J. F. Maxwell’s Contribution to Botanical Specimen Collection and the Taxonomy of Melastomataceae

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Published: Jul 4, 2017

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Lahiru S. Wijedasa
Theoretical Ecology and Modelling Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. 21 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore E-mail: lahirux@gmail.com, ConservationLinks, 433, Clementi Avenue 3, #01-258, Singapore 120433., Rimba, Malaysia, 4 Jalan 1/9D Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, MY 43650, Malaysia.

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J. F. Maxwell’s contribution to botanical specimen collection and taxonomy of Melastomataceae in Southeast Asia is outlined here. With over 31,000 specimens, collected between 1968 and 2012, Maxwell has the highest number of plant collections in Thailand.

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Vol. 62 No. 1 (2017)
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