Geoffrey Wood (botanist)

Geoffrey Howorth Spencer Wood (1927, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England – 1957, Kuala Belait, Borneo (now Brunei)) was an English botanist. He obtained an MA in botany and forestry from Oxford University in 1952.[1] In 1954 he became Curator at the Sandakan Herbarium in present-day Sabah.[2] His main area of interest was trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae.[1] He died in 1957 from injuries suffered in a fuel explosion on a botanical expedition in the Andulau Hills of Brunei.[3]

Wood named several plant species, including Hopea wyattsmithii and Shorea symingtonii.[4] The species Shorea woodii and Madhuca woodii are named for him.[5]

Works
  • Wood, G.H.S.; J. Agama (1956). Check List of the Forest Flora of North Borneo. North Borneo Forest Records No. 6. Forest Department, Sandakan.
  • Meijer, W.; G.H.S. Wood (1964). Dipterocarps of Sabah (North Borneo). Sabah Forest Records No. 5. Forest Department, Sandakan.

References
  1. "Wood, Geoffrey Howorth Spencer". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. J.B. Sugau; J.T. Pereira; Y.F. Lee; K.M. Wong (July 2016). "The Sandakan Herbarium turns a hundred" (PDF). Sandakania. Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia: Forest Research Centre. 21: 1–20. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. Peter Ashton (May 2019). "In Bornean Rainforests: Exploring the Flora" (PDF). Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum. 76 (4): 20. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. "Wood, Geoffrey H.S." International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. Ashton, P. S. (2004). "Shorea Roxb.". In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Vol. 5. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. p. 347. ISBN 983-2181-59-3.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  G.H.S.Wood.


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