Herbert Fuller Wernham

Herbert Fuller Wernham (1879 - 1941) was a British botanist, who from 1909 to 1929 worked at the British Museum, as an assistant in the Botany department. From 1911-1921 he published extensively on tropical plants and many genera, retiring in 1921 due to ill health (alcoholism).[3]

Herbert Fuller Wernham

FLS[1]
Born24 September 1879
Hatcham
Died20 September 1941(1941-09-20) (aged 61)[2]
Rochford
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsBritish Museum[3]
Author abbrev. (botany)Wernham

The standard author abbreviation Wernham is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

Names published

He published 603 names, including

  • Acrocephalus klossii Wernham, J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam iv. 142 (1921). (now a synonym of Platostoma cochinchinense (Lour.) A.J.Paton)
  • Alibertia pedicellata Wernham, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914(2): 66 (1914) (now a synonym of Sphinctanthus polycarpus (H.Karst.) Hook.f.)
  • Anthocleista microphylla Wernham, Cat. Pl. Oban 67 (1913).
  • Cowiea borneensis Wernham, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xlii. 97 (1914).
  • Fagraea carstensensis Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9(1): 111 (1916).

Publications

(incomplete)

  • Wernham, H.F. (1911). "The genus Canephora". Journal of Botany (London). 49: 77–82.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1911). "A revision of the genus Hamelia". Journal of Botany (London). 49: 206–216.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1912). "The systematic anatomy of the genus Canephora". Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. 28: 453–472.
  • Wernham, H. F. (1914). "Enumeration of TA Sprague's South American Plants: Gamopetalae". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 1914 (2): 63–69. doi:10.2307/4118579. JSTOR 4118579.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1912). "A revision of the genus Bertiera". Journal of Botany. 50: 110–117.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1912). "Floral Evolution: With Particular Reference to the Sympetalous Dicotyledons VII. Inferae: Part I. Rubiales". New Phytologist. 11 (7): 217–235. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1912.tb05640.x. hdl:2027/uiug.30112067913662.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1916). "New gamopetalae from South Cameroun". Journal of Botany. 54: 226–231.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1914). "Cowiea". Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London. 42: 96–97.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1914). "The Mussaendas of Madagascar". The Journal of Botany. 52: 64–72.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1914). "New Rubiaceae from tropical America — IV". Botanical Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 52: 225–227.
  • Wernham, H.F (1916). Ridley, H.N (ed.). "Gamopetalae Rubiaceae in I. Report on the Botany of the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1912–13". Transactions of the Linnean Society. 9 (1): 66–79.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1914). Monograph of the genus Sabicea. 1914.
  • Wernham, H.F. (1918). "New Rubiaceae from the Belgian Congo". Botanical Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 56: 308–314.

Honours

He is honoured in the ganus & species names:

  • Wernhamia S.Moore
  • Psychotria wernhamiana S.Moore, J. Bot. 65: 269 (1927).
  • Tricalysia wernhamiana (Hutch. & Dalziel) Keay, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 28: 291 (1958).
  • Cremaspora wernhamiana Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] ii. 85 (1931).

References
  1. Wernham, H.F. (1918). "New Rubiaceae from the Belgian Congo". Botanical Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 56: 308–314.
  2. Desmond, R. (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 730.
  3. Stearn, W.T (1981). "Herbert Fuller Wernham (1879-1941), a Centenary Commemoration". Taxon. 30 (1): 1–6. doi:10.2307/1219381. JSTOR 1219381.
  4. IPNI.  Wernham.
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