Geoffrey Wood (botanist)
English botanist
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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.
