SahebBK

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Saheb, B.K.

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

Born: 1885, Singapore.

career:

Foreman Gardener in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1899-1913; later nurseryman and dealer in plants. For many years he occasionally brought plants to the Singapore Gardens for naming and for sale. He collected in Sarawak, NW. Borneo, as early as 1911, evidently in Rhio (= Riouw) too.¹

Plethiandra sahebii Burk. was named after him (cf. Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 77, 1917, p. 265-269, 4 fig.).

collections:

His name appears on a few labels in Herb. Sing. [SING], though he made no dried collections himself. Living material to Hort. Sing.

literature:

(1) cf. Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 79, 1918, p. 45-46.

	Career Collections Literature
	Saheb, B.K.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1885, Singapore.
	career: Foreman Gardener in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1899-1913; later nurseryman and dealer in plants. For many years he occasionally brought plants to the Singapore Gardens for naming and for sale. He collected in Sarawak, NW. Borneo, as early as 1911, evidently in Rhio (= Riouw) too.¹ Plethiandra sahebii Burk. was named after him (cf. Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 77, 1917, p. 265-269, 4 fig.).
	collections: His name appears on a few labels in Herb. Sing. [SING], though he made no dried collections himself. Living material to Hort. Sing.
	literature: (1) cf. Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 79, 1918, p. 45-46.