Sept. 14, 1915): on Bulusan Volcano, Mt Kililibong, Mt Pocdal, Mt Bogacaua, Mt Lalao, Lake Polog, etc.; in N. Samar with Edaño and Fenix (see those) (Febr.-March 1916); with Edaño and Fenix at Bukidnon (Mindanao), and Luzon (1916); Mindanao (1920). For a collecting trip in Br. N. Borneo: Sandakan (Sept. 20-Dec. 27, 1920). In the Philippines again: with Edaño on Mt Calavite in Mindoro and in Lepanto Subprov. Luzon (1921); Sulu Archipelago (Aug. 1924); Luzon: Mt Polog (Febr. 1925); with Edaño: Balabac, Palawan (Nov. 1927); with Edaño in Catanduanes (c. 1928); Luzon: Cagayan Prov. (1929) on Mt Dos Cuernos, Mt Cresta, Mt Tubuan; Rizal Prov. (1929): Mt Susongdalaga; Bataan Prov. (1929): Mt Mariveles; Batan Islands (1930); Mindanao (1931): in the mountains of Cotabato, particularly on Mt Matutum with Edaño.
	collections: Herb. Manila [PNH], partly for the Forestry Bureau (see there) as Ahern’s collector and with Pascasio in the F.B. series, later numbering in the B.S. series (cf. Bureau of Science). Herb. Arn. Arbor. [A]: 1142 nos of dupl. Br. N. Borneo; Herb. Kew [K]: dupl. Philip. plants (pres. 1925); Herb. Bog. [BO]: Borneo dupl. and several of the Philippines; Herb. Sandakan [SAN]: 2nd set Borneo collection (the 1st being in Manila [PNH]); Herb. Berkeley (Cal.) [UC]: small collection of ferns, by Ramos & Edaño; Herb. Utrecht [U]: Philip. plants coll. by Ramos and by Ramos & Edaño; Herb. Deless. & Decand. (Geneva [G]): resp. 296 Borneo pl. and 68 Philip. plants with Edaño; U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US]: ± 1680 Philip. dupl. and 73 Philip. orchids coll. with Edaño; Herb. Leiden [L]: Br. N. Borneo dupl., and Philip. Charoph. Also dupl. Philippines in Herd. Edinb. [E] (1907-12). Part of his collections was identified,² that from Sorgoson Prov. amounted to about 400 nos. The Borneo collection comprised 827 nos, including many new species.³ He collected the bulk of the ‘Species Blancoanae’ (cf. sub Blanco).
	literature: (1) cf. Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1, 1906, Suppl. p. 3. (2) E.D. Merrill: ‘New plants from Sorsogon Prov. Luzon’ (Philip. Journ. Sci. C. Bot. 11, 1916, p. 1-35); ‘New plants from Samar’ (l.c. p. 175-206). (3) E.D. Merrill: ‘New or noteworthy Bornean plants’ 1-111 (Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As Soc. no 85, 1922, p. 151-201; 86, 1922, p. 312-342; Journ. Mal. Br. Roy. As. Soc. 1, 1923, p. 22-45).