> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 187](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212229) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10462-1) LSID 10462-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2753575) QID Q2753575 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Taylor, George (1904-x), British botanist; studied at Edinburgh University; B.Sc. 1926; with RBG Edinburgh 1927-1928; with Botany Department British Museum (Natural History) London 1928-1956, asst. keeper 1928-1950, keeper 1950-1956; director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956-1971; in retirement at Dunbar, Scotland; collected in East Africa 1927-1928 and 1934-1935, in the Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim) 1938; president of the International Association of Plant Taxonomy 1969-1972; knighted 1962. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Tayl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Taylor*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]; other material at [[Collection BEL|BEL]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 363 (b. 15 Feb 1904); BFM 3037; BJI 2: 176; BL 2: 224, 301, 722; BM 8: 1290; Bossert p. 395; Clokie p. 252; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 1 (ed. 1): 57, (ed. 2): 74, (ed. 3): 93, 94, (ed. 4): 87, 103, (ed. 5): 89, (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 344; MW p. 493, suppl. 358; Rehder 5: 837; Roon p. 112; TL-2/1290, 3006, 3218; Zander ed. 10, p. 723, ed. 11, p. 825. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Orchid. Soc. Bull. 42: 610, 611. 1973 (portr.); Bot. Mag. 176(4). 1968 (portr.); Mus. Genève 89: 12. 1968 (portr.); Nature 166: 388. 1950 (keeper BM), 178: 455. 1956 (app. Kew); North. Gard. 26(1): 11-13. 1971 (vice-president North. Hort. Soc); Who's who (London) 1959-1980. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 128.1, 269.349. 1980. - Coats, A.M., Plant hunters 200, 249, 265. 1969. - Fletcher, H.R., Story R. Hort. Soc. 299, 345-346, 412-413. 1969. - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 341. 1981. - Hadfield, M. et al., Brit. gardeners 276. 1980. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 81. 1957 (Potamogeton at GL). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 254. 1984. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 723. 1985. - Meikle, R.D., Kew Bull. 27: 1-2. 1972 (on retirement); J. Kew Guild 9: 42-43. 1972 (id.). - Merrill, E.G., Chron. bot. 14: 182, 329. 1954 (botany Cook's Voy.). - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 304, 305, 307-308. 1981. - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 5: 199. 1956 (app. Kew), 21: 548. 1972 (retirement from presidency IAPT); Regn. Veg. 5: 2. 1954 (portr.). - Steenis, C.G.G.J., Fl. males. Bull. 17: 879. 1962 (knighted). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 43, 188. 1936, 3: 164. 1937, 4: 444, 533. 1938, 6: 38. 1941, 7: 37. 1943. #### Composite works - (1) Editor, as director of Kew, of W.J. Hooker, *Icones plantarum pl. 3501-3700*, see TL-2/3006. - (2) Editor, id. of B.D. Jackson, *Index kewensis*, suppl. 12-14, 1959-1970, see TL-2/3218. #### Eponymy *Tayloriophyton* Nayar (1968). ### Publications ##### n.13.808. An account of the genus Meconopsis **Title** *An account of the genus Meconopsis*... London (New Flora and Silva Ltd....) 1934. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Acc. Meconopsis*. **Notes** *Foreword*: William Wright Smith (1875-1956). Notes on cultivation: E.H.M. Cox. *Publ*.: 1934 (Utrecht rd 4 Apr 1934; J. Bot. Jul 1934; Nat. Nov. Apr 1934), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-130, *pl. 1-29. Copies*: BR, HH, M, NY, PH, U, USDA. *Ref*.: Airy-Shaw, H.K., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1934: 452-453. - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 72: 213-214. 1934.