Marian Muriel Whiting (1881 – 1978) was a British horticulturalist and plant collector, notable for collecting plants from Hong Kong and Guangzhou. She was born in London and spent a portion of her childhood in Hong Kong before studying at London University. Over 600 of her specimens were donated to the Kew Botanical Gardens.[1][2][3] In 1940, she became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and volunteered at Kew for many years.[4] The standard author abbreviation Whiting is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]
Works
edit- Whiting, M. M. (1948). "Early Collection of Plants in Prince Edward Island". Kew Bulletin. 3 (2): 236. doi:10.2307/4119764. JSTOR 4119764.
References
edit- ^ "Marian Muriel Whiting (1881 – 25/2/1978)". herbaria@home. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Whiting, Marian Muriel (1881-1978)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Whiting, Marian Muriel". www.nationaalherbarium.nl. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 1373. ISBN 9780415920384. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Whiting.
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