Stephens, Arthur Bligh |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1855, England; 1908. Died: Perak, Malay Peninsula. |
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Planter and then (1895) Forest Officer in Perak, Malay Peninsula; later Deputy Conservator of Forests (1897-1909);1 he collected forest trees in Perak. Cymbidium stephensii Ridl. was named after him. |
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Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP]. |
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(1) Author of ‘Precocious coconuts, with note by H.N. Ridley’ (Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 31, 1898. p. 103-104). |
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Burkill In Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |