Lewis Leonard Forman Explained

Lewis Leonard Forman (29 June 1929 – 16 June 1998) was a British botanist, born in London. He was an expert on spermatophytes, particularly Menispermaceae, and specialised in the plants of Southeast Asia.^[1] He graduated from the University of London in 1950 and was appointed to the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1951, serving as a senior official there from 1966 to 1989.^[2]

Forman was honoured with his eponymous species:

• (Euphorbiaceae) Glochidion formanii Airy Shaw^[3]
• (Lauraceae) Litsea formanii Kosterm.^[4]
• (Melastomataceae) Medinilla formanii Regalado^[5]
• (Menispermaceae) Stephania formanii Kundu & S.Guha^[6]
• (Menispermaceae) Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep^[7]

External links

• Flora of the Darwin Region

Notes and References

1. Web site: Index of Botanists: Forman, Lewis Leonard. Harvard University Herbarium. September 29, 2013.
2. Laurence J.. Dorr. John J. Wurdack (1921-1998). . 47. 4 . 1998. 971–973. 10.1002/j.1996-8175.1998.tb05371.x.
3. . 27. 1. 25. 1972. Shaw. H. K. Airy. Notes on Malesian and Other Asiatic Euphorbiaceae . 4117873. 10.2307/4117873.
4. Kostermans, A. J. G. H. . 1968 . Materials for a revision of Lauraceae. I . . 7 . 291–356.
5. . Revision of Medinilla (Melastomataceae) of Borneo . Regalado . J. C. . 35 . 1. 56 (5–70) . 1990.
6. Kundu, B. C. & S. Guha . 1976 . New species of Stephania and Rhaptonema (Menispermaceae) . . 129 . 3 . 257–265.
7. Udayan . P. S. . Pradeep . A. K. . Balachandran . Indira. A new species of Tinospora (Menispermaceae) From South India. . 66 . 1 . 77–80 . 2009 . 10.1017/S0960428609005204.